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“…the center is asking residents to put purple lights on their porches or in windows through the month to promote conversation about the issue and to remember victims… The campaign will end Nov. 7 at a Cleveland Cavaliers game where purple glow sticks will be handed out …”

Domestic Violence Center wants to shine light on problem

by April McClellan-Copeland / Plain Dealer Reporter September 30, 2008 19:17PM

Domestic violence can hit anyone regardless of race, culture or economic status and is so widespread that experts say one out of four women will be abused in their lifetime, said Linda Dooley Johanek, interim executive director of the Domestic Violence Center in Cleveland.

But discussion and awareness about domestic violence aren’t as widespread.

“Domestic violence is still behind closed doors,” Johanek said. “We want people to start talking about it. Years ago, no one talked about breast cancer. But look how much people are talking about it now. We want to bring domestic violence more out into the community and let people know that there are services located throughout the county to help them.”

Tuesday kicks off October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the DVC is mounting its first major public awareness campaign called Purple Light Nights, in which the center is asking residents to put purple lights on their porches or in windows through the month to promote conversation about the issue and to remember victims. Purple is the international color symbolic of domestic violence.
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Million Voices Campaign members across the country are taking steps to end domestic violence in their communities. Join them at events and become part of a growing community of individuals taking action to end domestic violence in America! To learn more about the campaign, please visit us at ndvh.org/million. 

How can you discuss domestic violence in forums?  Domestic violence touches many facets of our communities.  There is a way to bring up the issue even if the forum is about:

• law or law enforcement
• media
• health or well-being
• poverty
• teen dating
• school education
• welfare of children
• immigration
• community safety
• celebrities
• workplace violence
• relationships

Domestic violence affects or is affected by all these topics and many more.  For related statistics, please see Read, Learn, Teach.

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If you would like to be included in Great Actions, Good Ideas please email millionvoices@ndvh.org with your story or write to ATTN: Million Voices, NDVH, P.O. Box 161810, Austin, TX 78716. Send us a picture if you have one!

   The Follansbee 20th Century Club in Follansbee, WV, is very active in their community when it comes to domestic violence. 

They use their monthly meetings to generate supplies for the local shelter.  The Club President submitted the photo of this billboard they sponsored advertising the National Domestic Violence Hotline number!  Way to go!

 
We would like to recognize the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Mississippi for their submission of 2,000 Million Voices Campaign registrations. 

Their entries helped us reach the 10,000 mile marker.  Thank you for all your efforts. Photo submitted by Ms. Ivous Sisk.  Pictured are the Mississippi General and Juniorette members at Barnes Crossing Mall in Tupelo.  Seated left to right are Virginia Hale, Diane Harrison, Shirley Lucius, (second row) Haley Rutherford and Ivous Sisk.