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How to Help a Victim of DV
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. You can wear purple ribbons to educate ourselves and others about the horrors of inter-personal violence. But if you know a victim of domestic violence--and they're all around us--do you know how to help them share their story and get help?
Send them to Violence Unsilenced, a relatively new and somewhat unconventional website that gives excruciating voice to the survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
It's a simple thing you can do, but sometimes the simple things are the most profound.
Read more.
Edited 10/12/2009 9:17 am ET by cmamyd
