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President and CEO Deborah Bayle Nielsen  

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Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence
In a recent conversation with Anne Burkholder, CEO of YWCA of Salt Lake, she aptly defined domestic violence for what it really is: family violence. "It would be a great day if we could create a society where children don't live in violent homes anymore," she said.

Indeed, breaking the generational chain of violence requires a greater social intolerance to the problem. Sadly, our society is still too willing to ignore the hard realities of domestic violence. As Anne said, "We have to bring this problem to light, particularly where children are concerned, and create systems and facilities where women and children can be safe." What we haven't done well enough as a community and society is insist that domestic violence will not be tolerated—that violence is not an acceptable solution to conflict.

Recent statistics bear out that Utah is far from immune to this reprehensible problem...
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 Deborah S. Bayle
 President and CEO


IMPACT MATTERS

Enabling Children and Families
to be Safe from Violence


Sadly, for many women and children within our community, home is not a safe place. Domestic violence is one of the 17 priority problems identified by United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) in its 2007 Community Assessment and a social ill that we must address. While there are no simplistic answers to this problem, UWSL believes effecting positive social change is both possible and necessary.

Anne Burkholder, CEO of the YWCA of Salt Lake City, says there are three general change strategies with regard to breaking the chain of domestic violence: prevention, intervention, and accountability. UWSL and our Community Partners utilize all of these strategies.

Prevention

Prevention starts with recognizing (as a society) that domestic violence is not solely a women’s issue, and that the victims of domestic violence did not cause, create, or attract the abuse. Prevention requires a community-wide education effort, as well as changes in individual behavior. For example, the Asian Association of Utah provides training on appropriate ways to express anger. Outreach programs educate women and children about recognizing the cycle of abuse and making healthy relationship choices.
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Aug. 9, 2007

Action Box

Find the many ways domestic violence is affecting our community in the 2007 Domestic Violence Report from the Utah Governor’s Violence Against Women and Families Cabinet Council.

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