October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

The month of October is observed nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness and Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains member program’s recognize this will planned events around domestic violence awareness. Those events are shared in their communities and on social media.

When promoting domestic violence awareness, it is important to remember those who lost their lives to the violence, to celebrate with survivors and to promote change in our communities.

Family violence is a serious public health issue that impacts survivors on a physical and mental scale. While the effects of violence can be devastating, they are preventable. Not only do domestic violence programs play a part to ensure that relationships are healthy, respectful, and non-violent for everyone but promoting awareness in their community.

Violence in the home, especially constant violence, causes health issues to survivors, including children. It can eventually lead to chronic pain, heart and lung issues, diabetes and other health problems. The trauma eventually causes these health issues when there is not enough healing.

Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains is a tribal coalition of tribal organizations on the Northern Plains that work together to end domestic and sexual violence in their communities, promoting advocacy to survivors to keep them safe and help them heal.

Visit our resource page at https://www.nativewomenssociety.org/resources.