This January marks the fifth annual observance of National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), started in 2004 by the National Center for Victims of Crime. Since its inception, NSAM has become a unifying force for victim service providers across the country to raise awareness about the serious and deadly crime that victimizes more than one million women and nearly 400,000 men in America each year.

We encourage you to join us this year and help make the 5th National Stalking Awareness Month the best yet. Get involved by distributing materials, working with public officials on proclamations, holding events or trainings, contacting local media, and organizing or participating in other local activities that raise awareness of this terrible crime.

• **UPDATE: U.S. House of Representatives passes H.Res. 852 designating National January Stalking Awareness Month
• Read H.Res. 852