Actress Halle Berry was recently honored for her work at the Jenesse Center, Los Angeles’ oldest domestic violence center. While attending last night’s unite4:good unite4:humanity’s gala, the Academy-Award winning actress revealed why the organization is so near to her heart: her mother is a domestic abuse survivor. Halle, who’s been volunteering for 15 years, told the audience according […]
Cuyahoga County is expected to receive close to $500,000 in grant funding to fight against domestic violence. The announcement, made Wednesday by Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, said it heads for approval by the County Council. The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women awarded Cuyahoga County with $475,301.01 in funds. Funds […]
The NFL is taking a stance against domestic violence. It’s part of their NO MORE campaign and they’re using it to get their point across. One ad will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. It involves a woman calling 911 to order a pizza. Watch the chilling ad below. source: 19ActionNews.com
If the “No More” PSA commercials have a “Speechless” campaign that will make you feel uncomfortable watching them, then they’ve done their job. Launched in 2013, the “No More” PSA campaign was initiated by Law & Order: SVU‘s Mariska Hargitay‘s Joyful Heart Foundation in conjunction with No More in a three-year campaign against domestic violence and […]
The holidays are supposed to be a time of good cheer, family gatherings, and feelings of peace and joy. But for some, that’s a vision that only happens in the movies. For them, this time of year sets the stage for what could be a very explosive situation. Intimate Partner Violence or IPV occurs between […]
Today: On Monday, we heard from Janay Rice, about that February night in an Atlantic City elevator. She was with Ray, along with her parents, Candy and Joe Palmer, as Matt Lauer sat down with him. Ray Rice on what it would take for another NFL team to sign him Matt Lauer: What […]
Actress Debbi Morgan, from “All My Children” and Starz “Power,” joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to share her personal triumph over domestic violence and talk about her…
Brace yourselves NFL fans: Ray Rice, who cold-cocked his then-fiancée in a hotel elevator and dragged her on the floor like a sack of potatoes, could return to the field. Rice, 27, the ex-Baltimore Ravens running back, will appeal his indefinite domestic violence ban from the NFL in early November. The hearing for Rice’s appeal […]
Meagan Good will tackle the issue of domestic violence in sports on an upcoming episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Good, a 33-year-old Christian actress, will play the girlfriend of actor Chad Coleman’s character, who is “an ex-sports star turned reporter,” according to Deadline.com. Coleman is accused of physically assaulting his girlfriend […]
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is among nearly two dozen current and former NFL players appearing in a new series of public service announcements denouncing domestic violence and sexual assault. Officials of the No More Project said Wednesday that the players will appear in video and print PSAs to shed light on […]
With a reported 66 percent of NFL players being Black, it was shocking that the NFL’s specially created advisory board to address domestic violence within the league (following recent national attention) did not originally include a single African American. Black people should not only be the topic of this important conversation, but should also help […]
Deborah was in a dangerous relationship, but God delivered her and rebuilt her life (Credit: CBN) Deborah knew aout God at an early age, but it wasn’t until she nearly lost her life in an abusive relationship that she totally surrendered. “I took a blow to the face, closed fist,” she told CBN of the […]
