Hearts and hands bringing awareness
around domestic violence through our initiatives…
Welcome sur-THRIVERS and UP-standers!
Intersectionality of DV and SA
Some staggering statistics and facts about the connections between domestic and sexual violence (SA):
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SA and rape are used to intimidate, control and demean victims and survivors of DV.
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SA is more likely than a stranger or acquaintance assault to cause physical injury.
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Between 14% and 25% of women are sexually assaulted by intimate partners during their relationship.
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Over half of women raped by an intimate partner were sexually assaulted multiple times by the same partner.
Our Founder's Book
Advocate | Speaker | Author | sur-THRIVER
Lovern Gordon is a two-time sur-THRIVER of domestic violence (a child witness until she was 15 years old in Trinidad, as well as a 2-year, young adult relationship in the United States).
Ten years after escaping the adult relationship, she became the Founder of Love Life Now Foundation (LLN), where she used two back-to-back pageant wins to increase awareness around the issue in 2010. The following year, LLN was formed.
Today, Lovern continues to head LLN, is a sought after speaker and DV awareness workshop presenter around the issue and is the author of the international memoir, The Legacy He Left Me. The book is on a nationwide book and speaking tour, where she is hosted by corporations, state agencies, high schools, colleges, community groups, etc. for book signings and speaking engagements.
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