Connect is a civic engagement initiative of Anna Marie's Alliance
Our passion at Anna Marie's Alliance is to eliminate relationship violence.We provide safe shelter to women and children who are victims of domestic abuse and we provide a variety of follow up services to empower victims to have healthy relationships and live productive lives in the community.
But we know that domestic and family violence do not occur in a vacuum.They happen within a culture of violence. The two feed each other. So to reduce and eliminate domestic and family violence, we need not only to focus on victims, but we also need to enlist the community in the fight against all forms of relationship violence and its effects. Relationship violence, whether at home, at work, or in leisure activities is never ok.
Stated positively, this means that our goal is for various segments of the community to commit to, adopt, and implement a healthy relationship model and norms of behavior so that a culture of healthy relationships can be created.