DVAM 2025 Resources: Help, Learning & Action

Need help now?

• National Domestic Violence Hotline — 24/7 confidential support (call, chat, text). 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) · Text START to 88788 · Chat at TheHotline.org. (The Hotline)

• RAINN — National Sexual Assault Hotline (24/7 phone & online chat). 800-656-HOPE (4673) · rainn.org. (RAINN)

• love is respect — for teens & young adults (call, text, chat; healthy relationships). (love is respect)

• Oklahoma SafeLine — statewide 24/7 DV/SA hotline: 1-800-522-SAFE (7233). (Welcome to Oklahoma's Official Web Site)

In an emergency, call 911.

Local & Tribal support (Northeast Oklahoma)

• Help In Crisis (Tahlequah, Wagoner, Sallisaw) — confidential services, shelter, advocacy. (Link within your site.)

• Cherokee Nation ONE FIRE Victim Services — advocacy, housing assistance, legal & medical referrals for those within the reservation. (Cherokee Nation One Fire)

• Oklahoma State Health Dept — IPV overview & state data (helpful for grant language & context). (Welcome to Oklahoma's Official Web Site)

Know the law & your options (Oklahoma)

• Protective Orders — plain-language guide (Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma). (Oklaw)

• Women’sLaw — Oklahoma protection orders, enforcement, videos. (WomensLaw.org)

Safety planning (including tech safety)

• Create a safety plan (what to consider while leaving or after leaving). (The Hotline)

• CDC: Preventing intimate partner violence (evidence-based prevention). (CDC)

• NNEDV Safety Net — technology safety & digital services toolkits (spyware, stalking, privacy, safe devices). (NNEDV)

• Power & Control Wheel (Duluth Model) — core framework to understand abuse tactics. (theduluthmodel.org)

“Signal for Help” (hand signal)

A discreet way to ask for help (on video or in person): 1) palm out, 2) tuck thumb, 3) fold fingers over thumb. Learn the steps and how to respond safely. (Canadian Women's Foundation)Background and adoption across networks. (Women's Funding Network)Real-world recognition stories (context for awareness). (Health)

Fast facts you can cite in the blog

• What IPV is & why it matters (CDC “About IPV”). (CDC)

• NISVS data hub (state reports, prevalence). (CDC)

• Latest CDC sexual violence prevalence report (PDF) for context on health impacts. (CDC)

For youth & families

• love is respect — healthy relationships library, quizzes, and help. (love is respect)

• One Love Foundation — 10 Signs of healthy/unhealthy relationships (downloadable posters). (One Love Foundation)

Articles, explainer hubs & campaign kits

• DV Awareness Project (NRCDV): DVAM 2025 — “With Survivors, Always.” Campaign resources, messaging, shareables. (dvawareness.org)

• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV): training, research library. (National Domestic Violence Resource Center)

• Futures Without Violence: health-system tools; National Health Resource Center on DV. (Futures Without Violence New)

• The Hotline — education center (safety planning, warning signs). (The Hotline)

• DomesticShelters.org — searchable shelters, explainers (“coercive control,” “gaslighting”). (DomesticShelters.org)

Survivor-centered videos & talks

• TED — Leslie Morgan Steiner: “Why domestic violence victims don’t leave.” (TED)

• TED — Jackson Katz: “Violence against women — it’s a men’s issue.” (useful for engaging men & boys in prevention) (TED)

Podcasts (expert voices & lived experience)

• One in Ten (National Children’s Alliance) — intersections of child abuse, DV, systems. (National Children's Alliance)

• Taking Back Control (BWJP) — justice responses, firearms & GBV. (BWJP)

• The Mend (Center for Crime Victim Services) — survivor stories & practical guidance. (RSS.com)

• Roundups to explore more DV podcasts. (DomesticShelters.org)