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The Family Violence Prevention Fund is working to share stories and facts, and help lawmakers recognize the reproductive health consequences of violence and sexual coercion. Help us do more by sending an Alert to your representatives in Congress today. Check back often for new information.
Action Alert
Ask Your Member of Congress to Sign on to Support VAWA and FVPSA Funding by Friday
| Call on Your Representative to Make VAWA and FVPSA Funding a Priority | |
| Call Your Member of Congress and Encourage Him/Her to Sign on to a Dear Colleague Letter by Friday, March 19. | |
| Last month President Obama released his blueprint for the FY 2011 budget. While the President’s budget includes cuts to many programs, it includes increases to the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) and critical Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs! In this tough budget year, maintaining the President’s increases and securing additional funding will not be easy. Join us today - tell Congress how these programs save lives!
This is a critical time in the appropriations process! It is crucial that Members of Congress hear from their constituents right now about why these programs are important. As they weigh funding priorities, violence prevention advocates must help Members of Congress understand that funding for domestic and sexual violence services is a priority for their constituents! A Dear Colleague sign-on letter supporting the increase for FVPSA and VAWA funding is circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives. Let your Representative know how valuable these life-saving domestic violence and sexual assault programs are to your community, and urge them to sign on to this letter. Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Gwen Moore (D-WI), Vice Chair of the Women’s Caucus; and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chair of the Women’s Caucus have come forward to champion funding for VAWA and FVPSA and will be circulating the letter. The deadline for Representatives to sign on to the letter is this Friday, March 19. Last year, 87 Representatives signed on to a similar letter. Click here to see who from your state signed a letter last year: Call your Representative TODAY and urge her/him to please sign on to the letter to support FUNDING for the Violence Against Women Act and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act in the FY 2011 budget. Click on the Take Action link at the top right hand corner of the page, and enter your zip code in the “Call Now!” box. This will take you to a web page where you will see the name and number of your Representative and some important talking points. If you have time, please consider sharing a story about how domestic and sexual violence services have helped your community. Your calls make a difference! With your help, FVPSA and VAWA will continue to fund critical, life-saving resources for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Soon, Senators will circulate a similar Dear Colleague letter and we will be in touch to encourage you to call your Senators and urge them to sign on. Thanks in advance for taking action and for all that you do for survivors of violence! |
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Around the time I was conceived, my mother finally worked up the courage to leave. She told my father she wanted a divorce. My father, who prescribed all her medication, withheld her contraception and raped her, thinking that another child would turn her around."
