This October marks Domestic Violence Awareness month. According to a recent survey conducted by the Division for Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on average, 24 people per minute are victims of physical violence, rape or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States. This emphasizes the importance of prevention and early intervention efforts along with funding and services for victims of violence.
To raise awareness about domestic violence, Brigham
and Women's Hospital has created a social media photo sharing campaign, "Do No Harm". We invite you to help raise awareness by encouraging your
social media users to participate in the campaign with us. To participate, users take a creative photo
of themselves holding this sign, "do no harm" and
share it with us on our social channels. We invite users to caption their photo with ways that they "Do No Harm" and why they support this campaign.
Click to download this poster on 8.5X11" paper |
You can find other examples on our Pinterest page.
There are many different ways to share your photo:
By sharing these photos, we're all helping to build awareness about domestic violence and putting an end to violence in our communities.
We encourage you to share news of this campaign on your social media channels and have included some sample tweets and Facebook posts below for your consideration.
Facebook:
Twitter:
Thank you for your participation!
Email questions, suggestions or concerns to bwhmediarelations@parnters.org
Help is available. Call BWH Passageway at 617-732-8753 or SafeLink at 877-785-2020.