This year's campaign theme,
# Every1KnowsSome1, highlights how common domestic violence is and that it is more than physical violence.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month ( DVAM) was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues. Over the past 30+ years, much progress has been made to support domestic violence victims and survivors, to hold abusers accountable, and to create and update legislation to further those goals. Did You Know?
• one in three women and one in four men in the United States have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.
• On a single day in 2020, domestic violence hotlines received 21,321 calls, an average of almost 15 calls every minute.
• In 2018, domestic violence accounted for 20% of all violent crime.
• 65% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner; 96% of the victims of these crimes are female.
This year the Dove Project will continue its dedication to raising awareness and helping to eliminate domestic violence and sexual assault.
Love should never hurt.