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Call to Action - Violence Against Women to Act

Author: Communications Committee/Monday, July 30, 2012/Categories: General

Congress has only a few more days to finish VAWA. We need to tell our legislators to do their job. For nearly two months, since the passage of the Senate version of VAWA and a House version of VAWA, Congress has done NOTHING to finish the job and get VAWA to the President to be signed.

We need you to do just two things in the following weeks: Call your legislators and write letters to the editor, especially if you are in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, or Wisconsin.

We need to let Congress know that everyone loses if VAWA isn't finished - that all victims need the many improvements in this version of VAWA.

ACTION: CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS AND TELL THEM:

We need you to do your job and pass VAWA. If you don't, all victims of violence will lose critical protections, including:

  • protections for victims of dating and sexual violence at colleges and universities, who often lack access to the justice system simply because these crimes occur on campus,
  • housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,
  • helpful expansions from both the Senate and the House bills that would provide crucial new protections for victims of sexual violence,
  • valualbe new prevention programs that can reduce the likelihood of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking from occuring in the future.

Many victims, including Native women, immigrants, LGBT people and communities of color, would go without life-saving protection from violence. This is unacceptable. You must pass VAWA before the recess."

Call your member of Congress, 202-224-3121, or find their direct numbers at www.4vawa.org

ACTION: WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Sample letter to the editor:

To the Editor: Congress is failing victims of violence. They have done nothing to pass the Violence Against Women Act in the past two months. Without this critical law, victims of violence will lose life-saving protections, including services for dating and sexual violence, the victims on college campuses, housing protections, protections for victims of sexual violence and prevention programs.

We cannot stand for a Congress that refuses to protect victims of violence. It is simply unacceptable. Congress must act now and pass a law that protects all victims of violence. We all know that passing a VAWA that includes ALL victims is the right thing to do - spend these last few days telling your Congress Member to get VAWA done before they go on vacation. For more information, fact sheets, press coverage, support letters and updates, please visit www.4vawa.org.

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