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Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence

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	Summer 2010 Everyone Has a Right to a Healthy Relationship: Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence Reminds New Yorkers Through a Campaign Displayed in Everyday Places The Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence (OCDV) has launched a Citywide public education campaign, in English and Spanish, consisting of posters and palm cards placed in supermarkets, banks, pharmacies, restaurants and financial centers along with a Spanish-language public service announcement radio campaign. Events in the five boroughs officially launched the campaign in the summer of 2010. The campaign is partly funded by the Verizon Wireless HopeLine through the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. To order posters or become a partner in this campaign, call (212) 788-3156. Download the poster. August 13, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at Coco Delicioso in the Bronx. Read the press release. August 4, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal. Read the press release. June 30, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at Pay-O-Matic in Queens. Read the press release. June 29, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at Verizon Wireless in Brooklyn. Read the press release. June 24, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at C-Town in the Bronx. Read the press release. June 18, 2010 - Launch of the campaign at Duane Reade in Manhattan. Read the press release. Summer 2006 Mayor Bloomberg Launches Public Awareness Campaign to Curb Domestic Violence The public education campaign, in English and Spanish, was featured in subways, buses and telephone kiosks citywide and encouraged New Yorkers to seek assistance if they or someone they know is a victim of domestic violence. Read the press release. Download the posters: Poster 1: 66% of domestic violence victims who have been killed never reported prior incidents to the police. (English) Poster 2: Last year 1 in 12 high school students was beaten by a person they were dating. (English ) Poster 3: 38% of battered women will be victimized again within six months. (English) (Spanish) Poster 4: An abuser who beats a woman while she’s pregnant is 3 times more likely to try to kill her. (English )

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	Bring an unused cell phone to a Department of Sanitation SAFE Disposal event and help victims of domestic violence, through the HopeLine® from Verizon program. All cell phones collected will be donated to the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence. Find out more Apply for a fellowship through the Ms. Foundation for Women. If you are working on a project in child care, reproductive health or child sexual abuse, find out how you can gain strategic support. More info View new grant opportunities through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women. More info

		Browse the updated City of New York Resource Directory of Domestic Violence Services. Go to directory

	Brochures and Public Education Materials Annual Statistics For Sexual Assault Victims (in PDF) Donate Cell Phones Here (in PDF) NYC Commission on Human Rights Donate Cell Phones

	If you are a victim of domestic violence, call the NYC Domestic Violence Hotline (800-621-4673; TDD 866-604-5350).