Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues. Over the past 30+ years, much progress has been made to support domestic violence victims and survivors, to hold abusers accountable, and to create and update legislation to further those goals.
Local Resources:
24/7 Hotline NextStep 1-800-315-5597
You do not need to be in crisis to call.
NextStep Domestic Violence Project, Ellsworth https://www.nextstepdvproject.org/
YWCA of Bar Harbor https://www.ywcamdi.org/
Finding Our Voices – Patrisha McClean, Cambden nonprofit https://findingourvoices.net/
National Resources:
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence https://ncadv.org/2021DVAM