#ndvam

[mskalyn]

THIS SUNDAY I will be a guest on Ellis Shakira's radio show talking about National Domestic Violence Awareness Month @Regranned from @ellisshakira - According to The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, approximately 1out of 4 women will experience some form of domestic violence during her lifetime. This Sunday, I'll be talking to Kalyn Risker Fahie about her organization, Sisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment (SAFE) who provides services free of charge to survivors of domestic violence to equip with the knowledge needed to end the cycle of economic abuse and maintain their personal safety. I'll also talk to Rodnesha Ross about her about her upcoming gospel stage play, "I Forgive YOU" and her nonprofit, Youth Community Agency, which supports pregnant teens. Tune in this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET to Changing the Conversation with Shakira Ellis on the Motor City Woman Radio Network. Log on to www.MotorCityWoman.com or use iTunes, Simple Radio or the TuneIn app to listen live! #DomesticViolenceAwareness #Advocacy #Community #playwright #Mogullife #artists #creatives #Detroit #ChangingtheConversation #MotorCityWoman - #NDVAM

[missheardmedia]

#FreeBresha Day of Action and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

As of 2006, an estimated 15.5 million children and teens live in a family where violence occurs at least once a year. The more a young person witnesses domestic violence, the more likely they will face alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, and other serious health problems. Furthermore, children have similar issues whether they were victims or witnesses of abuse.

Girls are particularly vulnerable in family conflicts. Children exposed to family violence are 15x more likely to be physically or sexually assaulted- and more likely to be affected by violence as adults (as victims or assailants).

Children in abusive households are at higher risk of incarceration for their behavior, because their survival efforts are often criminzalized:

From 1992 to 2012/2013, girls’ share of arrests increased by 45% and girls’ share of detention increased by 40%. Black girls were almost three times as likely as white girls to be referred to court. Black girls were also 20% more likely than white girls to be in detention, while Native girls were 50% more likely. (Sherman, et al, 2015)

84% of girls in juvenile detention have experienced family violence. Additionally, 31% experience sexual abuse, 41% experience physical abuse, and 39% experience emotional abuse. (Sherman, et al, 2015)

When adolescents are arrested for domestic battery, girls were more likely than boys to be defending themselves from abuse by a parent or caregiver. (Sherman, et al, 2015)

40% of girls in juvenile detention identify as lesbian, bisexual, questioning/gender non-conforming, or transgender (LBQ/GNCT), and 85% of LBQ/GNCT girls in juvenile detention are girls of color. A California study found that 38% of LBQ/GNCT girls in detention had been removed from their homes because someone was hurting them, compared with 25% of their peers who do not identify as LBQ/GNCT. (Sherman, et al, 2015)

- See more at: http://missheardmagazine.com/freebresha-day-of-action/