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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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Pick Your Potion: Avoiding Toxicity and the Alchemy of Healthy Relationships

October 8, 2024, TBD

Branches is proud to partner once again with our friends at Title IX & the Violence Prevention office at Marshall University.  This event will explore how to identify toxic behaviors in relationships and how to determine the relationship factors that are right for you.  

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Open to All Picnic

October 13, 2024, Ritter Park, 1-4pm 

Branches will be tabling and representing our Open to All advocacy approach at this year's City of Huntington Open to All Picnic located in the field at Ritter Park.  Come out and enjoy some food and festivity in celebration of inclusion.    

Safe Congregations

October 17th, 2024, Cabell County Public Library 
2pm-3:30pm

This event is an open invitation to faith-based leaders and coordinators throughout the Cabell County community to join us for a focus group discussion regarding the ways domestic violence shows up for your congregation members and the support you'd like to see for survivors from a faith-based perspective.   All are welcome to come and discuss this important issue.  

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The information gathered at this session will be instrumental in the development of domestic violence response training specifically designed for the faith-based community. 

2024 Huntington Pride Festival 

October 19, 2024 

Branches will be providing resources at the Huntington Pride Festival this year--festivities begin at 3pm and last throughout the evening.  Join us on 4th Avenue for both a great time and an incredible hub of information and support for the LGBTQ+ community.  

Employ & Empower: DV is Your Business

October 28th, 2024, Brad D. Smith Center for Business
Time: 12pm-1pm

This event is an open invitation to faith-based leaders and coordinators throughout the Cabell County community to join us for a focus group discussion regarding the ways domestic violence shows up for your congregation members and the support you'd like to see for survivors from a faith-based perspective.   All are welcome to come and discuss this important issue.  

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The information gathered at this session will be instrumental in the development of domestic violence response training specifically designed for the faith-based community. 

Contact Branches 
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Branches Domestic Violence Shelter 
P.O. Box 403 
Huntington, WV 25708 

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Email: info@branchesdvs.org

Phone: 304-529-2382

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This website is supported by Grant Number G260429 Family Violence Prevention Services Act funding from the WV Department of Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 

Neither the WV Department of Health and Human Services and the DHHS Administration for Children and Families operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Branches Domestic Violence Shelter and do not necessarily reflect the views of the WV Department of Human Services or the DHHS Administration for Children and Families.

FEATURED CONTENT

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Each February, we strive to raise awareness and teach positive prevention skills for teens just starting out their dating journey.  This Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, look for blogs, social media posts, local events, and more from Branches starting February 1st. 

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In the meantime, source great information from our Teen Dating Resource page. 

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