Domestic Violence

Clothesline Project Continues

In November, our Domestic Violence Chair, Diane Franklin, participated in a local Clothesline Project. Domestic violence survivors attended an en event designed to empower survivors. As part of the event, survivors created postcards as a healing tool similar to the first event in Massachusetts. History of Clothesline Project According to the Men’s Rape Prevention Project […]

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Millions of Americans are Victims of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence and substance abuse share similar characteristics, according to a 2005 psychiatry journal article. Both forms of abuse involve loss of control, ongoing negative behaviors despite awareness of the consequences, excessive waste of time, blame shifting, denial, intensification of problem and promise of behavioral changes. Women make up 85 percent of domestic abuse victims,

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