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Salt & Light Productions Raises Awareness of Domestic Violence

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Salt & Light Productions [1] wants to help draw attention to the plight of women who will experience physical violence at the hands of an intimate partner this year.

In the past several years, Salt & Light Productions has developed videos for Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center in Sarasota and for Hope Family Services in Bradenton. Each of these organizations stands on the front lines of this important issue, offering critical support to survivors of physical and sexual violence.

In both of these emotionally compelling video presentations, a few women share their heart-wrenching personal stories of abuse. This handful of stories represents some startling statistics that don’t belong in a modern civilization:

• On average, 20 people are abused by a physical partner every minute in the United States.
• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men will become the victims of physical violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime.
• On a typical day, more than 20,000 calls are placed to domestic violence hotline across the United States.
• 72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner.

Please take some time to watch the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center [2] and the Hope Family Services [3] videos.

If you know someone who needs help with domestic violence, you can direct them to one of these 24-hour help lines operated by these two great local non-profit organizations:

Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center [4] 941-365-1976

Hope Family Services [5] 941-755-6805

National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233

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