If you are a woman of any ethnic background or any age, because Domestic Violence does not
discriminate, there are people and places you can go to for help.
National Domestic Violence Hotline- 1-800-799-safe
or you can visit their website at www.ndvh.org
Sometimes there are more space for women with children then women without, but the help is there.
If you chose not to leave your home then you can go to "Santuary For Families."The address is
confidential. The phone number is 212-349-6009.
They have everything there for you and your children to get yourself back on your feet.
This is where I learned the different signs of a very angry man, who can also be violent. Now
today, I am more aware of what men say to me when they talk, and I am in control. I ask questions
that need to be asked and if I don't like the answers, then I can let them know I don't want to
be bothered.
There is also help from the welfare. You let them know that you are domestic violent victim and
they will send you to a leaison. where you cannot live or work in the brough where your situation
happen or where the abuser lives, they will also notify you when that person is out and if you
feel like he/she is a threat to you, you can get a order of protection, only if the abuser has
hunted you down.
Today, more than ever, the state police, your local congressman and the courts are recognizing
how important this problem has become and are helping women all over the globe. I hope that who-
ever read this will be strong enough, if not for yourself, at least for child/children, get the
help that you need. Life is too short to have wasted on someone else destroying your life.
