Reflections on HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 101
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and last Thursday, QJ Shi and Danny Ho of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) facilitated a workshop about abuse in relationships at the East Meets West Bookstore. It was a great discussion-receptive and interactive session in which we learned about different types of abuse (we covered examples of verbal, sexual, cultural, physical and financial abuse—there are so many forms abuse and violence can take) and talked about how abuse happens in communities. In retrospect, I wish I had asked more about how to talk to someone who is being abusive as well as when and how to get help. Hopefully we can do a follow-up workshop sometime or I’ll ask QJ or Danny next time I see them.
To learn more about the work Danny and QJ do as well as about domestic violence, please visit the ATASK website.
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Tags: abuse, Community, domestic violence.
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