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Speak My Name

October 22, 2024By Blog, Events
Please join us in speaking these names out loud as the video plays. Each name is a life taken by domestic homicide related to intimate partner abuse in Kentucky from September 2023 – August 2024. We remember the victims and honor their memory for the children, family, and friends who…
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Cosplay for a Cause Foundation

October 14, 2024By Blog
Cosplay for a Cause Foundation brings children’s favorite characters to life, providing moments of joy and inspiration. Founded by Elizabeth Redding, Lee Davis, and Greg Frederick in 2020, the foundation supports nonprofits through volunteering, fundraising events, and uses cosplay to uplift and support children. Each year members select a local…
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Volunteer

September 26, 2024By Blog, Events
Volunteer with us! We’re grateful for the time and talent every person, group, and company gives. The efforts of volunteers expand our capacity to foster safety and healing for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Opportunities to help at our emergency shelter and farm are offered monthly. Examples of shelter volunteering…
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Advocate in Your Place of Faith

September 26, 2024By Blog
A culture of support and understanding develops when faith groups and leaders talk about intimate partner abuse. How is faith related to the survivor experience? Many survivors of intimate partner abuse experience faith as a distinctive element of their identity and personal lives. While faith can be a source of…
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Advocate in the Workplace

September 26, 2024By Blog
44% of US adults say they have experienced the effects of intimate partner abuse at work. Intimate partner abuse affects every part of a survivor’s life, including at work. Abusers often sabotage a survivor’s work-life as a control tactic.  As an employer, what can you do to support survivors?   If an employee starts suddenly missing…
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Talk to Young People

September 26, 2024By Blog
1 in 3 teens will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by someone they are in a relationship with before they become adults. Having conversations now can help young people in your life identify red flags when it’s time to start dating. Share and model what a healthy relationship looks…
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Ask Yourself Honestly

September 26, 2024By Blog
Is your behavior truly violence free? Healthy relationships require self-awareness. That means you want to find ways to express how you’re feeling, practice active listening, and work together to find solutions — even when you disagree. By practicing healthier relationship habits and modeling them for others, you contribute to ending…
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Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act

September 10, 2024By Blog
Information, images, and links in this post were developed by National Network to End Domestic Violence and ZeroV, Kentucky's coalition of domestic violence programs. Your voice to support the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act is critically important! Victim safety and healing are on the line. Funding for victim services is…
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A Clean Start

August 5, 2024By Blog, Stories
"I endured every form of abuse from a partner for several years." Paige Swope holds the Ms. Kentucky Festivals 2023 title, and her platform is awareness for intimate partner abuse. “I endured every form of abuse from a partner for several years,” she shares. “Women, and especially children, who are…
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