October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so Wednesday we talked to the people who run SafeNet here in Erie. Linda King is the Executive Director and Shirley Williams is the Community Liaison for the agency. Our conversation revolved around who is affected by domestic violence and why it doesn’t stop. They also shared about how you can tell if someone is affected by it and what you can do to help. Statistics show that 1 out of 3 women report physical abuse by an intimate partner at some point in their lives, so this is an important topic to cover.
