Bravo: Victor Rivers!
A Private Family Matter by Victor Rivas Rivers is by far my favorite survivor memoir. He was in Everett, Washington on Thursday to be the keynote speaker at the Hope […]
Tag Archives: National Network to End Domestic Violence
Roger Goodell’s Smoke & Mirrors Bullshit
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is a master at the public relations game of smoke and mirrors which is akin to blowing smoke up our asses and calling it perfume. During […]
Will He Kill? Massachusetts’ Pilot Program for Preventing DV Fatalities
Accountability. Why is it so hard in domestic violence cases? Our criminal “justice” system knows how to hold criminals accountable for their behavior. Yet, women and children die every day […]
80% of the Homeless are Survivors of Domestic Violence
I live in one of the most affluent counties in the U.S. The lights are on at the local domestic violence shelter, but nobody’s home. So, I shouldn’t have been […]
Celebrating Survivors: 2010 National Call for Unity & Domestic Violence Awareness Month Activities
The walls of silence surrounding domestic violence are coming tumbling down this October. The color purple is taking center stage. During the 2010 National Call for Unity today, I learned […]
Bravo: NNEDV and Dr. Phil Team Up to End the Silence on Domestic Violence
Dr. Phil McGraw announced today that his 9th season will End the Silence on Domestic Violence. It was the 16th anniversary of the day President Clinton signed the Violence Against […]
Bravo, Essence Magazine: Mary J. Blige Cover Story
Kudos to Essence Magazine for honoring October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Their editors appreciate that 1.3 million women is a greater audience than 200,000. Their cover story about […]
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