October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month; a time for increased awareness and important conversations regarding this public health issue.
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Dear Friend,
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). During this month, we continue to uplift the voices of survivors by educating ourselves and others, reflecting on the need for community care, and reimagining public safety while supporting survivors. October serves as a spotlight on an issue that we work towards eliminating every day. We will be digging deeper and connecting the dots to look at the root causes of domestic violence while reaching higher to reimagining a world without violence.
Before the global pandemic began, 1 in 3 women had experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner throughout the world. COVID-19 has exacerbated what the United Nations is calling a shadow pandemic, with many victims and survivors experiencing increased economic hardships and isolation due to stay-at-home orders and a financial crisis.
Not only must we as a society recognize the need to support survivors, we must also take up the responsibility of ending domestic violence with survivor-centered responses and recognizing domestic violence as a structural economic issue. Offering services must continue and reimagining our responses to these overlooked public health issues is more imperative than ever.
Every October, we hold our largest fundraiser of the year, Evening Over Violence. This event raises critical funds to help support our programs, but also celebrates and honors individuals and our community. It is a time for us to gather together and reflect back on the year, and look forward to the next. Every event is unique - from venue to honorees, attendees and performers… and this year is no exception.
As with everything this year, we are reimagining our Evening Over Violence. We are excited to announce we are launching a series of virtual events, bringing the same spirit of our events past to your computer screens on zoom! Each event will feature storytelling and performance and celebrate and educate our communities while honoring survivors and leaders who have impacted our field in innovative and brave ways.
Join us for the launch of this series on Thursday, October 29 at 6pm. Save the date and stay tuned for more information and ticket sales!
** POV Reads
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For this month’s newsletter, we have featured a list of curated articles and resources to continue reaching higher as we reimagine public safety, community care, and how we support survivors as a society. Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence
“Impact of COVID-19: Community Care” ([link removed])
Navila Rashid
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“(Community care) means, finding the ways to visibilize those that feel invisible and unheard. (...) It means shifting the burden of action from the individual survivor/victim, to the collective community at large, and working to ensure that our communities are safe and cared for.” —Navila Rashid
COVID-19 has brought about additional barriers for many survivors and has forced us to consider what community care looks like during these times. Navila Rashid, the Outreach and Community Engagement Manager for HEART, a non-profit organization that works to support Muslim survivors, discusses why community care is so critical and the different ways it can be practiced.
“Letter Writing Is Transformative” ([link removed])
survivedandpunished.org
“Isolation is central to the persistence of domestic violence, sexual violence, and incarceration.”
Survived & Punished is a prison abolition organization. Their work focuses on criminalized survivors and raising awareness about the “integrated relationship between systems of punishment and the pervasiveness of gender violence.” One of their many projects involves their Letter Writing Action Center, which offers a toolkit, tips, and templates on organizing letter writing gatherings to connect with and support incarcerated survivors in various states in the U.S.
“Should You Call the Police If You Hear Your Neighbors Fighting?” ([link removed])
Melissa Jeltsen
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“The important thing is that the response be survivor-centered.” —Katie Ray-Jones
Katie Ray-Jones, CEO of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, cautions why calling the police can cause further harm in domestic violence situations and some alternatives to calling 911.
“Immigrants Who Defend Themselves From Sexual Violence Face Prison, Deportation” ([link removed])
Victoria Law
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“For immigrant survivors, who are far from home, friends and family, there’s even less support for sharing their experiences- and advocating for their freedom.” –Victoria Law
There is much overlap between domestic violence, sexual violence and immigration. In this article, Victoria Law discusses the experiences of Amreya Shefa, a DV and SV immigrant survivor, and helps to shed light as to the injustices that happen to survivors all too often in the U.S. immigration system.
** Building a Brave Space
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The Campaign for Peace Over Violence
As we collectively continue to face political, social, and financial challenges, Peace Over Violence remains committed to building crucial brave spaces needed for healing and social justice to thrive.
Our future home will be a brave new space that will be more accessible to the communities we serve. It will be a place that will embody our values of healing, resilience, transformation and radical love and will allow us to more comprehensively serve our families. It will be a place of reimagination and innovation, a place where new friendships will be cultivated and new memories made. This space will be our offering to survivors and their families, loved ones, and our communities so that we can heal and thrive together.
Our new home will be our offering to survivors and their families, loved ones and our communities so we can heal and thrive together. Help us continue to support survivors and work to transform our world into one that is healthy and just for us all. We invite you to learn more about our campaign and to consider becoming a Brave Space Builder ([link removed]) with us!
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Coming Up
Join us on Friday, October 23rd for a virtual women’s self-defense workshop! To RSVP, please call Assemblymember Miguel Santiago’s office at (213) 620-4646, Monday through Friday between 9am and 5pm.
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