The Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference Awards Committee recently awarded OUT Maine its Community Pillar Award. The Community Pillar Award recognizes a community organization that has shown outstanding support for comprehensive, inclusive.
Using age-appropriate lessons on inclusivity, empathy and boundary setting, the group aims to prepare youngsters for future conversations about domestic violence.
The View From Here: Giving Maine’s domestic abusers a chance to change
Challenging the beliefs that lead to family violence is a job for everyone.
We think we know the perpetrators of domestic abuse.
They are jealous, possessive tyrants who use physical strength and psychological torture to control their partners, sometimes to the point of death.
IF YOU NEED HELP
If you or someone you know is being affected by domestic violence, help is available through the Statewide Domestic Abuse Helpline: 1-866-834-HELP
• Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
• Through These Doors, Cumberland County, 1-800-537-6066 or 207-874-1973