Save Domestic Violence Shelters from Closing and SAVE LIVES


Save Domestic Violence Shelters from Closing and SAVE LIVES
The Issue
Folks, after decades of campaigning, women now know that there is an alternative to remaining, with their children, in a LIFE THREATENING violent relationship. They can go to a shelter. Or can they?
California has recently cut the ENTIRE BUDGET for domestic violence shelters, and many states are considering the same.
What does this mean? In California alone, a whopping 90 percent of shelters will be directly affected, and likely be forced to close. In short, a terrified woman and her children will either stay put, or be forced to risk dangerous alternatives to shelter.
The statistics are growing at an alarming rate: women are being MURDERED by their abusers. Help them to safety...
The Issue
Folks, after decades of campaigning, women now know that there is an alternative to remaining, with their children, in a LIFE THREATENING violent relationship. They can go to a shelter. Or can they?
California has recently cut the ENTIRE BUDGET for domestic violence shelters, and many states are considering the same.
What does this mean? In California alone, a whopping 90 percent of shelters will be directly affected, and likely be forced to close. In short, a terrified woman and her children will either stay put, or be forced to risk dangerous alternatives to shelter.
The statistics are growing at an alarming rate: women are being MURDERED by their abusers. Help them to safety...
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Petition created on December 6, 2009