Community members donated money to build a bigger YWCA shelter for women in need of a safe space.
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Chicken-Fried News: Defensive advice
According to Tennessee Titans center Gabe Ikard, OU coach Bob Stoops has been giving players good advice about domestic violence for years.
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‘Skin was falling off’
Laura Miller left her ex-husband only once before she learned another fact about domestic violence: Leaving an abuser increases the risk of homicide by 75 percent. George Rodriguez, Miller’s ex-husband and father to her three daughters, had been a jealous type but not violent during eight years of marriage in Albuquerque, N.M. “We scuffled for […]
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Seeking shelter
The mother of six and grandmother of three has not had an easy path getting to where she is now. She was a victim of domestic violence, which in turn led to homelessness. “I grew up in a domestic violence home,” she said. “Childhood memories I have include my dad stabbing my mom in the […]