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| _____________________________________________________________ Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources State Coalitions | National Organizations The National Domestic Violence Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling. ______________________________________________________________ Institute On Domestic Violence In the African American Community Create a community of African American scholars and practitioners working in the area of violence in the African American community Further scholarship in the area of African American violence Raise community consciousness of the impact of violence in the African American community Inform public policy Gather and disseminate information ______________________________________________________________ National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 1-800-787-3224 (TDD) ______________________________________________________________ National Network to End Domestic Violence Together, the NNEDV and the National Network Fund offer a wide range of information, referrals, technical assistance, training and other opportunities for advocates around the country. Give us a call—we'll find what you need and give you what you ask for! (202) 543-5566 ______________________________________________________________ Center For the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence An Educational Resource on Abuse and Religion The Center is an interreligious educational resource addressing issues of sexual and domestic violence. Our goal is to engage religious leaders in the task of ending abuse, and to prepare human services professionals to recognize and attend to the religious questions and issues that may arise in their work with women and children in crisis. Our emphasis is on education and prevention. _______________________________________________________________ Institute On Domestic Violence In the African American Community Create a community of African American scholars and practitioners working in the area of violence in the African American community Further scholarship in the area of African American violence Raise community consciousness of the impact of violence in the African American community Inform public policy Gather and disseminate information _________________________________________________________________ |
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| For HELP National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 1-800-787-3224 (TDD) |
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| PATHWAY OF PAIN If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, Would I seek that fair land where there is no night? If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, Would I search for God's peace at the end of the road? If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, Would I search for a hand to help and sustain? If I walked without sorrow and lived without loss, Would my soul seek solace at the foot of the cross? If all I desired was mine day by day, Would I kneel before God and earnestly pray? If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, Would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year? I ask myself these and the answer is plain, If my life were pleasure and I never knew pain- I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, For God is sought more often in times of distress. And no one knows God or sees Him as plain- As those who have met Him on the "Pathway of Pain." Helen Steiner Rice |