Here’s how one person can make a difference

October 27, 7:40 AMDomestic Violence ExaminerTrudy Schuett

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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 need help, if you wonder why nothing has changed in these programs in decades and they refuse to change the approach, even though your tax dollars go to fund them, if you think that divorce and jail aren’t solutions but new problems for people with enough trouble already, there are a couple of things you can do.

First, you can spread the word. Tell your Facebook friends, your Twitter followers, and even your friends in the brick-and-mortar world that there is a problem here. Each of my articles here at the Domestic Violence Examiner has a Twitter button up at the top that will shorten the link so you can send out the word on an article right from here.

If you aren’t yet on Twitter, it is easy and free to set up an account.

You can easily inform yourself on this issue with the information here, at the Domestic Abuse Helpline site, and the RADAR site. RADAR has an amazing amount of facts, figures and statistics.

The Violence Against Women Act is coming up for renewal in 2010, and for the first time since it began in 1994, we have a very real chance of stopping it!

If you are new to this issue, you need to be aware that the Violence Against Women Act was never about helping women to lead abuse-free lives. It has always been about promoting a Marxist/feminist political strategy against men and the family and nothing else.

Despite 15 years, thousands of  women-only shelters, millions of law enforcement professionals and others trained, and many billions of your tax dollars, there is no data on anyone who has successfully completed these programs, and gone on to lead lives free of violence with their homes and families intact. Not one family. Not one woman. Not one man, or child.

Don’t you think that’s strange, when even the smallest local food bank, or drug abuse program, or literacy center has successes they are proud to tell anyone who will listen?

Tell your Senators and your Congressmen it’s time to address the real issue, with practical solutions that will not only help people, but save everybody money in the bargain!Stay tuned! Over the rest of October I’ll be outlining ways we can begin a grassroots effort to STOP VAWA and START helping.

Read about the DVA09 Project here