DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH
http://www.ncadv.org/takeaction/DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth.php
Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed
in October, 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent
was to connect battered womens advocates across the nation who were working
to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became
a special week when a range of activities were conducted at the local, state,
and national levels.
These activities were as varied and diverse as the program sponsors but had
common themes: mourning those who have died because of domestic violence, celebrating
those who have survived, and connecting those who work to end violence.
In October 1987, the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month was observed. That
same year the first national toll-free hotline was begun. In 1989 the first
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Commemorative Legislation was passed by the
U.S. Congress. Such legislation has passed every year since with NCADV providing
key leadership in this effort.
In October 1994 NCADV, in conjunction with Ms. Magazine, created the "
Remember
My Name" project, a national registry to increase public awareness
of domestic violence deaths. Since then, NCADV has been collecting information
on women who have been killed by an intimate partner and produces a poster each
October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, listing the names of those documented
in that year.
The Day of Unity is celebrated the first Monday in October. NCADV hopes that
events in communities and regions across the fifty states will culminate in
a powerful statement celebrating the strength of battered women and their children.
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