From ELCA Advocacy (https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Advocacy): Take action today. (NOTE: You do not need to be Lutheran to use this action.) Congress created the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994 with broad bi-partisan support. VAWA is an essential tool in combatting … Continued
From Everytown for Gun Safety (https://www.everytown.org/): The dating partner loophole allows certain unmarried domestic abusers to legally pass a background check and purchase a gun — even though dating partners are just as likely as a spouse to kill their partner. This … Continued
From the Juggernaut Project (https://juggernautproject.com/): The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), legislation that protects women from domestic violence, currently sits in the Senate awaiting reauthorization. Meanwhile, victims continue to lose the many protections and programs aimed to reduce domestic violence. … Continued
Take action through the ELCA Action Center. (NOTE: You do not need to be Lutheran to use this.) Congress created the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994 with broad bi-partisan support. VAWA is an essential tool in combating gender-based … Continued
From Every Town for Gun Safety (https://everytown.org/): It’s been nearly a year since the House reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act to protect survivors, and the Senate still hasn’t done anything about it. Sign the petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-keep-firearms-out-of-the-hands-of-domestic-abusers-2 to join … Continued
From Every Town for Gun Safety (https://everytown.org/): Sign the petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-keep-firearms-out-of-the-hands-of-domestic-abusers-2: Pass laws that protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence across the country. Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Right now, it’s far too easy for domestic abusers … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Native American women and Alaska Native women are going missing at alarming rates. This truth is incredibly chilling to me as a woman, and I need your help to find out why. This human rights … Continued
On September 29th (Washington DC) and September 30th (NYC) the March for Black Women brings attention to innumerable personal, and unspeakable brutalities faced by black women. The march in DC and rally in NYC take place as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) … Continued
On September 29th (Washington DC) and September 30th (NYC) the March for Black Women brings attention to innumerable personal, and unspeakable brutalities faced by black women. The march in DC and rally in NYC take place as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) … Continued
From Sojourners (http://www.sojo.net): At the end of September, the Violence Against Women Act is scheduled to expire, and we can’t let that happen. Since VAWA’s implementation in 1994, the number of domestic violence cases per year has decreased 53 percent, … Continued