It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and to raise funds and consciousness, Mary Kay has done something pretty cool. After a nationwide search, the beauty brand selected 18 women to produce short documentaries about breaking the cycle of violence. The all-women teams created three films that were narrated by Alexa Vega, Maria Menounos, and JoAnna Garcia Swisher. Want to help raise money to Read more

Baseball manager Joe Torre may be known for his wins with the Yankees, but he's also working hard to defeat domestic violence. Joe's father abused his mother, and while he kept his experience to himself for most of his life, in 2002, he decided to start his own foundation Safe at Home. He and his wife Ali operate safe places in schools — called "Margaret's Place" — for young students to go Read more

News of relationship violence among high-profile couples makes for dramatic and depressing headlines. Chris Brown's violence against Rihanna shocked many, and the allegations against Mel Gibson troubled most. But not every American had the same reaction. According to Esta Soler, the founder and president of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, data shows that young people are having a different Read more

Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and a special guest will stop at nothing to get our attention about domestic violence. In this PSA, they dress up as furries and proceed to hump each other all in the name of raising awareness about abuse. If you're wondering how domestic violence advocacy and kinky sex are related, they aren't — the actors just use the bunny-costume antics to catch our Read more

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to remind communities that marital, dating, and sexual violence threatens the sense of well-being everyone needs to thrive. While women are the most obvious victims, violence in the home can also impact a child's entire life. The Family Violence Prevention Fund's Respect Wall lets you declare that you're ready to take a stand against Read more

On October 23, 2002, Mildred Muhammad was visited at her Maryland home by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents. They'd come to inform her that her ex-husband, John, had begun shooting people around her. "You are the target," they told her ominously. John Muhammad would come to be known as the "Beltway Sniper," and with his teen accomplice Lee Malvo, he went on a Read more