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Senate Bill 86 passes Rules Committee and will be voted on in the Georgia Senate TOMORROW, February 20th! Please contact your Senator TODAY and urge them to vote YES on Senate Bill 86! SB 86 has passed the Rules Committee and is headed to the Georgia Senate for a full vote. Please contact your Senators [...]
It’s unacceptable that VAWA resources have been jeopardized for almost 2 years! The election is over and it’s time! Congress has some unfinished business. They MUST PASS the Violence Against Women Act NOW! We must get Congress to finish the work of passing a VAWA that [...]
Updated October 9, 2012 If you have an event planned for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and would like to see it listed here, please send event details, including date, time, location, name of organization organizing the event, name of organization receiving proceeds from the event (if applicable), and information on how to RSVP (if applicable) [...]
On Saturday, September 22nd Anna Balkan Jewelry will celebrate the anniversary of their opening and raise awareness of domestic violence and it’s support of GCADV. Anna Balkan designs showcase unique color combinations and each piece makes a remarkable fashion statement. Her pieces have been sold in over 250 international locations and been worn by such recognizable [...]
Congress needs to send a strong, bipartisan VAWA, that safely and effectively meets the needs of all victims, to the President. Congressional leaders must hear our strong and united message once and for all: your work on VAWA is not over. We have too much at stake and doing nothing is not an option. Let’s [...]
Sadly, Georgia was ranked 6th highest in the nation for its rate of men killing women in 2011 and in 43% of domestic violence cases, children were present. This bleak statistic is why partnerships like this are crucial for GCADV to unite individual victims with domestic violence programs to create a seamless transition towards safety [...]
GCADV is disheartened to report that H.R. 4970, the harmful House version of a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16 by a vote of 222 to 205. Rather than take up a House bill crafted similarly to the bipartisan Senate VAWA reauthorization bill (S.1925), [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote NEXT WEEK on a harmful alternative bill for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization, the Cantor-Adams bill (HR 4970). Please contact your Congressman and urge him to vote NO on HR 4970! Ask him to, instead, support a bill like the bipartisan Senate Bill (S.1925) that protects [...]
Release: http://tiny.cc/dv2012release Mary Kay Inc. World Headquarters Contact: Addison, Texas 75001 Kathrina McAfee, 972-687-4355 www.marykay.com kathrina.mcafee@mkcorp.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE While Signs of Economic Recovery Persist, Domestic Violence on the Rise Nationwide Mary Kay Identifies: Demand for Help is Up – Services, Funding and Prevention Programs are Down DALLAS (May 1, 2012) – Though many [...]
