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TOUCHPOINTS: Read the Coalition's quarterly publication called, Touchpoints. In this issue you will find articles and domestic violence information from all of our task forces: Business Community, Faith Community, Health Care, Legal System, Victim Services and Public Education. Click here to join our mailing list and receive a copy.
CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY: Read a letter from Yvette McGee Brown, former President of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy. Yvette is leaving the Center after eight years of service to accept Governor Ted Strickland’s offer to run for Ohio Lieutenant Governor in the 2010 election.
FEBRUARY IS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH: 2010 marks the first time Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention is a whole month rather than one week. Read more at Break the Cycle, an organization empowering youth to end domestic violence.
Find out what is going on in your area and how you can
educate yourself and others:
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474
VIOLENCE IN TEEN RELATIONSHIPS GAINS GREATER ATTENTION: Read what the Columbus Dispatch wrote about the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence and The Columbus Metropolitan Club.
TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY AND SAFETY: Learn more from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse on tips and resources on how victims can stay safe while using technology and how abusers can use technology to further control and abuse.
COALITION ACTIVITES: Here’s where you’ll find updates on Coalition activities geared towards eliminating tolerance for family violence in Central Ohio. You can also see how family violence hurts everyone by visiting the Statistics page.
The Coalition is organized around several task forces and sponsors a public education campaign. For more information on our initiatives and our partners, click on the links below:
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