Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)
October 2024
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and the National Network to End Domestic Violence's national theme this year, #Every1KnowsSome1, "strives to highlight how common domestic violence is and that it is more than physical violence."
Please see below for multiple ways you can get involved this October. If you're interested in a presentation on Hope House services, domestic violence, or teen dating violence for your agency, business, civic group, church, campus or school, please call us at 608-356-9123 or email us here. Be sure to check out our Facebook page and Instagram page for updates!
Events
Please see our Events page for more information on our fundraisers, lunch 'n learn, and other events this October.
DVAM TV Graphics
Do you have TVs at your workplace, school, or church? Check out our variety of Domestic Violence Awareness Month images for you to download and use during the month of October!
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Virtual Classroom |
Tree Sashes |
Check out our DVAM virtual classroom!
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Look for our awareness signs attached to purple sashes around trees throughout our service area.
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Recommended Resources
Looking to become better educated on domestic violence and supporting survivors? We recommend these resources:
The National Network to End Domestic Violence, who created this year's #Every1KnowsSome1 campaign, has excellent resources on their website and social media pages. Be sure to check out their 10 Tips to Have an Informed Conversation on Domestic Violence. Have access to a printer? Download their free coloring pages.
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The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence has a newly updated Friends and Family Guide for how to help someone in an abusive relationship, available en espanol too. We also like their How's Your Relationship? Conversation Cards to talk to kids and teens about relationships and to talk to someone about their abusive behavior.
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Workplaces Respond, a project of Futures Without Violence, provides resources, training, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers, and advocates to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual harassment and violence, and stalking impacting the workplace.
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Looking for more information for adults on domestic violence? Check out the organizations on our Domestic Violence Resources page. Looking for more information on talking to teens and young adults on healthy and unhealthy relationships? We highly recommend LoveIsRespect and the One Love Foundation. Have questions on supporting someone experiencing domestic violence? Please call our 24-hour, confidential helpline at 1-800-584-6790.