VAWnet News Blog

By including young people, advocates have the capacity to teach them organizing strategies that will prevent violence, and they gain the opportunity to learn from young people on what does and doesn’t work as the violence prevention space continues to change.

As national organizations serving survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide, we are heartbroken by the killing of Renee Nicole Good, an LGBTQ+ Minneapolis resident who was exercising her right to protest activity by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents. We extend our deepest condolences to Ms. Good’s loved ones and to all who are mourning this devastating and unnecessary loss of life.

DVAM may be over, but here at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, we are committed to showing up for survivors always – and we invite you to do the same, all year long! Read on to see how you can stay connected and stand with survivors beyond Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

SNAP is a critical resource for domestic violence survivors and their children. With the impending pause on SNAP benefits on November 1st, NRCDV has compiled several key resources on the SNAP program and who it serves.

This was the question we asked ourselves at our annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) planning meeting this year. As we dreamed up possible taglines and campaign imagery, our core messages felt crystal clear: Survivors deserve safety. Survivors deserve support. Survivors deserve solidarity.

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) strongly disagrees with recent comments made by President Trump suggesting that “a little fight with the wife” should not be treated as a crime.