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Event Ideas
You can make a difference by hosting an It's Time to Talk Day event in your community. For the past three years cities and organizations from around the country held various programs to raise awareness of the issue. View events from 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Some suggestions of events that might be appropriate for your local area include:
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Individuals/Domestic Violence & Service Organizations
- Encourage your local mayor or a city agency to host an event focused on domestic violence on September 25, 2007.
- Approach police, fire and public officials to place posters in their offices.
- Work with local officials to encourage all firehouses to ring their bells at a specific time during the day to mark It's Time to Talk Day.
- Encourage police and fire officials to allow officers to display purple ribbons on vehicles in honor of domestic violence awareness.
- Encourage your local police precinct to discuss the issue during its morning roll call.
- Host a "walk" in your town to bring people together in support of the issue.
- Encourage the Mayor to designate September 25, 2007 It's Time to Talk Day in your community.
- Send a viral email to all of your friends, family and colleagues encouraging them to learn more about the issue of domestic violence and to find out how they can help end the epidemic.
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