Advocacy and Resource Center to host special event for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is domestic violence month. October was first declared as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 1989. Since then, October has been a time to acknowledge domestic violence survivors and be a voice for its victims.

Sheridan County Advocacy and Resource Center Executive Director Yvonne Swanson and Assistant Director Rhonda Weber made an appearance that a special event will be held this coming October in place of the traditional March Against Family Violence.

Y. Swanson

In the Cowboy State, 33.9% of women and 30.5% of men experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. This is higher than the national average of one in three women and one in four men.

Y. Swanson

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