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October is Domestic Violence Prevention & Awareness Month (DVPAM). Learn more about how you can commemorate this awareness-raising month and take action to help end domestic violence. This page offers resources such as books, podcasts, and videos as well as contact information for those wanting to know more or are in need of assistance and support.

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Ebook Selection

Crazy Love

by: Leslie Morgan Steiner

Streaming Videos

Available on Tubi, YouTube, HBO

Available on Daily Motion

Available on Netflix

Podcasts

En(gender)ed

Our weekly podcast shares stories that explore the systems, practices, and policies that enable gender-based violence and oppression and the solutions to end it.

Something Was Wrong

Something Was Wrong is an Iris Award-Winning immersive storytelling docuseries podcast about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from emotionally (and otherwise) abusive relationships.

Bldg Evelyn

BLDG EVELYN is a twice-monthly narrated drama podcast inspired by true events. Evelyn Munoz is forced to navigate life with a family that struggles with domestic violence, substance abuse, and rebellion, all taking place in the country of Brazil.

Learn More

Other Resources


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