Choose Respectis a national
initiative sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control that encourages adolescents to adopt healthy
behaviors to prevent dating abuse. Choose Respect targets 11 to
14-year-olds with positive messages to help them develop skills
to maintain respectful relationships throughout their lives. The
website offers a variety of resources and interactive features
for teens, parents and professionals.
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women serves as a unifying voice for battered women and to link battered women's programs in the state with the common purpose of ending domestic violence.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence works to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and
leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our
lives.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline serves as the only center in the nation that provides information regarding 5,000 local and nationwide shelters and server providers available for victims, friends and family who often call for life saving help.
The Family Violence Prevention Fund
works to prevent violence within the home, and to help those in
the community whose lives are devastated by violence, because everyone has the right to live free of violence.
IF YOU ARE BEING HURT:
You are not alone - There
is help
Call Alexandra House for Safe
and Confidential Services
24 HOUR CRISIS/TTY: 763-780-2330
To be connected to your local shelter, call the Minnesota Domestic Violence Crisis Line at 1-866-223-1111
ORDER
FOR PROTECTION
Orders for Protection are court orders designed to protect
victims of domestic violence from their abusers.
