
Women Against Abuse
Way to go! PA legislator pushes for Teen Dating Violence education law. Read about it: http://bit.ly/4syVnu
40% of teen dating violence incidents happen on school grounds. More stats on Teen Dating Violence: http://bit.ly/7stvcz
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In August 2007, his 16-year-old daughter, Demi Brae Cuccia, was stabbed 16 times by her boyfriend. He now is serving a life sentence for her murder.

Women Against Abuse
Thanks to everyone who voted for Women Against Abuse in the Chase Community Giving poll. We still need more votes though if we want to make it to $1 Million!
Help us out:
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunityg iving/charities/926215
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Women Against Abuse
Vote for Women Against Abuse in the Chase Community Giving poll! Help us receive $1 million for our life-saving services for victims of domestic violence.
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunityg iving/charities/926215?src=wallpost&ref= mf
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Women Against Abuse
new study shows that when professional football games don't get as expected, domestic violence increases... A football game upset typically led to an 8 percent increase in police reports of at-home incidents where a man attacked a female partner.
see the full story here: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/1 1/23/football-upsets-increase-domestic-v iolence/
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Women Against Abuse
Have you seen the great pics from our Dish It Up event? Check them out! http://www.flickr.com/photos/womenagains tabuse/sets/72157622645943157/
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Women Against Abuse
Did anyone see Rihanna's interview on 20/20 or Good Morning America last week?
http://www.inquisitr.com/46672/rihanna-2 020-full-interview/
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As we reported yesterday, Rihanna has finally spoken out about the beating she took at the hands of her former boyfriend Chris Brown. I felt ashamed to

Women Against Abuse
October is over and we've had a lot of great events - thanks to everyone who participated!
Check out some coverage of Dish It Up - it was great! http://sipsbitesandsites.com/sipsbitesan dsites/
http://citypaper.net/blogs/mealticket/20 09/10/30/10-arts-jennifer-carroll-wins-d ish-it-up-cook-off/#more-9159
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Host of The Philly Dish on www.philly.com/thephillydish. A true foodie, wine, and cocktail lover with a passion for travel and culture!

Women Against Abuse Thanks to everyone for such a great event this afternoon! Sign your pledge against violence at www.iPledgeWAA.org ! http://www.iPledgeWAA.org
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Make your Pledge : Donate : Spread the Word : Learn More : Get Help : Stay InformedDesigned by UNTUCK; Built by Vance Bell Music by Laura Warshauer, courtesy Island Def Jam, 2009

Women Against Abuse TOMORROW is the launch of the 2nd annual iPledge Campaign! Join us for our Press Conference with Mayor Nutter! TOMORROW (October 8th) 12 - 1 p.m. "The Dragon" at Drexel University (33rd & Market streets) iPledge: city-wide initiative urging Philadelphians to take a stand and make a personal pledge against violence in t...heir homes and communities. See iPledgeWAA.org for more details!!

Women Against Abuse
Dish It up! tickets now available: http://bit.ly/mfQzy
Support WAA at annual food competition and fundraiser! Dancing, food samplings, and cocktails all for a good cause.
More info: http://bit.ly/m0e6d
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Women Against Abuse
The PA Senate is considering cutting much needed funding for Domestic Violence services! Take action now!
Please call or write to your State Senators and urge them to keep funding for domestic violence services in House Bill 1861! (Find their contact info: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/)
House Bill 1861 allocates a port...ion of marriage and divorce fees to DV services throughout Pennsylvania. State funding for DV is even more critical in these tough economic times - This year alone, Women Against Abuse has had to turn away 2,552 women and children from shelter because out emergency shelter was at full capacity.
www.legis.state.pa.us
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Women Against Abuse
Verizon Wireless and the
Philadelphia
Eagles join forces to fight domestic violence at
Sunday’s Home Opener:
A Verizon Wireless HopeLine® phone collection to
benefit survivors of domestic violence in the Philadelphia Tri-State region will be taking place this Sunday, SEPTEMBER 20th.
Eagles fans can bring their no-longe...r-used wireless phones to the game and deposit them in the HopeLine collection bins
at the entrances of Lincoln Financial Field.
Learn more: http://aboutus.vzw.com/communityservice/ Phone_Program.html
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SAFETY ALERT: If you are in danger, please use a safer computer, or call 911, your local hotline, or the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233(SAFE) and TTY 1-800-787-3224. You can leave this site quickly if you click ESCAPE.Escape
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Women Against Abuse NFL player Shawne Merriman accused of strangling Tila Tequila. http://bit.ly/7wjYc Even if it's true that Merriman's only intention was to protect Tila Tequila from leaving the house intoxicated, knocking her over or strangling her are not appropriate actions. That's still domestic violence.

Women Against Abuse
Less than a month until Domestic Violence Awareness Month kicks off! Check out our website (ipledgewaa.org) to see all the great events WAA has planned:
http://bit.ly/18I71t
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Philadelphia City Hall, City Council Chambers, Room 400 Join Women Against Abuse as the Philadelphia City Council officially proclaim October Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Don't forget to wear purple...or an iPledge t-shirt! ...






















