Peace Over Violence
Peace Over Violence is a Los Angeles, California based social service agency dedicated to the elimination of sexual and domestic violence and all forms of interpersonal violence.{{Cite web |last=City News Service |first= |date=2020-04-29 |title=City Council To Recognize Denim Day Campaign Against Sexual Violence |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/city-council-to-recognize-denim-day-campaign-against-sexual-violence/2354178/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}} Peace Over Violence is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and services are provided for free to survivors and their families.{{Cite web |last=VoyageLA |first= |date=2024-07-29 |title=Conversations with Patti Giggans |url=https://voyagela.com/interview/conversations-with-patti-giggans |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Voyage LA Magazine {{!}} LA City Guide |language=en-US}}
Programs and advocacy
VoyageLA Magazine said, "Peace Over Violence is known for its longstanding innovative, cutting-edge interventions and healing modalities" that is unique in its comprehensive wraparound services to victim survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and stalking, including a 24-hour crisis hotline, trauma-informed counseling, group therapy, case management, housing and legal assistance, and accompaniment for survivors through the aftermath of their abuse or assault (including in court and at the hospital).
Peace Over Violence was the foundation responsible for the founding of Denim Day.
They offer classes in self-defense{{Cite web |last=Pasadena Now |title=Pasadena Vice Mayor Felicia Williams and Peace Over Violence Team Up For Women's Self Defense – Pasadena Now |url=https://pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-vice-mayor-felicia-williams-and-peace-over-violence-team-up-for-womens-self-defense |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=pasadenanow.com}} and guides on building safety.{{Cite web |last=U.S. Dept of Justice |title=Surviving Domestic Violence: A Safety and Empowerment Guide for Battered Women {{!}} Office of Justice Programs |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/surviving-domestic-violence-safety-and-empowerment-guide-battered |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.ojp.gov}}
For teens, they have an 11-unit curriculum, infused with arts, called "In Touch With Teens" taught in school districts across the country.{{Cite web |last=Portner |first=Jessica |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2015-05-04 |title=Saying No to Teen Dating Violence One Classroom at a Time |url=https://www.calhealthreport.org/2015/05/04/saying-no-to-teen-dating-violence-one-classroom-at-a-time/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=California Health Report |language=en-US}}
Organization and personnel
Peace Over Violence was founded in 1971, under the name The Los Angeles Commission on Assault Against Women (LACAAW). In 2006, the organization was renamed to Peace Over Violence, "positioning the agency as a leader in the field of family violence and representing an all-inclusive call to action to rally people behind a larger social movement. 'Peace Over Violence' offers a constant reminder that building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence is achievable."{{Cite web |last=Michele Kort Library |date=2024-02-20 |title=Los Angeles Commission on Assault Against Women Collection |url=https://www.mazerlesbianarchives.org/finding-aids/2024/2/6/los-angeles-commission-on-assault-against-women-collection |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives |language=en-US}}
Peace Over Violence is run by Executive Director Patti Giggans,{{Cite web |title=Patti Giggans {{!}} HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/patti-giggans |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.huffpost.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Szal |first=Roxanne |date=2020-04-29 |title='My Jeans Protest Violence': Denim Day Reminds Survivors They Are Not to Blame |url=https://msmagazine.com/2020/04/29/my-jeans-protest-violence-denimday2020-reminds-survivors-they-are-not-to-blame/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Ms. Magazine |language=en-US}} who, as of 2024, has been there for over forty years.
Celebrity endorsements
On November 7, 2008 Calista Flockhart hosted the 37th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner that benefitted Peace Over Violence.{{Cite web |last=Purcell |first=Myrlia |date=2008-11-04 |title=Flockhart, Ford to Attend Peace Over Violence Benefit |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/1497-flockhart-ford-to-attend-peace-over-violence-benefit |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Look to the Stars |language=en}} Flockhart serves as National Spokesperson Emeritus for the organization, and when asked about her role with the agency Flockhart responded, “I admire their commitment to ending violence against women, and the important work they do on a daily basis to achieve this goal.”{{Cite web |date=2015-04-27 |title=National Spokesperson Emeritus : Peace Over Violence |url=http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/organization/who-we-are/national-spokesperson/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427074114/http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/organization/who-we-are/national-spokesperson/ |archive-date=2015-04-27}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.peaceoverviolence.org/ Official website]
Category:Sexual abuse advocacy and support groups
Category:Advocacy groups in the United States
Category:Rape in the United States
Category:Charities based in California
Category:Organizations established in 1971