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Everyone’s talking about it …..Are you?
A growing movement towards talking about domestic violence is taking place. It started with the NFL, has expanded to other sports teams and now Hollywood has joined their powerful voice. The clip below is from the 2015 Grammy Awards and was followed by Katy Perry performing a song about this crime. How are you going…
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HBO Documentary Private Violence Coming to Longmont
LEVI and Safe Shelter are excited to announce they will offer one of the first screenings in Colorado of the HBO Documentary Private Violence. With all the recent attention to the issue of domestic violence brought to us courtesy of the NFL this timely film will answer a question many Americans have been asking: “why…
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Stylists take on prevention role
Domestic violence is too complicated, prevalent and persistent for one individual or even law enforcement to end. We need the help of the entire community. Fifty local stylists stepped up to find out more about their role and arm themselves with information and resources to do their part this week. Find out more about the…
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The link between animal and human violence
Not many of us realize that animal cruelty and neglect is connected to human violence. In fact, over 30 years of research concludes that when animals are abused, people are at risk and when people are abused, animals are at risk. Check out this short VIDEO on the topic. LEVI has been doing targeted outreach…
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Words of Wisdom from a Domestic Violence Prosecutor
Domestic Violence can be viewed from a variety of lenses. Here’s one prosecutor’s take on the “essential truths” of dealing with this all too common crime. True Story: Everything You Need To Know About Domestic Violence – From a Prosecutor
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Escape…
In the May issue of 5280 Magazine, there is a great article profiling a victim of domestic violence. Detailed, poignant and truthful, commit to growing your own understanding of how incredibly complicated the dynamics of abuse are by reading the article HERE.
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Why doesn’t she just leave?
This is a universal question we hear over and over. Young to old, people want the know why someone would stay in an abusive relationship. The truth is it’s complicated. Survivor Leslie Morgan Steiner shares her story in this powerful video testimony.
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How protective are protection orders?
An article in the May 2013 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine compares domestic violence to intimate terrorism. Not a bad call. The article profiles several victims and how protection orders sometimes aren’t enough. Click HERE to read the article.