Congress first declared October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 1989. Since that time, October has become a month to recognize victims/survivors of domestic violence and raise awareness about the impact domestic violence has on victims, children and the community.
In partnership with the Domestic Violence Awareness Project (DVAP), the National Domestic Violence Hotline's Domestic Violence Awareness Month theme for 2024 is HEAL, HOLD, and CENTER. We must work together, embrace the many cultural ways we can heal from violence and oppression, commit to holding space for survivors, and center those most marginalized in all of our efforts to end domestic violence. As we heal, hold, and center survivors, especially those navigating anti-Blackness and other systems of oppression, we remain grounded in the knowledge that there is no survivor justice without racial justice.
How can you get involved?
Purple Thursday (October 17, 2024) is a day where people united across the nation and wear purple to show their support for survivors of domestic violence. This simple act of wearing purple helps raise awareness and lets survivors know they are not alone.
Share/spread resources -The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has compiled an incredible list of helpful resources, fact sheets, and toolkits for parents/caregivers, children & youth, mental health providers, child welfare workers, law enforcement professionals, educators and school staff, and policy makers.
