CARRBORO, N.C. – Mayor Barbara Foushee has proclaimed October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Carrboro.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average nearly 20 people per minute are abused by an intimate partner in the United States. In North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, at least 94 individuals were murdered by a current or former intimate partner in 2024 and at least 52 have been murdered so far in 2025.
Domestic violence encompasses not only physical abuse, but also emotional, verbal, financial, sexual, or digital abuse, isolation and/or stalking.
Domestic violence disproportionately impacts racial and ethnic minorities, undocumented people, women, trans and gender non-conforming people and disabled people.
Compass Center, the state-designated domestic violence service provider for Orange County, serves more than 1,600 survivors of domestic violence each year through its 24-hour domestic violence crisis line, support groups, court and community advocacy, Latinx programs, career and financial counseling, and other services and engages thousands more in prevention education and outreach.
Preventing domestic violence requires the collective awareness, care and action of individuals, institutions, and systems to transform our communities through social norms, policies, and laws that reject violence and abuse and promote healthy relationships based on respect, trust, and equity.
Read the full proclamation: https://www.carrboronc.gov/2630/Proclamations-and-Resolutions
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