Nonprofit Aims to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Colorado Springs

By Jamey Sheesley On February 22, Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence (BTS) opened their doors to the Colorado Springs community. BTSADV CEO and Founder Kristen Faith officially cut the ribbon at the grand opening ceremony. This is a sign of a positive change in Colorado Springs, Colorado. According to The Gazette, Colorado Springs police […]

Breaking the Generational Curse

By Sunny Lim Within domestic violence, there’s a term known as intergenerational or transgenerational violence. These terms indicate violence involving and affecting several generations within families. Intergenerational violence occurs when abuse passes through the family, starting from the older generation–parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents–to the younger generation–children. Abuse tends to be a learned behavior. In the […]

What is a Lethality Assessment?

By Rebecca Lynn According to the NACDV, 72 percent of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner. However, this percentage is created by the number of reports made to public records, which is thought to be mostly under-reported. Depending on the city, murder-suicides aren’t always recorded with specific information, such as the relationship or history of […]

What is Love?

By Jamey Sheesley Dear Survivor, I am writing to let you know about love. According to Psychology Today, love is a force of nature and it is bigger than what you are. You cannot command, demand, or take away love. If love is so great, then why do you feel so betrayed? Why do you […]

Donor Highlight Story: The Vagina Monologues/V-Day UCSD

By Sunny Lim Sriya Podila, Jordan Krikorian, and Suzy Lourenco all knew they wanted to work with Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence after they saw the mission statement, which aims to support survivors and families affected by domestic violence through providing services such as scholarships, gift-giving, emotional support, helplines, speakers, and retreats. With funds […]

Navigating Safety: Developing a Safety Plan with Teens

Like domestic violence, teen dating violence is controlling behavior. According to DoSomething.org, violent behavior begins between 6th and 12th grade and 72% of young people are already dating by the time they are 13 to 14 years old. At this stage of life when youth are lacking significant experience in the dating world, it is […]