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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In the United States, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men aged 18 and older have endured severe physical violence from their partner at some point in their lives. Intimate partner violence alone affects more than 12 million people every year. 1 in 10 high school students has experienced physical violence from a dating partner in the past year.

At Peace Over Violence, we know that all violence is interconnected and domestic violence is a root cause of many social harms. We launched our Domestic Violence Action Fund several years ago to help make these connections and encourage us all to Imagine Life Without Domestic Violence. 

This year, we launched a new gun violence prevention campaign, in part due to a statewide grant through CPEDV, highlighting the connection between gun violence and domestic violence and the availability of gun violence restraining orders. There is an 8x increased homicide risk when the perpetrator is an intimate partner or relative of the victim. Gun violence has become an even more critical issue in the country. Gun violence is pervasive and gun violence is preventable. 

Evening Over Violence is THIS THURSDAY!


Our theme for this year is empowered protection. Empowered protection means together we empower and protect each other. It is not too late to join us for this special evening - buy your tickets now at the link below. 
 

This year’s honorees:



Social Justice Humanitarian Award
Kristina Wong, Performance Artist & Activist



Advocacy Humanitarian Award
Susan Rubio, California State Senator, 22nd District
Blanca Rubio, California Assemblymember, 48th District



Education Humanitarian Award
Debra Duardo, M.S.W, Ed. D., LA County Superintendent of Schools



Visionary Humanitarian Award
Tony Porter, CEO, A Call To Men
 
GET TICKETS NOW
VISIT EVENT WEB PAGE

Annual community celebration | Celebración anual de la comunidad


Join us for Dia De Los Muertos activities, Community Resource Fair and resources for the family | Únase para actividades, feria de recursos comunitarios para la familia
 

November 4th | 4 de noviembre

10:00AM — 1:00pm

325 N Hoover St, Los Angeles, CA 90004

RSVP by October 27 | RSVP antes del 27 de octubre
JOIN US! RSVP

Congratulations to our new volunteer graduates!


Congratulations to the graduates of our fall training session! This dual training was for both Counselor Advocate Volunteers and Violence Prevention Specialists.  Counselor Advocate volunteers staff our 24/7 emergency hotline and respond with our Sexual Abuse and Domestic Abuse Response Teams (SART & DART). Violence Prevention Specialists represent POV in the community at events and trainings. Thank you to all for your commitment! Volunteers are essential to the work that we do. Stay tuned for more info on upcoming trainings and how to get involved with POV. 

POV Reads

The Violence Against Women Act Turns 29. There’s More Work to Do.

By Esta Soler

The enactment of VAWA was a hard-won, improbable victory. But the pandemic set us back, and there’s much more work to do.

Changing the Narrative through Storytelling: A Live Podcast Recording

By Prevent Connect / Valor podcast

This episode is a recording of a live podcast from the National Sexual Assault Conference in August, 2023, where VALOR's three Podcast hosts discussed the state of storytelling in the movement to end sexual violence.



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