Seeking Understanding

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. John Muir



The movement to assist victims of abuse has been around long enough to see that we won't end domestic violence by building more shelters with better floor plans. And abuser treatment groups have been around long enough to build a lengthy collection of research showing minimal impact of changing the behavior of an abuser. The violence is connected to all other aspects of life - not just the lives of victims and abusers but the life of the community.



What are communities doing besides providing support and abuser treatment groups? What are we doing to address the connections of how we live in relationships.