Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline
National Domestic Violence Hotline
La Línea Nacional sobre Violencia Doméstica
TTY (800) 787-3224The holidays are upon us, and that means most of us are busy and stressed! The winter holidays are an emotional time for many people full of both positive and negative associations. I loved Christmas with my family because it was often the only time we were all together: decorating the tree, making dinner together, …
Throughout our Domestic Violence Awareness Month blog series, you will hear about domestic violence from various individuals, each with a unique perspective and experience. This week, in their own words, we hear from Jason and Rachal. Thank you to our contributing writers for sharing. “While the sheltering of survivors is often a crucial first …
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Throughout our Domestic Violence Awareness Month blog series, you will hear about domestic violence from various individuals, each with a unique perspective and experience. This week, in their own words, we hear from Michelle and Christine. Thank you to our contributing writers for sharing. “As a domestic violence legal advocate, I understand the importance …
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Throughout our Domestic Violence Awareness Month blog series, you will hear about domestic violence from various individuals, each with a unique perspective and experience. This week, in their own words, we hear from Ema and the staff at Apna Ghar. Thank you to our contributing writers for sharing. “When considering the topic of reproductive …
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Throughout our Domestic Violence Awareness Month blog series, you will hear about domestic violence from various individuals, each with a unique perspective and experience. This week, in their own words, we hear from Vickie, Kristen, Becky, and Karlene. Thank you to our contributing writers for sharing. “Every year during the month of October, Domestic …
Violence prevention efforts are vital to reduce, and ultimately end, domestic violence. There are many important objectives in this work- for Campus Safety Awareness month (September), ICADV is focusing our prevention efforts on higher education. In this piece, we want to focus on why violence prevention in higher education is so important and greatly needed. …
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When you talk about gender-based violence, you are remiss to ignore the roots that lay beneath it: poverty, racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia. We must move towards positive culture change by addressing all of those pieces because those pieces are the basis for our work, our mission. One of the ways to break down domestic …
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Welcome back to ICADV’s blog! As we relaunch, we are taking the opportunity to discuss our tagline – “One Mission, One Voice” and what it means within this Coalition and within the move to end violence here in Illinois. The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV/ILCADV) was founded in 1978, the same year the National …
We are in the beginning weeks of our annual legislative session and as is so common these days, we are seeing a smattering of proposals to create protection orders to ward off some circumstances of being harassed, threatened or being in physical danger from another. I am hoping this might help us all to better …
I took the gift of an hour today to join a small Circle of Healing with some colleagues from around the country. The Leader of this circle refers to herself as both a clinician and a shaman. What an incredible mix of skills and knowledge that is so important in this moment in time for …