Day 1: Change your profile pics
The first way to help end intimate partner abuse during Domestic Violence Awareness Month is easy.
Day 2: Participate in Events that Support Survivors
Isolation is one of the most common tactics used by abusers to maintain power and control.
Day 3: Speak Up When Someone Victim Blames
We’ve probably all heard friends and family say things like these before.
Day 4: Protect Family Pets, Too
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports more than 40% of victims stayed with their abusers because of concerns for the safety of animal companions.
Day 5: Reach Out to Someone
Today’s way to take a stand against intimate partner abuse is important and difficult.
Day 6: Think About How You Would Respond
You hear yelling coming from the apartment upstairs again.
It sounds like someone just hit a wall.
Day 7: Volunteer Your Time and Talents
When you volunteer your time and talents to support survivors of intimate partner abuse, your actions send a strong message.
Day 8: Let’s Talk About Intimate Partner Abuse in the LGBTQ Community
Intimate partner abuse is a pattern of behavior in which the thoughts, beliefs and conduct of an intimate partner are controlled through physical, emotional, sexual and/or economic violence.
Day 9: Talk to Young People About Healthy Relationships
Dating relationships, even healthy ones, are complex at any age.
Day 10: Organize a Donation Drive
Survivors of intimate partner abuse leave behind so much when they flee violence.
