Violence
In this dangerous world that we live in, where hatred and violence and natural disasters sometimes collide to almost overwhelm us, we each can help in some way - Marsha Blackburn
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What Is a Constant Cycle of Violent News Doing to Us?
A killer seeks out a nightclub, a church, an airport, a courthouse, a protest. Someone is shot on video, sometimes by the police, and marchers fill the streets. An attack is carried out in France, America, Turkey, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Tunisia, Nigeria, and then claimed and celebrated by a radical terror group.
Our phones vibrate with news alerts. The talking heads fill air over cable news captions that shout “breaking news” in red. Rumors and misinformation abound. The comments…
Resources
Why do protests turn violent? It’s not just because people are desperate
Research suggests people who are prepared to use violent confrontation can be psychologically different from those who are not. People who are prepared to adopt violence are more likely to report feelings of contempt for political adversaries whom they hold responsible for wrongdoing.
How humans evolved to be both shockingly violent and super-cooperative
The origins of our paradoxical nature lie in murder and self-domestication. It's a weird story that may even explain why our species came into existence
Cure Violence: Treating Violence as a Sickness
In medical terms, violence is not an epidemic. But Cure Violence believes violence is better understood and treated as if it were. And results suggest they just might be right.
The hidden reasons why societies are violent towards women
30 per cent of women experience sexual violence in their lifetimes – bad parenting, low respect and the glorification of male competition are to blame.
A Culture of Violence
Revisiting the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in a time of police shootings and church murders.
Are Men the More Belligerent Sex?
Men are more dangerous, but women can be just as aggressive.
Do Video Games Inspire Violent Behavior?
Conventional wisdom suggests violent media is harming kids. But sometimes a game is just a game.
Mandela and the Question of Violence
One should never lose sight of why America preaches nonviolence to some people while urging other people to arms.
Stop blaming mental illness for mass shootings
But the convenient cries of “mental health” after mass shootings are worse than hypocritical. They’re factually wrong and stigmatizing to millions of completely nonviolent Americans living with severe mental illness.
Story of most murderous people of all time revealed in ancient DNA
Starting 5000 years ago, the Yamnaya embarked on a violent conquest of Europe. Now genetic analysis tells their tale for the first time
The Decline of Violence
Be skeptical of claims that we live in an ever more dangerous world.
Thresholds of Violence
How school shootings catch on.
Trying to Hide the Rise of Violent Crime
Progressives and their media allies have launched a campaign to deny the ‘Ferguson effect’—but it’s real, and it’s increasingly deadly for inner cities.
Would the world be more peaceful if there were more women leaders?
If you ask this question out loud, not a minute will pass before someone says ‘Margaret Thatcher,’ the British prime minister who waged a hugely popular war in the Falklands that led to her landslide 1983 election victory. Thatcher is hardly the only woman leader celebrated for her warmongering.
What Is a Constant Cycle of Violent News Doing to Us?
So, what is this doing to us? It depends on the individual, but living in a digitally linked world where broadcasts of violence are instantaneous and almost commonplace means that many of us are becoming desensitized,
9 Tips for Talking to Kids About Trauma
Just because children aren’t talking about a tragedy doesn’t mean they’re not thinking about it, experts say. They may sense your discomfort and not want to upset you by bringing it up, or they may be too overwhelmed by their own feelings to express them.
Anti-Violence Project
We empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and support survivors through counseling and advocacy.
Ending Violence
The Ending Violence Association of British Columbia (EVA BC) works to coordinate and support the work of victim-serving and other anti-violence programs in British Columbia through the provision of issue-based consultation and analysis, resource development,training, research and education.
Futures Without Violence
Futures Without Violence is a health and social justice nonprofit with a simple mission: to heal those among us who are traumatized by violence today – and to create healthy families and communities free of violence tomorrow.
Violence Policy Center
The Violence Policy Center works to stop gun death and injury through research, advocacy, and education.
Violence Prevention Initiative
The Initiative is a multi-departmental, government - community partnership to find long term solutions to the problem of violence against those most at risk in our society - women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal women and children and other people who are vulnerable to violence because of their ethnicity, sexual orientation or economic status.
Violence Prevention Works
These interactive programs provide key information about bullying, cyber bullying, and dating violence, and explain how schools, community organizations, and parents can create safe, healthy environments.
Acid Survivors Trust International
Acid violence is a particularly vicious form of premeditated violence, where acid is thrown usually at the face to disfigure, maim and blind. The targets are mostly women and girls.
INCITE
INCITE! is a national, activist organization of radical feminists of color. We mobilize to end all forms of violence against women, gender non-conforming, and trans people of color and our communities. By supporting grassroots organizing, we nurture the health and well-being of communities of color. Through our efforts, we move closer toward global justice, liberation, and peace.
Men Can Stop Rape
To mobilize men to use their strength for creating cultures free from violence, especially men's violence against women.
Students Against Violence Everywhere
SAVE is a student driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects. As they participate in SAVE activities, students learn crime prevention and conflict management skills and the virtues of good citizenship, civility, and nonviolence.
Joyful Heart Foundation
Our mission is to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever.
The Avielle Foundation
The Mission of the Avielle Foundation is to prevent violence and build compassion through neuroscience research, community engagement, and education. The Foundation will do so by directing resources to support...
CDC
Violence is a serious public health problem. From infants to the elderly, it affects people in all stages of life. Many more survive violence and suffer physical, mental, and or emotional health problems throughout the rest of their lives. CDC is committed to stopping violence before it begins.
NCAA
Prevention and intervention of interpersonal violence.
Office of Juvenile Justice
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has funded three key initiatives and - with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - constructed a framework for action to help communities reduce and prevent youth violence.
Youth.gov
The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention is a network of communities and federal agencies that work together, share information and build local capacity to prevent and reduce youth violence.
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