Peace Over Violence Organization

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Introduction Approach, Mission Statement, & Philosophy The Peace over Violence organization approach is to run crisis intervention, violence, prevention and education programs tailored toward women, youth, and children, and by natural extension, men. They listen, counsel, support, guide, and work to heal survivors of violence and they stand at the center of a social movement that is advancing individuals, groups and society to stand over violence. The mission statement reads as follows: “Building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence” (Peace Over Violence). Some philosophical aspects of Peace Over Violence include working to improve the quality of life for all people in a patriarch society that ranks the concern of women and children as a low priority, to provide services that inform the community about the problem of violence , offer intervention and support for its survivors and promote social change through activism, requires a strong commitment to the community, much perseverance and faith that one day we will celebrate the fact that our services are no longer necessary, and that violence is preventable (Peace Over Violence). Scope of Services Peace Over Violence provides the following services emergency, intervention, prevention, educations, and advocacy. Emergency services offers victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking emotional support, compassion, accompaniment, a crisis line, referral and advocacy services (Peace Over Violence). One type of program that is under the Emergency department is the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) which is a program that survivor-sensitive designed to provide to provide a team approach to responding to sexual... ... middle of paper ... ...Downtown DBT. (n.d.). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Retrieved Dec 31, 2013, from Mindfulness Therapy Associates and Downtown DBT: http://mindfulnesstherapy.org/dbt/ National Sexual Violence Resource Center. (2010). What is sexual violence. Retrieved from National Sexual Violence Resource Center: http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/Publications_NSVRC_Factsheet_What-is-sexual-violence_1.pdf Peace Over Violence. (n.d.). Emergency. Retrieved Dec 28, 2013, from Peace Over Violence: http://peaceoverviolence.org/emergency/ Peace Over Violence. (n.d.). Philosophy. Retrieved Dec 28, 2013, from Peace Over Violence: http://peaceoverviolence.org/organization/about-us/philosophy/ Twining, A. (1991). Feminist Therapy and Battered Women. Retrieved from National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women: http://www.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/FeministTherapy.pdf

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