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Action Items
Below is a list of recent articles of interest to domestic violence prevention advocates.
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Search the web and help the hotline with Goodsearch
Goodsearch is a new search engine that donates advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charity of your choice. It works like a regular search engine, powered by Yahoo!, so you can always find what you're looking for. Visit www.goodsearch.com and designate the National Domestic Violence Hotline as the organization you would like to support.
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April 18, 2007
A Life Interrupted
Just a few short years ago, hundreds of thousands of rape kits sat unexamined, the legal time limit for prosecution slowly ticking away, while offenders who committed unspeakable acts walked free. Debbie Smith changed that. Inspired by actual events, "A Life Interrupted" follows this brave woman's journey to reclaim her life and put thousands of rapists behind bars.
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February 8, 2007
First Call to NTDAH made by Mary Beth Buchanan, Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women
Listen to the first call to the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline...
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February 8, 2007
Sterling Silver Fundraising Heart Lariat Necklace
As seen in Seventeen Magazine, this beautiful lariat necklace was specifically developed to assist in raising funds for the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline.
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November 16, 2006
O.J. Simpson Book and Upcoming FOX Television Appearance About How He Would’ve Killed His Wife, Had He Done It, Upsets DV Advocates Nationwide
Twelve years ago, the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman brought the issue of domestic violence from out of the shadows and into the public spotlight. The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is extremely outraged to hear that OJ Simpson intends to release a book detailing how he could have murdered his ex-wife and her friend.
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November 16, 2005
SAFE HANDS: The Allstate Network for Empowering Women
To address Domestic Violence, The Allstate Foundation has launched a new initiative -- SAFE HANDS: The Allstate Network for Empowering Women -- to provide support to victims of domestic violence
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November 16, 2005
Cut it Out
CUT IT OUT is a program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the United States.
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August 23, 2005
Dr. Michelle Gottlieb interviews NDVH Executive Director, Sheryl Cates
Sheryl Cates became the Executive Director of the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) and National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) in March 1999. The Texas Council on Family Violence is the statewide membership coalition of community-based family vio
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June 21, 2005
Actor Speaks Out to Ensure Domestic Violence is No Longer a Private Family Matter
(June 21, 2005) Dallas, TX -- At the age of 15, actor, athlete, advocate and author Victor Rivas Rivers took legal action against his father and went to live with seven unofficial foster families in order to escape the abuse he, his mother and his siblin
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