“Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get involved.  Yet, by publicly speaking out against domestic violence, together we can challenge attitudes towards violence in the home and show that domestic violence is a crime and not merely unacceptable.”  Honor Blackman

Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten.  On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.  Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.  Every day in the United States, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.  In New York State, over 310,000 orders of protection were issued in 2016 and last year over 61,000 family offense petitions were filed in family court.