Heroes Fighting Domestic Violence
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Dogs Who Love Unconditionally
Furry ‘therapists’ help adult and child survivors of DV open up | When children become the collateral damage of domestic violence in the home, their emotional scars... read more
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Letting the Art Do the Healing
Workshops help survivors get their trauma out through creativity | Artist and survivor Cathy Salser always knew she wanted to use her art to make a difference. So, for... read more
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Flying the Survivor Skies
Angel Flight West helps relocate victims of abuse, free of charge | Escaping from an abuser sometimes means moving into a shelter a few miles away. Other time... read more
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Free Smiles in Canada
Dentist starts nonprofit to honor the brother who taught her how to make a difference | Dr. Tina Meisami remembers one of her patients, a woman who was so badly be... read more
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Teaching Kids to Be Brave
Following the murder of her friend, Project BRAVE founder wants domestic violence education to start earlier | When you’re lucky enough to live near your friends, you... read more
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Yoga Instructor Brings Healing to One Shelter
Free classes offered for survivors, staff and volunteers | Yoga instructor Ashleigh Gurtler knows the power of a good downward dog. The 30-year-old from New York Ci... read more
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Growing a Better Life
GreenHouse17 helps survivors find their independence again, one harvest at a time | GreenHouse17 is a domestic violence shelter in Kentucky with a twist. In additio... read more
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Girls Fight Back
Self-defense is about much more than physical moves, says one group | In 2001, 21-year-old college student Shannon McNamara was brutally raped and killed during a v... read more
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Positioned to Help
Cut It Out teaches salon professionals how to recognize signs of domestic violence | Brigid Cox, 55, grew up as one of 13 children in what she calls a strictly disc... read more
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Survivors Shop Free
Ohio thrift store helps survivors of domestic abuse get a fresh start | When a domestic violence survivor decides to leave their abuser, furnishing his or her new h... read more
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Movers Help Domestic Violence Survivors Get Out
Meathead Movers has done the heavy lifting for 300 survivors free of charge | Brothers Aaron and Evan Steed founded Meathead Movers in 1997 in Southern California w... read more
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Free Tattoos for Survivors
Tattoo artist uses her talent to cover scars for survivors of abuse | Brazilian tattoo artist Flavia Carvalho is turning trauma into art by offering her inking skil... read more
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I Helped Open One of the First Women's Shelters
What’s gotten better, worse since the movement to end domestic violence began in the ‘70s | In October 1974 in St. Paul, Minn., Women’s Advocates, Inc., opened the do... read more
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When Georgia Smiled
Robin McGraw talks to DomesticShelters.org about her foundation | You may know Robin McGraw as the tough-love, advice-giving, right-hand-woman of Phil McGraw, of Dr. ... read more
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Stylist to the Survivors
Celeb stylist Sam Russell knows confidence can be found through clothes | Celebrity stylist Sam Russell is often bestowed with designer fashions us mere mortals are ra... read more
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