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A Message from the President and CEO Dear Supporter, NNEDV’s busy summer continues with our Safety Net team recently wrapping up our 10th Annual Virtual Tech Summit. I had the pleasure of delivering the opening remarks for Tech Summit, sharing how the ongoing pandemic continues to require us all to innovate to meet evolving needs in a new world. The technology developed during this time will outlive the crisis itself, as will new privacy and safety concerns for survivors. Technology is power. While it can create new avenues for abusers to cause harm, it can also be a lifeline for survivors in need, and we must invest in supporting survivors’ rights to engage, speak up, speak out, and communicate with family, friends, and government systems, without the fear of abuse. Our Safety Net team focuses on tech-facilitated abuse and supports the empowered use of technology for survivors. You can learn more about their work at TechSafety.org and check out my full recap of this year’s Tech Summit here. As we move into August, we are already looking ahead to this year’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) campaign in October. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV), we are bringing back and enhancing the #Every1KnowsSome1 DVAM campaign we launched last year, along with the #GiveForDV giving coalition for Giving Tuesday. We are so proud of our work on this nationally recognized cause-based giving campaign, which is now in its third year. The goal of these joint initiatives is to raise awareness, increase financial support and volunteer efforts, and deepen community engagement by connecting our work nationwide. Coalitions and local programs are critical to building #GiveForDV into a larger movement to mobilize charitable support for domestic and sexual violence programs at the local, state, territorial, and national level. Learn more on our new GiveForDV site. We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for Tech Summit and for all of your support for our mission and our work during DVAM, Giving Tuesday, and beyond. Keep reading to learn how you can get involved. For safety and peace, 
Deborah J. Vagins
NNEDV President and CEO |
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|  | | | NNEDV was recently featured in the following articles… - NortonLifeLock Blogs: “NNEDV is honored to partner with NortonLifeLock to work toward improving safety, security, and privacy for survivors and to help survivors access technology in a safe and meaningful way.” - Deborah J. Vagins, NNEDV President & CEO
- Bust: “According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, financial abuse occurs in 99% of domestic violence cases, but according to a 2014 study, 78% of Americans did not even recognize financial abuse as a form of domestic violence. I am just one of millions of women who have experienced this kind of abuse, but I am also one of the lucky ones who found a way out.
- LA Progressive: “[A survivor] claimed [an abuser] ceaselessly engaged in so-called litigation abuse—when an abusive partner tries to retain power and control over a victim by misusing the court system against the victim, according to the non-profit WomensLaw.org, a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.”
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Together we can create a social, political, and economic environment in which domestic violence no longer exists. |
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