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The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness was started in response to the need for community education and training in the Bay Area. Our services represent a new way of approaching domestic violence by prioritizing prevention and awareness through specialized training. Creating an effective community response that involves the systems that abused women and children face everyday is imperative to long lasting change.

Our vision is that our daughters will not suffer from relationship abuse. 

Events & Updates

Stanford Partnership to End Violence Against Women
We are pleased to announce that the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women has extended the grant for another three years to the Stanford University Partnership to End Violence Against Women. Through this collaboration, the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness will continue to raise awareness and educate the community about relationship abuse on campus.

Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil has referred to the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness several times on his show. We hope that people will benefit from the resources on our website as a result. We'd like to point out that this does not necessarily mean that we agree with Dr. Phil's views on domestic violence or what he says about the topic.

Challenge Victim Blaming
Check out the Center's new page about the dangers of victim-blaming for information on how victim-blaming attitudes can put survivors at greater risk and how to confront these statements when you hear them.

Stanford Students
Special note to Stanford students: We are actively hiring graduate and male students to be interns with the Stanford Community Partnership to End Violence Against Women. Please email nicole[at]stoprelationshipabuse.org for more information.

Tips to Take Action

• Let the young people in your life know early on that abuse in a relationship is never acceptable.
• Hold perpetrators accountable. Don't blame the person who is being abused.
• Stand up against domestic violence in your community and professional environment.
• Arrange for a seminar on relationship abuse in your workplace.

Domestic Violence in the News

From the New York Times, October 22, 2009:
"A Reprieve for California Shelters"
In October 2009, California's Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to restore funding to domestic violence programs and shelters throughout the state. In July, he had reduced or eliminated funds going towards these programs in a line-item veto. Since then, he has reversed his position and has added that state legislators should pursue a permanent funding solution for domestic violence programs.. Read full article

 

Note on Our Use of Pronouns Because the vast majority of domestic violence is committed by men against women, this page was written using the female gender when referring to the abused person. Domestic violence happens in same-sex relationships as well. All the information in this section is relevant for male victims and for individuals in same-sex relationships.