YWCA’s 2022 Week Without Violence: Centering Survivors
This year we focus on how today’s most divisive issues and headlines are impacting victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
Join us from October 17-22, 2022 as we raise awareness, elevate survivor voices, talk with policymakers, and more with a common goal: centering survivors so that together, we can end gender-based violence.
Background
Week Without Violence is part of a global movement to end violence against women and girls with YWCAs across the country and around the world. At YWCA, we know that not all violence is acknowledged or responded to equally. That’s why, for more than 20 years, YWCA has set aside one week in October as a Week Without Violence.
Supreme Court decisions, state legislation, and rising wave of hate and violence have created a chilling landscape for survivors. From gun violence and mass shootings to reproductive health restrictions, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and police violence, some of our nation’s most contentious issues directly impact the safety and well-being of survivors in unique and especially harmful ways.
As our nation heads to the polls in November amidst the increasingly contentious rhetoric and political division surrounding abortion bands, “don’t say gay” laws, access to firearms, and more, voters will decide the outcomes of more than 7,000 local, state, and federal offices.
To ensure the voices and needs of all survivors are addressed, it is critical that we center survivors in these discussions and in our voter education and GOTV (Get Out The Vote) efforts. By raising awareness of the ways polarizing issues impact survivors, we can bridge divides and build support among voters, candidates, and policymakers for the services and solutions survivors need.
FACT SHEETS
Week Without Violence 2022
Imagine a World Without Violence
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Advocacy Day of Action
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Capitol Hill Call-In Day
This Capitol Hill Call-In Day, we invite you to engage your Members of Congress by taking action online; calling your legislators; and engaging with these discussions on social media, using #WWV22 and tweeting at your Member of Congress.
GOTV
Help ensure that survivor voices and concerns are at the forefront this election season. Engage with your state and local elected officials on this important issue. Ask questions about the policies and solutions candidates would pursue to prevent gender-based violence and support survivors.
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Community Support – Wear Purple
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Talk On Race, a Potluck for Peace Special Event
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Family Self-Defense Class
Register here.
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#SelfCareSaturday & Virtual Morning Yoga
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Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85058148865?pwd=c08vZWhtYXVlby9ieTdOdDBFM2t6dz09
Meeting ID: 850 5814 8865
Passcode: 556065
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