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Two Ways To Say NO MORE Today: October 25
To commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month today, Joyful Heart, in collaboration with our very special partners, gives you two ways to say NO MORE to domestic violence and sexual assault.
Our Stories, Our Work: Joyful Heart Updates and Events in Hawai‘i
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time when communities across the state and country focus on raising visibility and creating change. Domestic violence thrives when communities are silent, so this month is about ending that silence and encouraging everyone to take a stand.
In Hawai‘i, there are many local activities talking place to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We invite you to read about some of them and check out even more from Hawai‘i Says NO MORE.
The Conversation from Sunday's #NOMOREexcuses SVU Marathon
On August 30, we partnered with USA Network, Characters Unite and NO MORE to host a new Law & Order: Special Victims Unit #NOMOREexcuses marathon to end domestic violence and sexual assault. Check out the social recap from Storify.
How and Why We Need to Support Survivors: #TheEmptyChair and Ray Rice
In our mutual work to end domestic violence and sexual assault, it’s crucial that the starting point for our words and actions be those we work in service of: survivors.
Help End the Silence
If we have any chance of bringing real and lasting change, we have to take care of the people on the frontlines of helping survivors.
6 Steps to Supporting a Survivor
In listening to an individual’s story, your response can have an enormous impact on that person’s healing journey.
It's Not Just What Happened that Night
It was always having a heart-to-heart with one or maybe two other people at a time, sitting on a bathroom sink or on a stoop. This was how I had shared my story up until 2013.
