Thirteen Ways Any ADULT Can Make An Impact on Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence His or Her Business.<br /><br /><ol><li>Cultivate a respectful attitude toward women in your family and at your workplace. Avoid behaviors that demean or control women. </li><li>When you are angry with your partner or children, respond with out hurting or humiliating them. Model a non-violent, respectful response to resolving conflicts in your family. Call a domestic violence or child abuse prevention program for their help if you continue to hurt members of your family.</li><li>If you have a friend or co-worker who is afraid of her partner or who is being hurt, offer her your support and refer to the 24-hour, toll-free, National Domestic violence Hotline number at 1-800-799- SAFE (7233).</li><li>Learn about domestic violence services in your community. Contribute your time (volunteer!) resources, or money. Call 1-800-END-ABUSE to find out more.</li><li>Call the police if you see or hear violence in progress.</li><li>Talk to your friends and neighbors when they belittle women, make a joke about violence, or ignore a battered woman.</li><li>Ask you local government to collaborate with domestic violence programs to conduct a safety audit of your community.</li><li>Write to music producers, movie companies, Internet businesses, video game producers, and TV stations to speak out about violence against women.</li><li>Develop a women’s safety campaign in your workplace, neighborhood, school or house of worship. Build a consensus among your colleagues and neighbors that abusive behavior and language is unacceptable.</li><li>Bring together your local domestic violence program staff, parents, teachers, students, and school administrators to start a discussion about developing a schoolbased curriculum on dating and family violence.</li><li>Ask that physicians and other health care professionals receive training about domestic violence and follow the diagnostic and treatment guidelines about domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse developed by the American Medical Association. </li><li>Co-sponsor a citizens’ monitoring group with your local domestic violence program to insure that law enforcement officers, judges, and probation & parole personnel receive training about domestic violence and enforce the law.</li><li>EXAMINE YOUR OWN LIFE for violence</li></ol>

Thirteen Ways Any ADULT Can Make An Impact on Domestic Violence

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Ten Ways a Middle Schooler Can End Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence His or Her Business.<br /><br /><ol><li> Respect girls and women in your school and in your family. Don’t make fun of or try to control girls.</li><li>When you are angry with your friend, sister, brother, or parent, don ‘t try to hurt or humiliate them. Try to act in a non-violent, respectful why when solving conflicts in your friendships and family.</li><li>Ask and learn about domestic violence. Give a presentation in school.</li><li>Call the police if you see or hear violence in progress. </li><li>Talk to your friends and classmate when they belittle girls, make jokes about violence, or ignore violence against girls and women. </li><li>Ask your teachers or principal to work with domestic violence programs to help make your school and surrounding community safe for girls and boys.</li><li>Write to music producers, movie companies, Internet businesses, video game producers, and TV stations to let them know that picturing violence against girls and women is not OK. </li><li>Make a contract with your classmates that abusive behavior and language is not OK and will not be tolerated in your school. </li><li>Form a group of friends and classmates who will work with domestic violence program staff, parents, teachers and school administrators to start a discussion about developing a school program or unit on dating and family violence. </li><li>Examine your life for violence and hurtful behaviors. Try to live a VIOLENCE-FREE life.</li></ol>

Ten Ways a Middle Schooler Can End Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence His or Her Business.  Respect girls and women in your school and in your family. Don’t make fun of or try to control girls...

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR1t6iOiUvZSdKoRN7W23taGjfhKBLTW2xSILPTL5TWYun9YppMgPX5pMIvkHZN7l4oCGsvdu775ziawkUXgw7wEVjUDUfbh4eioDymWlKwOUg2TdWGrXrpPocakV3dcZX8Oy1w_c73mH/s1600/dmv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTR1t6iOiUvZSdKoRN7W23taGjfhKBLTW2xSILPTL5TWYun9YppMgPX5pMIvkHZN7l4oCGsvdu775ziawkUXgw7wEVjUDUfbh4eioDymWlKwOUg2TdWGrXrpPocakV3dcZX8Oy1w_c73mH/s1600/dmv.jpg" /></a>Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the "Day of Unity" in October 1981 conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became an entire week devoted to a range of activities conducted at the local, state, and national levels.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The activities conducted were as varied and diverse as the program sponsors but had common themes: mourning those who have died because of domestic violence, celebrating those who have survived, and connecting those who work to end violence. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. That same year marks the initiation of the first national domestic violence toll-free hotline. In 1989 the U.S. Congress passed Public Law 101-112 designating October of that year as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Such legislation has passed every year since with NCADV providing key leadership in this effort. Each year, the Day of Unity is celebrated the first Monday of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<br /><br /><br /><br />

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the "Day of Unity" in October 1981 conceived by the National Coalition Again...

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