October 11, 2022 by Natalie Cochran
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2022: The Power of the Purple Ribbon
Annually in October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) is recognized to raise awareness of how organizations can come together to educate our communities and collectively advocate to end domestic violence. Each year, Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) takes the time to reflect on where we have been in advocating for domestic violence and representing victims, and where we are going in the movement to end it.
Wearing a purple ribbon can start a conversation, represent remembrance, and even save a life. October 20, 2022 is Purple Thursday, where the nation is encouraged to wear purple as a symbol of peace, honor, survival, and personal dedication to end domestic violence.
In October 1987, the first DVAM was observed and the first national domestic violence toll-free hotline was established. Congress passed a public law in 1989, designating October DVAM.
LSLA is proud to offer services to domestic violence survivors and their families. We can help with divorces, protective orders, recovery resources, and more.
In this latest episode of our Law Talk Friday, Ashleigh Gardner-Cormier and Jocellyn Camarillo of our Crime Victims Unit joined Amy Smith with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to discuss the different stages in leaving an abusive relationship, and the community resources available to assist at each stage.
October is an opportunity for everyone to work together to end domestic violence. LSLA encourages advocates, loved ones, supporters, and survivors to join in uplifting each other during DVAM and years to come.
Social media
Here are the circulating hashtags you can use on social media.
- #weareresilient
- #1thing
- #every1knowssome1
- #projectpurple
- #DVAM
- #DVAM2022
Resources
- Texas Crime Victim Legal Assistance Network
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- The Hotline
- Love is Respect
If you or a loved one need legal help, you can apply for our free legal services by visiting www.lonestarlegal.org or calling 1-800-733-8394.
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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