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Stay informed with the latest news, updates, and initiatives from the Violence Free Colorado Coalition
and community.
Feb 2 2016
Violence Free Colorado Call for Bloggers: Share your thoughts; change the world! Violence Free Colorado is looking for guest and regular bloggers, and we want to hear from...
Jan 8 2016
Written 2016, Updated Jan. 2021 For more than a decade, January has been recognized as National Stalking Awareness Month. Let’s start with some facts: 76% of domestic...
Nov 17 2015
Violence Free Colorado member programs in the news: read about some of the great work being done around the state of Colorado to create safer communities for...
Oct 21 2015
From: http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/system-makes-it-easier-domestic-violence-victims-get-help Local law enforcement agencies are hoping to simplify the process of getting help to victims of domestic violence. On Tuesday (10/20) Aspen, Snowmass and Basalt...
Sep 21 2015
Violence Free Colorado’s CCRT project is based on the Praxis, International’s Blueprint for Safety and the work of Violence Free Colorado’s CCRTs were recently in Praxis’ Rural Digest. For...
Sep 18 2015
by Amy Pohl Violence Free Colorado Staff and Blogger (highlights from a speech I gave last weekend at a fundraiser in Grand County) I started my career...
Jul 24 2015
(Note from Violence Free Colorado: The Founding Fathers we celebrate each July began a movement and helped create America. The Founding Mothers of the feminist movement created safe places for...
Jun 12 2015
By Heather Violence Free Colorado Blogger It was the scariest times of my life unaware of the next time I would get hit, smacked around, bruised, another...
May 8 2015
By Wendy Oldenbrook Violence Free Colorado Blogger As an advocate working with survivors of domestic violence, I was often outraged at how fundamentally cruel people could be...
Mar 25 2015
We are past the halfway mark in the session, and Violence Free Colorado has been hard at work this legislative session. Click here for a quick update of Violence...