Advocates and survivors, as well as domestic violence supporters, are encouraged to attend this year’s CALL FOR UNITY teleconference call. The call will last 45 minutes. Of course, you don’t have to stay on the call for the entire time, but you may want to listen to be inspired, re-inspired about the domestic violence movement [...]

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I am working on having a #LiveChatFeed on domestic violence issues outside of my role as a NDVH hotline advocate on Friday, October 14th. I’ve been building my account up (@bluebonnetfield) and I will be attending a specialized training on October 5th to figure out the last moment details to get everything else going in [...]

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Electric went off around 4:30a. It didn’t go off for too long (a part of rollouts that we may not be officially having yet), but when it comes back on it programs the thermostat to HEAT. Anyone know how we can reset the thermostat so that when COA cuts off the electric, it goes back [...]

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American Indian Women in Domestic Violence

Funny. I attended a training session at work in which I was asking some of the same questions, along with my fellow advocates. Never imagined that when I was home, I would come upon an article so much on point. There is much to learn about the domestic violence and all the cultures around the [...]

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Found a posting on twitter: @Andrea10TV Andrea10TV State Senator Kris Jordan to police responding to his wife’s domestic violence call “She got all upset….but girls do that.” 6 hours ago I haven’t heard the whole story yet; however, it is amazing that the State Senator would stereotype his wife as being just like any other [...]

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To register for this year’s DVAM (Domestic Violence Awareness Month) Call for Unity, please go to this link: http://www.atconference.com/events/registration.php?ID=63135817-bc86-45cf-bf3d-9abcdb101b81 and follow the instructions from there. The call is free to call in and will last for about 45 minutes on October 4, 2011. Side Note: The Domestic Violence Awareness Project (DVAP) is an initiative of [...]

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October is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH (“DVAM”). As part of the recognition of DVAM is the Call For Unity. Please review, participate and share with others. This is from the 2010 event: http://dvam.vawnet.org/campaigns/call-for-unity.php which includes podcasts of: •National Call for Unity 2010, full length recording (38:57 minutes) •Remarks by Vice President Joseph Biden (1:55 minutes) [...]

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DV Victims May Have Right for Time Off Work

I think it is fabulous that FMLA and some of the States’ own laws are working together to help provide a dv an opportunity to tend to certain things related to care and empowering moving forward to being a survivor. Hopefully all 50 statesw will follow suit as well. Amplify’d from www.nolo.com Victims of domestic [...]

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Talking the other day and learning a new term (to me anyways) called “bath salts” which is all about a designer drug (similar to cocaine) that is sold online, on convenience store shelves & smoke shops, causing havoc among folks who quickly become addicted to this drug. They are getting the name from actually resembling [...]

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On the way, I couldn’t tell if there was an electrical storm going on in the eastern Austin skies, or actual rain and lightening storms heading in. Are they rain Gods toying with our visions? Could it be figment of our imaginations (just like a mirage in the hottest of deserts)?? Should I have had [...]

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Domestic Violence Voices

URL:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Domestic-Violence-Voices… Are you a survivor of domestic violence? Are you ready to share your voice? This facebook page has a great deal to offer…some points of inspirations, some healthy and vibrant discussions on various issues surround domestic violence survivorship, and more. Feel free to dive in and join the conversations among other survivors! See [...]

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Volunteer for the 2011 Stop the Violence, Start the Peace Concert at River City Youth Foundation!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?authkey=CLnu4ZgN&… Step up and volunteer for our youth. Great venue on August 26th, needing plenty of folks to assist, with a great cause. If you can #volunteer, please do! Many ways to volunteer…just check out the form! See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1bs91

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Are you a survivor wanting to tell your story?

If you are a survivor, I want to talk to you and have you come on my show, Beyond Words Live, on blogtalkradio. My show is a platform for survivors to tell their own story in their own words – especially if you are a survivor from domestic violence or sexual assault or childhood abuse. [...]

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Do you have Klout?

Everyone wishes that they had some degree of clout in everyday living – whether it is just being heard for the first time ever or just trying to have some sort of upward mobility in society as a whole. The site, Klout (http://klout.com), is no different. It factors in some movement that you had done [...]

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