Creating Better Tomorrows is a Juneau County network of survivors working towards bringing awareness to the plight of Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault that exists in our community. We are people who have survived abuse and it's many different forms, and we want to help those who now find themselves in the grips of abuse. We lived it, and we know that together there can be better tomorrows.
Abuse not only hurts the victim, but also a community as a whole. It's reach can be seen in our children, in our schools, and our overburdened justice system. Together we aim to identify, and provide the resources needed in Juneau County to help provide victims with the tools they need to become survivors. Domestic Abuse is a community issue, and together we can create better tomorrows.
SIGNS OF ABUSE!
from the US. Department of Health and Human Services - Women's Health
Sometimes it is hard and confusing to admit that you are in an abusive relationship, or to find a way out. There are clear signs to help you know if you are being abused. If the person you love or live with does any of these things to you, it's time to get help:
- monitors what you're doing all the time
- criticizes you for little things
- constantly accuses you of being unfaithful
- prevents or discourages you from seeing friends or family, or going to work or school
- gets angry when drinking alcohol or using drugs
- controls how you spend your money
- controls your use of needed medicines
- humiliates you in front of others
- destroys your property or things that you care about
- threatens to hurt you, the children, or pets, or does hurt you (by hitting, beating, pushing, shoving, punching, slapping, kicking, or biting)
- uses or threatens to use a weapon against you
- forces you to have sex against your will
- blames you for his or her violent outbursts
Creating Better Tomorrows realize that abuse comes in many different forms, and anyone can be a victim as well as an abuser. Victims often feel isolated even if they are active in other areas of their life. This can be especially true for those who do not carry the physical proof of abuse. Fear of the stigma connected to abuse can and does keep many victims from reaching out for help. Fear of further isolation, and fear of not being able to "afford life" for them and their children can and does keep many victims frozen in place. Unfurtunately all of this can feed the cycle of abuse, including providing the foundation for children on what to expect from their adult lives. The way to combat this cycle is for the community to come together....recognize that Domestic Abuse is real, and alive in their community...come together and work on the resources needed to help victims become survivors. One way of doing this in helping to provide avenues so that victims can find empowerment. This will also help to create better foundations for the children, and create better tomorrows for all.
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