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** Special Message
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On the morning of Wednesday, September 14th, a search warrant from the Los Angeles County Sheriff was executed at the headquarters of Peace Over Violence and the home of Patti Giggans, our Executive Director who is also a Commissioner on the LA County Sheriff’s Civilian Oversight Commission (COC). This was a duplicate of a search warrant from a year ago, regarding a contract with LA Metro ([link removed]) . The District Attorney rejected the case due to a lack of credible evidence. Last week, the Sheriff removed items including desktop computers, our agency server, and Patti’s personal vehicle. Simultaneously, they also raided the home of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, her offices at the Hall of Administration, and the LA Metro offices.

These actions are intended to disrupt Peace Over Violence and intimidate Patti Giggans and are due to the Sheriff’s ongoing personal political vendettas that have transpired publicly against Patti and members of the COC and others who have been critical of the Sheriff and his practices. Clearly, these bullying tactics are meant to intimidate anyone who has criticism of the Sheriff.

POV and our Executive Director/CEO Patti Giggans deny all of these allegations. POV rejects the attempt to defame the organization, its programming and values, its integrity and the integrity of its Executive Director/CEO. We have just received news that the California Attorney General has removed the Sheriff from this investigation and the Department of Justice is taking over. We welcome this turn of events and will continue to cooperate with full transparency.

Peace Over Violence and its Executive Director Patti Giggans are nationally recognized leaders in sexual and domestic violence with a reputation for providing responsive, quality services to victim/survivors. We have partnered with law enforcement and government institutions for more than 51 years to fill the gaps that exist in supporting survivors including operating the nation’s first and longest running sexual assault and domestic violence hotline. Our hotlines are supported in part by government contracts, grants, and other donations. Our government contracts have all been fairly granted and followed the rules and protocols of the awarding agency.

Despite this event, Peace Over Violence remains committed to the work of providing a safe place, listening ear, and trauma informed wraparound services to individuals and families impacted by sexual and domestic violence in Los Angeles County.


** Stand With POV
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We have received an outpouring of support these last few days, and many have asked what they can do to help. Stand with us! Send us your messages and words of support. These go a long way, especially for our staff, who are always on the frontline. Show up and celebrate with us! We will be celebrating 5 decades of social service, social change and social justice at our 50th anniversary gala ([link removed]) on October 19th in Hollywood. We hope we will see many of you there. Consider purchasing a ticket ([link removed]) and attending yourself or supporting a staff member or volunteer to attend, buying a digital tribute ad ([link removed]) , or sponsoring the event ([link removed]) .

OUR MISSION: Building healthy relationships, families and communities, free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.

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** Join us!
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Celebrate 5 decades of social service, social change, and social justice.

Robert K. Ross, M.D.
President & CEO, The California Endowment
Visionary Humanitarian Award

Capital Group
Corporate Humanitarian Award

Sandra Henriquez, MBA
CEO, ValorUS
Leadership Humanitarian Award

Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Director, LA County Department of Public Health
Public Service Humanitarian Award
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
6pm Cocktail reception | 7pm Dinner & Program

Taglyan Complex
1201 North Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038
For up to date info, visit peaceoverviolence.org/eov50.

Event will be American Sign Language interpreted and wheelchair accessible; POV will follow LA Department of Public Health COVID guidelines.
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For additional sponsorship and ticket information,
contact Natalia at Blue Room Events: [email protected].


** POV’s People: Where are they now?
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Throughout this year, we will be highlighting individuals or groups that have impacted our work over the last 50 years.


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Barrie Levy
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Co-Founder,, LACAAW & POV Advisory Board Member

Flashback to 1971: Two Women’s Centers (Crenshaw and Venice) - consciousness raising groups – women and girls of all ages – shy, ashamed, afraid – revealing, with extreme difficulty, their stories of sexual assault and sexual coercion – believing that they were alone, the only one this had happened to, and that it was their fault. Women became allies, supports – and shared our outrage, especially as we all realized that victim blaming had led to NO consequences for rapists. What an empowering time!

Several of us, with leadership from Joan Robbins, decided to take action. The first “Speak Out Against Rape” led to hundreds of calls to the Venice Women’s Center. Women wanted to talk, and to act. Eventually some of us organized a separate phone line for these calls – which became the first sexual assault hotline, and to an “antirape squad” that confronted accused assailants who had “gotten away with it.”

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"Over all of these years, I have been privileged to see amazing changes as a result of the movement to end violence against women. In the forefront of this movement for 50 years, POV has grown and continues to make a huge difference in the lives of all people affected by sexual and domestic violence – as well as being in the forefront of changing social systems to prevent violence."

— Barrie Levy

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** POV is hiring!
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Open Positions:
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* Emergency Services Case Manager I ([link removed])

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