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Local Resources

Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network
--The certified domestic violence center serving Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties.

Alachua County Office of Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center
-- The Alachua County Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center provides services to survivors of interpersonal violence, sexual violence and personal injury crimes.

University of Florida Office of Victim Services
-- The Office of Victim Services was developed in September of 1993 by the University of Florida Police Department in an effort to provide a civilian support person for anyone who may become a victim of crime while on the University of Florida campus. A victim advocate is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to provide support for victims of actual or threatened violence. All services are free and confidential.

Intimate Partner Violence


Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network
--The certified domestic violence center that serves Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Institute on DV in the African American Community


Important Stages of the Battered Women's Movement

--A timeline from the early 1970s to the present

Duluth Model
--A leader in the movement

VAWnet
--National online resource center on violence against women

Domestic Violence and the Law
--State-by-state legal information and resources for domestic violence.

LGBT Intimate Partner Violence


Community United Against Violence

-- Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a multicultural organization working to end violence against and within our lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities.

Project Rainbow Net
-- The PRN mission is:  To end domestic violence in the LGBT community, and to create an open and accepting society which embraces the diversity within NC, through education, advocacy, and support.

FORGE
-- In 2004, FORGE received a small grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to undertake a project to understand more about how sexual violence affects trans gender persons, and develop some beginning resources.

Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project
--The Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project is a grassroots, non-profit organization providing community education and direct services for clients. GMDVP offers shelter, guidance, and resources to allow gay, bisexual, and trans gender men in crisis to remove themselves from violent situations and relationships.

The Network La Red
-- Ending abuse in lesbian, bisexual women's and transgender communities.

The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
--Releases an annual domestic violence report

Dating violence in same sex relationships
--Resource list

Northwest Network
--For Bi, Lesbian, and Gay survivors of abuse

Survivor Project
--For Intersex and Transgender survivors of abuse

FIERCE!
--Building the leadership and power of lgbtq youth of color

Teen Dating Violence


Break the Cycle

-- Break the Cycle engages, educates and empowers youth to build lives and communities free from dating and domestic violence.

See it and Stop it
-- This site has it all: Statistics, exercises and free toolkits that includes posters and videos.

The Date Safe Project
-- Provides strong and positive voices for discussing sexual assault awareness, healthy dating, and specifically addressing consent. 

Project Respect
--Project Respect is a prevention program for youth ages 14 to 19 that aims to stop sexual violence, particularly acquaintance assault. “Date Rape, as it is commonly referred to, is a serious risk for youth.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
-- Teen fact sheet gives you the information you need to prevent or deal with difficult situations involving bullying, dating violence, depression, gangs, and other kinds of violence among young people. Each fact sheet can be printed out, and includes links to other helpful Web sites.

A Parent's Guide to Teen Dating Violence
A handbook with 10 questions to start a talk with your teen about dating violence.

Stop Youth Violence
-- The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is a “one-stop shop” for information on youth violence prevention, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other Federal agencies.

Teen Relationships
-- A resource for teens who are dating.

Teen Health
-- A place for teens to go with questions about health, sex and drugs.

Dating Violence and the Law
-- Legal Information on Teen Dating Violence.

Music about empowering teen relationships
--Music that teaches how to be in an empowering teen relationship.

Teens stop violence
--A Web site for teens addressing topics about sexual abuse and dating.

New Beginnings
-- A dating violence site to help teens.

Choose Respect
--Choose Respect is an initiative to help adolescents form healthy relationships to prevent dating abuse before it starts. This national effort is designed to motivate adolescents to challenge harmful beliefs about dating abuse and take steps to form respectful relationships.

Love is Respect
--National teen dating abuse hotline

T.E.A.R.
--Teens experiencing abusive relationships

Love is Not Abuse
--Information and tools that men, women, teens, children, and corporate executives can use to learn more.



Sexual Violence


The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

-- The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

A Long Walk Home
-- A Long Walk Home, Inc. is a non-profit organization that uses art therapy and the visual and performance arts to document, to educate and to bring about social change. We use the testimonies, poetry, music, photographs, and videos of and by women and children to provide safe and entertaining forums through which the public learns about healing from trauma.

Sexual Violence Prevention Materials
-- Information and ad campaigns from the state of Florida. Posters, brochures, audio and video materials.

No! The Rape Documentary
--A powerful documentary about rape in the African American community--includes study guide materials.

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