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Day One
Day One partners with New York City youth to end
dating abuse and domestic violence through community education, legal
advocacy, supportive services and leadership development. Serving the
five boroughs of New York City, Day One operates all of its programs on
an empowerment model that invests young people in maintaining safe
relationships for themselves and their peers. Working alongside youth,
Day One educates, organizes and advocates on behalf of young people at
risk of or experiencing intimate partner violence.
Day One focuses its programs on young people because one in three teens experiences abuse in a dating relationship according to the United States Department of Justice. Please click here for more information about the occurrence of dating abuse in New York and nationwide.
In each of our programs, Day One looks forward to new beginnings for youth. We engage young people in identifying methods of keeping themselves and their peers safe, and together envision a future without fear of abuse. The involvement of our community is critical to our ability to help young people. Please contact us to volunteer or make a contribution to support our services. You may click on Support Us to learn more about how you can help.
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The New York Times recently ran an article after Albany passed a new law to protect domestic violence victims such as Day One's clients. Day One is thrilled to
announce New York State will now extend access to civil Orders of Protection to
domestic violence victims who are in dating relationships, same-sex
partnerships or living together. For the
past 5 years, Day One has advocated for legislative change to grant these
previously excluded groups the same legal protections available to married and
co-parenting victims of relationship abuse.
Day One celebrates this achievement with the many advocates who have been
working on this issue for two decades. On behalf of the young survivors we
assist, we thank the many legislators whose efforts contributed to this
success, including Governor David A. Paterson, Assembly Member Helene E.
Weinstein, Senator George H. Winner, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others.
Click here to read the New York Times article announcing the
Governor’s plans to sign the bill. To read more new coverage, click here. To
read the language of the new law, click
here.
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