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Byline: The Register-Guard
With a new wife and a new job, Jade Rubick of Portland is looking to the future.
But that hasn't stopped him from continuing his volunteer work with SAFE, the nonprofit group he formed nine years ago in Eugene after fleeing a two-year marriage in which he says his wife repeatedly beat him.
SAFE stands for Stop Abuse for Everyone. The agency, now based in Portland, advocates for "underserved" victims of domestic violence - men, gay men and lesbians. Rubick, 31, said he remains committed to the group despite some misgivings about its toll on him personally.
"Honestly, it's the last thing in the world I'd like to be doing - it's very hard work, dealing with people in crisis and anger," he says. "But nobody else is really addressing this. When I remember what I went through, I want every victim of domestic violence to be treated with respect."
Rubick grew up in Eugene, Portland and elsewhere in Oregon, raised by his mother in the Baha'i religious tradition. He was a 19-year-old University of Oregon student - majoring in Japanese, Asian...
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