The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and Verizon have announced an eight-city cross-country domestic violence awareness tour called Journey of Hope to commemorate October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is the first-ever initiative to collect and record domestic violence stories with smartphones and tablets. These stories will then be posted on Facebook to further the discussion about this community issue.
In addition to serving as an education center for the public and collecting testimonials of domestic violence victims, the tour will also give consumers an easy way to offer support for the cause. If you have any unused phones lying around the house, you can visit one of the tour’s eight stops to donate them to the cause. If you can’t make it or if the tour doesn’t stop in your area, you’ll also have the option to donate through SMS to the NNEDV – just text “HOPE” to 41010 to make a one-time donation of $10. Verizon will waive text messaging fees and 100% of each donation will go towards the cause.
The Journey of Hope tour begins on Oct. 2, 2011, in Green Bay, Wis. and ends in Dallas on Oct. 28, 2011, and will stop in the following cities:
· Green Bay, Wis. (Oct. 2)
· Philadelphia (Oct. 5)
· Washington, D.C. (Oct. 8-9)
· Atlanta (Oct. 11)
· Chicago (Oct. 16)
· Los Angeles (TBD)
· San Francisco (TBD)
· Dallas (TBD)
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