Do you know what "1 in 3" mean?

• 1 in 3 teen dating relationships are experiencing some form of abuse and violence .
• 1 in 3 women experience domestic violence causing more injuries to them than car accidents, muggings, and rapes, COMBINED.

Every third girl and woman you know is experiencing one or more forms of these abuses.   * Emotional      * Financial      * Physical      * Sexual      * Verbal

Click http://nomore.org/ to learn ways YOU can make a difference for loved ones in your life!!!  And register here or at HALTfamilyabuse.org for the interactive FREE workshop: HALT Teen Dating Abuse & Domestic Violence on October 17, 2015, Saturday, 8:30 – 11:30 am.  Donations are appreciated and 25% goes to Safehome domestic violence shelter in Johnson County, KS. 

Abuse Prevention - Kansas City

Abuse Prevention - EVERY day in America 4-5 women die at the hands of intimate partners – 2 of these have occurred in Kansas City in 2014. On 9/11/2014 KMBC9 News reported that 3,600 domestic violence calls have been responded to by the Kansas City Police so far this year. I, for one, am proud to live in a city where the KC Council passed a domestic violence ordinance empowering the police to arrest defendants who violate temporary protection orders.  

Monica Mayberry of the Rose Brooks Center said, "They have time, time to persuade the petitioners to drop the case or maybe not to go to court. Maybe not even follow through with an order of protection."  Mayberry also said, “When they (defendants) violate an ex parte order, it can take weeks or even a month or two before they see any accountability." The interim between temporary to permanent protection orders left victims move vulnerable to their intimate terrorists before this ordinance went into effect.  

If preventing abuse is important to you and you live in Kansas City, call, write a letter, or email the Council saying “THANK YOU” to them for this courageous action they have taken. Then, attend the “Guiding Families to Safety Workshop” on 10/11/2014 to learn to identify the signs of abuse to children, teens, domestic partners and senior citizens in your life. Register at HALTfamilyabuse.org or http://bit.ly/1wFR41O