Dear Friend,
Before 1970 if you or a loved one were sexually assaulted or a victim of domestic violence, there was nowhere to turn. Domestic violence was accepted as normal and sexual violence was viewed as inevitable. In 1971, a group of pioneering feminists in Los Angeles organized the first hotline in the country --- that was us! At the same time, across the United States, a movement to end violence against women was born.
What began as that small group of women is now the longest running sexual and domestic violence hotline in history, and an innovative violence prevention and intervention center. POV is strong, with 75 staff and more than 200 volunteers. Over the last fifty years, POV has served more than one million individuals and their families.
As much as there has been progress, there is still so much left to do… and we are not done. The question for all of us as a society is: where do we go from here?
We can’t go anywhere without you.
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