Public Education / Awareness

Abuse Aware.

The Clothesline Project – is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women, Brewster, MA.

Domestic Violence – Make it Your Business: Recognize • Respond • Refer Public Service Announcements, Spot 1, Spot 2, Spot 3 – a project of the Colorado Bar Association. Copyright © 2002 Project Design Strategy.

FrameWorks Institute – the mission is to advance the nonprofit sector’s communications capacity by identifying, translating and modeling relevant scholarly research for framing and re-framing the public discourse about social problems. FrameWorks conducts communications research to aid nonprofit organizations in expanding their constituency base, build public will, and further public understanding of specific social issues, Washington, DC.

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month - September 2005, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible, Washington, DC.

Public Service Announcement (PSA) Partner Kit, Justice Solutions – describes the National Public Awareness and Education Campaign, in particular, its PSA Plan, which provides resources to help victim assistance organizations tailor PSAs to their local television stations. The kit includes a storyboard, video clips of seven PSAs, and a 20-page guidebook. Together, they make a strong argument for why victim service providers should become PSA Partners and give detailed information on how to do so.  View the PSAs.

The Red Flag Campaign, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance – public awareness campaign to address dating violence and promote the prevention of dating violence on college campuses, Charlottesville, Richmond and Toano, VA.

Silent Witness: The People of Kaiser Permanente Tell Their Stories of Domestic Violence – includes stories from the People of Kaiser Permanente, using their own words.

Silent Witness National Initiative – promoting peace, healing and responsibility in adult relationships in order to eliminate domestic murders in the United States by the year 2010, Minneapolis, MN.

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