Family Violence Prevention Fund

September 19, 2008
Join National Respect! Day

Today the Family Violence Prevention Fund and Macy’s ask the nation to join in marking the first annual National RESPECT! Day. A newly designated observance, National RESPECT! Day, will launch a multi-year movement designed to raise awareness of domestic and dating violence and to encourage positive discourse about prevention by teaching respect.

September 16, 2008
Charges Filed Against Iowa Meat-Packing Plant
Iowa’s Attorney General filed 9,311 criminal charges against the managers and owners of the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant on September 9 for violations of the state’s child labor law.
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August 31, 2008
Political Parties Address Violence Prevention
Issues relating to domestic and sexual violence took center stage at the Democratic National Convention in late August, highlighted by the selection of United States Senator Joseph Biden (DE) as his party’s vice presidential candidate. A longtime champion of measures to prevent violence against women, Senator Biden is an author of the bi-partisan Violence Against Women Act and a co-sponsor of the bi-partisan International Violence Against Women Act.
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August 28, 2008
A Beloved Pioneer Passes
Del Martin, a courageous and visionary leader who helped shape the movement to end domestic violence in the United States, died in late August. Martin wrote one of the first books ever published on the issue, helped frame it in the human rights context, and was instrumental in creating the Family Violence Prevention Fund and providing crucial support and guidance in the organization’s early years.
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