"Studies show that promoting healthy behaviors is a proven way to curb gender-based violence. This is why the Dare2Know movement targets teens and young adults to educate them on the issue of teen dating violence and the strength of positive relationships with the hope that future abuse will be prevented altogether."

Have you ever longed to be part of a community of advocates who are engaged in learning about social justice, activism, and anti-oppression while also staying committed to self-care? With this issue of the Coalition Chronicles, we invite you to be part of creating that community!

Simultaneous events took place in Madison, Stevens Point, and Milwaukee on Monday, September 30th to remember the victims killed in domestic violence incidences in 2018. These annual events are intended to honor those who lost their lives and raise awareness about the warning signs of domestic violence.

According to the newly released Wisconsin Domestic Violence Homicide Report, 47 people in Wisconsin lost their lives to domestic violence in 2018. Patti Seger, Executive Director of End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, announced the release of the report at the Women’s Center in Waukesha today along with Angela Mancuso, Executive Director of the Women’s Center, Landon Nyren, Lieutenant at City of Delafield Police and Buck Blodgett, Executive Director of The LOVE>hate Project.

Today, Rep. Beth Meyers, Rep. Amanda Stuck, Sen. Janet Bewley, and advocates gathered on the land of the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to release a bill that would create a statewide intergovernmental task force to address the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women.

Teen dating violence is a public health crisis in the United States, with 1 in 5 female students and 1 in 10 male students experiencing physical and/or sexual dating violence alone. Call your legislators today and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors of LRB-2441/1, relating to teen dating violence prevention!

In our June 2019 Newsletter, learn about Pride Month and how our movement seeks to better serve LGBTQ individuals, find the newly updated Homicide Response Plan toolkit for domestic violence programs, read an End Abuse employee's reflections on attending Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration, and explore NCALL's pre-released video project in conjunction with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

In our May 2019 Newsletter, find our 2019-2020 Legislative Agenda, explore the latest edition of Coalition Chronicles spotlighting immigration in Wisconsin, read about the continuing legacy of Diane Wolff, and learn more about The Asha Project's international exchange experience in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood.

Content Warning: Domestic violence homicide, teen dating violence. | As a coalition working against violence every day, some may think that when a life is lost to domestic violence or teen dating violence, it is just another part of our routine. It is not.

Domestic violence victim advocates across Wisconsin are once again expressing their concern over the most recent attempts by the Trump administration to curb legal immigration in the United States.