Change is hard.
That’s the story we tell ourselves. Though it’s not the whole story.
Change can also be energizing, validating, exciting.
Irresistible, even.
Of course, when it comes to domestic violence, change definitely seems just plain old hard. After all, intimate partner abuse remains stubbornly common, with evidence pointing to increases in recent years. In turn, intimate violence is tangled up with the great public problems of our time – including the problems that provoke people’s passions, from healthcare and gun violence to education access, economic opportunity, and migration.
It’s a mess. But in that mess is a solution too: Recognizing the connections between intimate violence and the issues that ignite people’s passions, we can offer them the *irresistible* chance to build a world together that improves the things they care about by directly addressing intimate violence. A world we can walk safely into schools, access healthcare, live with the dignity of work and love, where we have the freedom to dream and achieve and hope.
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month/#DVAM, offer the people in your life the irresistible chance to build a better world together.
To help you do just that, check out the weekday social media posts all month — on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter. You’ll notice the weeks are organized around themes connected to President Biden’s A Proclamation on National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024 – and inspired by my love of making photos.
Enjoy the weekly galleries from October 2024.
Week 1: Imagine A Different World
Week 2: Change Norms
Week 3: Support Survivors
Week 4: Institutional Courage
Week 5: Gratitude
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For more on inspiring change, check out Every 90 Seconds, available from Oxford University Press and:
Trauma Research Notes 
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