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With a goal of reducing the high rates of domestic and family violence in our community, End the Violence Coalition began strategic planning in Summer 2020. Partnering with over 45 stakeholders—including service providers, law enforcement, and survivors—they identified resources, gaps, and opportunities to address these issues. Victim-survivors shared their experiences, highlighting emotional abuse (90%), intimidation (84%), gaslighting (81%), and physical abuse (69%), with 55% indicating their abuser had access to firearms. This is critical, as firearms are the leading cause of domestic violence-related homicides. Victim-survivors use many strategies to protect themselves, their children, and pets, both while living with an abuser and when planning to leave.
Some of the things that victim-survivors have reported doing when faced with domestic violence include:
Victim-survivors often face barriers to finding safety, including emotional hurdles like fear of not being believed or fear of escalating violence if they try to leave. Tangible obstacles, such as financial instability, lack of shelter, and having children with the abuser, also complicate the process, along with concerns about support systems and distrust of law enforcement. Understanding these experiences is a key step in End the Violence Coalition’s efforts to prevent violence in Spokane. Together, we can work to prevent violence, increase safety, and encourage access to equitable services for all people in our community.
A group of Spokane community leaders came together with one mission in mind: Execute a local awareness campaign creating a Spokane culture of prevention and support for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and stalking.
A group of Spokane community leaders came together with one mission in mind: Execute a local awareness campaign creating a Spokane culture of prevention and support for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and stalking.
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