Tuesday, local non-profit organization Dreamcatchers for Abused Children officially announced their new Domestic Violence Spokesperson, Ann Livingston.Livingston is a survivor of Domestic Violence. She is devoted to her seven children, five of them are survivors of abuse. Living the quiet life in a small country town in Michigan, Livingston is honored to be part of a group that helps give a voice to those who can’t find their own yet. Livingston said, “I want to leave footprints that others would want to follow in.”

Statistics suggest 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, women experience more than 4 million physical assaults and rapes, men are victims of nearly 3 million physical assaults, a domestic violence act occurs every 15 seconds, women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than men and every year, 1 in 3 women who is a victim of homicide is murdered by a current or former partner.

Livingston already has many plans in the works for Domestic Violence Awareness month in October. She is focused on ideas that are going to change the way people view domestic violence; from the stand point of the victim and the children who witness the violence in the home. READ MORE HERE

ANN LIVINGSTON

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