The project focuses on providing healing for survivors of violence, educating the public about violence, and providing solutions through individual action to prevent violence
The Los Angeles Valley College
Healthy Advocacy Response Team
Designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), April brings an annual opportunity to focus awareness on sexual violence and its prevention. It is also an opportunity to highlight the efforts of individuals and agencies that provide rape crisis intervention and prevention services while offering support to sexual assault survivors, victims, and their families. SAAM raises awareness of sexual violence and its prevention through special events while highlighting sexual violence as a major public health issue and reinforcing the need for prevention efforts. http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/
EACH OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
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 women’s 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.
The CVR Team's role is to seek ways to increase awareness and prevention measures on LAVC's campus regarding violence against women and men.
Further, to be available to assist the LAVC community with connecting to the appropriate resources when issues of violence are present in a student's life.
The CVR Team's role is to seek ways to increase awareness and prevention measures on LAVC's campus regarding violence against women and men.
Further, to be available to assist the LAVC community with connecting to the appropriate resources when issues of violence are present in a student's life.
The CVR Team's role is to seek ways to increase awareness and prevention measures on LAVC's campus regarding violence against women and men.
Further, to be available to assist the LAVC community with connecting to the appropriate resources when issues of violence are present in a student's life.
