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Domestic Violence Counts  In a single day in 2007, domestic violence programs served more than 53,000 adults and children in the United States. However, a signficant number of requests - more than 7,700 - went unmet because of lack the funding and staff to meet the demand. This data comes from the National Network to End Domestic Violence's second National Census of Domestic Violence Services.
The Census collected a national, unduplicated count of adults and children who received life-saving services from domestic violence programs on September 25, 2007. During the 24-hour survey period 53,203 adults and children received direct services, and more than 20,000 calls were answered by local, state, and national crisis hotlines. Click here to read the Georgia fact sheet. |
The Courage to Be Yourself
Judy Chancey, a long-time support group facilitator for WRC, came to us with the idea of starting a book club centered on Sue Patton Thoele's book The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem. She suggested the book study as a way for women to reconnect with themselves and bolster self-confidence and sisterhood among women. "We may be from diverse backgrounds and circumstances," Judy says, but "our feelings, our concerns, our hopes, dreams and goals are very much the same. They tell me that it is encouraging to be in an atmosphere where women's challenges and joys take on new understandings; I suppose it's true that knowledge is power." The club meets bi-weekly, and is made up of WRC volunteers, support group participants, and other women from the community. |
