To educate youth about family violence and thereby raise awareness about the issue and promote healthy relationships.
In the US, every 9 seconds a women is beaten.
1/4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetime (CDC) .
$5.8 Billion health-related costs (CDC).
Up to 24 million men and women are the victims of this type of violence, evey year (US Dept. of Justice).
The leading cause of injury to women is domestic violence.
Every year, 10 million children are affected by family violence.
More than 3 women are murdered by their partners a day (CDC).
Men are twice as likely to abuse their wives if they grew up in a househould in which family violence was present.