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San Jose Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Hang your purple ribbon San Jose October is domestic violence awareness month

Although there may not be any way to determine how and why the color purple became the official shade associated with October's domestic...
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When infidelity leads to domestic violence - What to do

  • Infidelity and domestic violence
  • October 27, 2011
Infidelity can quickly lead to violence, since it’s a highly volatile situation where people’s emotions are involved – a point...
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Helping prevent teen dating violence and domestic violence

  • Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education (LAUSD)
  • October 12, 2011
Ranging from corporate sponsorships, funding, and grants - to educational mandates and political resolutions, there are quite a few ambitious and...
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Mary Kay donates $3 million to domestic violence shelters nationwide

  • Mary Kay Foundation
  • September 30, 2011
The downturn in the economy is driving domestic violence shelters to cut much needed services to domestic violence survivors. More than 670...
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Domestic Violence 101: Understand the Truth, Stop the Abuse: False Allegations

False allegations of domestic violence ruin lives and reduce services for real victims. Each year 2-3 million restraining orders are issued in the...
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RADAR alert: Tell Senators to stop the civil rights travesty

RADAR ALERT: Tell Senators to Stop the Civil Rights Travesty!"Unless you have overwhelming evidence to the contrary, arrest the male."...
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The international effort to restore human rights to domestic violence laws

Here in the United States, we haven’t heard much about the impact of VAWA-style laws in other countries. In fact, the recognition that...
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Here's how one person can make a difference

If you don’t think it’s a good idea that almost all of the domestic violence programs in the country exclude most of the people who...
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The ultimate domestic violence program - Jan Brown, DAHMW

by Jan Brown Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and WomenTo me the ultimate DV program would, to start, be gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity,...
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Shreveport Times recognizes domestic violence is not a gender issue

In a story that appearedthis morning, the Shreveport Times reported on a citywide sweep to clear about 75 warrants, which netted 19 arrests.What is...
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