Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), President-elect Trump's nominee for Attorney General, had the opportunity last week to appear in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to convince the Committee and the American people that he can be trusted to serve as the nation's chief law enforcement officer.He failed.Senator Sessions failed to convince us that he will enforce the law for all victims, he failed to convince us that he will defend ALL of VAWA, and he failed to convince us that he will pr... Read More

A common thing we hear at NCADV is, “We need better laws to protect domestic violence victims.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why NCADV has a public policy office to influence legislators when they are considering bills and laws that impact the lives of domestic violence survivors. Many voices are better than one, especially when it comes to lobbying for change with our Nation’s leaders. So, how do you lobby to create the change you want to see in the world?In a series of blog posts, we’... Read More

A common thing we hear at NCADV is, “We need better laws to protect domestic violence victims.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why NCADV has a public policy office to influence legislators when they are considering bills and laws that impact the lives of domestic violence survivors. Many voices are better than one, especially when it comes to lobbying for change with our Nation’s leaders. So, how do you lobby to create the change you want to see in the world?In a series of blog posts, we’... Read More

A common thing we hear at NCADV is, “We need better laws to protect domestic violence victims.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why NCADV has a public policy office to influence legislators when they are considering bills and laws that impact the lives of domestic violence survivors. Many voices are better than one, especially when it comes to lobbying for change with our Nation’s leaders. So, how do you lobby to create the change you want to see in the world?In a series of blog posts, we’... Read More

A common thing we hear at NCADV is, “We need better laws to protect domestic violence victims.” And we couldn’t agree more. That’s why NCADV has a public policy office to influence legislators when they are considering bills and laws that impact the lives of domestic violence survivors. Many voices are better than one, especially when it comes to lobbying for change with our Nation’s leaders. So, how do you lobby to create the change you want to see in the world?In a series of blog posts, we’... Read More

Domestic violence occurs in dating relationships as well as marriages. Almost 21% of female high school students and 13% of male high school students reported being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. With as many as 1.5 million U.S. high school students being physically abused each year, domestic violence is something that needs to be discussed in communities nationwide. One community in North Carolina has been working on just that and is the focus of NCADV's December webinar.... Read More

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) exhorts President-Elect Trump to prove there is no room in the White House for hatred and bigotry by removing Steve Bannon from any role in the Trump Administration. In addition to his well-known embrace of white nationalism, misogyny, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and other forms of bigotry, Mr. Bannon is an accused domestic abuser. Police photographs which have been made public appear to support his then-wife's claim that he gra... Read More

Every four years, we as a nation are faced with change.  At NCADV, we work to ensure that no matter who sits in the Oval Office, we never change our mission.  We continue to work toward a society that has no tolerance for domestic violence.  We give the same energy and passion to the voices and concerns of victims and survivors and the intersecting issues, no matter who the President-elect.As we grasp what has occurred this week, we want to let you know: we are not changing. Our work remains ... Read More

NCADV's national conference on domestic violence was held last week in Chandler, Arizona. Over the course of four days, 100+ speakers, advocates, and survivors came together for 55 workshops, intensives, plenaries, and keynotes. There was a lot of discussions about critical topics, which we'll talk about later this week in another post. But until then, enjoy these seven quotes from the 2016 NCADV conference that are guaranteed to inspire you. "When women come together united in vision, we can... Read More

This post originally appeared on Women You Should Know and has been republished with the permission of the author.October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we need to discuss some numbers.From September 11, 2001  to June 6, 2012, more American women were killed by intimate partners than all of the victims of 9/11 plus all of the American military fatalities due to the ensuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, combined. The numbers aren’t even close.According to the FBI, 11,766 wo... Read More

Last week, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence released its 2015 edition of the Remember My Name poster. The poster lists the names, ages, and states of 323 women, children, and men who lost their lives due to domestic violence from the previous year. The poster’s release is timed for release in October to coincide with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, giving organizations and individuals a way to honor and remember those who died because of domestic violence. While the 2015 po... Read More

A Daughter’s PerspectiveThe door shutsLike the eyes of the giantThat torment her sleep.She listens anxiously as his stepsFade down the tenement hallway.Never before has she feltThis exhausted.Never again will she feelthis relieved.Mama don’t you worry, she says,as she barges into her mother’s bedroom,He’s gone for good this time.Yeah, I know, Mama says,As the tears run down her faceInto the tenement hallway.Tre Wharton is a 28-year-old poet from Southern California. At the very young age of f... Read More

Two words, one big concept – domestic violence. Formerly known as “wife beating”, sometimes used interchangeably with intimate partner violence, and including a number of individual abuses, domestic violence is a problem that impacts individuals but must be addressed as a nation. Domestic violence is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. Understanding what domestic violence is and t... Read More

Dear Readers,Welcome to the NCADV  blog!  We are very excited to use this space to discuss and inform, listen and hear, and share as much as possible with our allies and readers.  We feel this blog will be a great addition to the other resources and tools that we provide to you, our constituents. As we move forward with this and our other projects , we also hope that you will participate and inform NCADV, formally and informally, as well as reflect upon your hard work and the work of your com... Read More