WHAT YOU CAN
DO TO HELP SOMEONE WHO IS BEING ABUSED
§ Call our hotline: 970-247-9619
§
Educate
yourself about the resources in the community that can help
§
Listen! Tell
them abuse is not their fault.
§
Believe them.
You may be the first person she/he has trusted to tell.
§
Be supportive
and let her/him know that help is available
§
Do not be
judgmental
§
Violence
increases 75% when a woman leaves an abusive relationship - do not assume
leaving is the right and/or safest thing for her to do.
§
Encourage
her/him to call our hotline anytime:970-247-9619
WHAT YOU CAN
DO TO HELP SOMEONE WHO IS BEING ABUSIVE
§ Don't ignore
the abuse. Hold them accountable for their actions.
§ Encourage them
to seek help.
§ Call our
hotline for further assistance.
WAYS TO MAKE
ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUR BUSINESS
1. Cultivate a
respectful attitude toward women in your family and at your workplace. Avoid
behaviors that demean or control women.
2. When you
are angry with your partner or children, respond without hurting or
humiliating them. Model a non-violent, respectful response to resolving
conflicts in your family. Call a domestic violence or child abuse prevention
program for their help if you continue to hurt members of your family.
3. If you have
a friend or co-worker who is afraid of her partner or who is being hurt,
offer her your support and refer her to the 24-hour Alternative Horizons
hotline at 970-247-9619.
4. Learn about
domestic violence services in your community. Contribute your time
(volunteer!), resources or money. Call 970-247-4374 to find out more.
5. Call the
police if you see or hear violence in progress.
6. Talk to
your friends and neighbors when they belittle women, make a joke about
violence, or ignore a battered woman.
7. Write to
movie producers, movie companies, internet businesses, video game producers
and TV stations to speak out about violence against women.
8. Develop a
women's safety campaign in your workplace, neighborhood, school or house of
worship. Build a consensus among your colleagues and neighbors that abusive
behavior and language is unacceptable.
9. Co-sponsor
a citizens' monitoring group with your local domestic violence program to
insure that law enforcement officers, judges and probation and parole
personnel receive training about domestic violence and enforce the law.
10. Examine your own life for violence and oppressive behaviors. Try to live a violence free life.
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