Accomplishments 2011

2011 Accomplishments: By the Numbers

 2011 was a highly successful year for Stop Abusive and Violent Environments. These are SAVE’s accomplishments, by the numbers:

I. Media

• 5.2 million persons who listened to a SAVE radio interview (105 interviews held around the country, estimated 50,000 listeners per interview): http://www.saveservices.org/media/
• 615,000 page views on SAVE’s website
• 1,440 friends on SAVE’s 4 Facebook pages:
  • Victims: http://www.facebook.com/SaveForVictimsAndSurvivors?v=wall&ref=ts
  • Falsely accused: http://www.facebook.com/SaveForFalselyAccused?ref=ts&v=wall
  • Service providers: http://www.facebook.com/SAVEforServiceProviders?ref=search&v=wall
  • Domestic Violence Legislative Project: https://www.facebook.com/SAVEDomesticViolenceLegislativeProject
  • 27 nationally distributed press releases: http://www.saveservices.org/media/
  • 4 CAMP (Countering Abuse Misinformation Project) rapid media response campaigns: www.saveservices.org/camp
    • September: VP Biden Needs to Tell the Truth about Dating Violence. Success: On The View, Whoopi Goldberg asked VP Biden to remind teenage girls to not hit their boyfriends.
    • October: Rep. Moore Should Cancel Gender-Biased Briefing. Success: Makers of Memories removed an inaccurate and inflammatory claim featured on its website.
    • November: Assure VAWA Accreditation of Education Programs. Success: Sen. Leahy removed a provision from his draft VAWA reauthorization bill that would have required a 51% evidence standard for college rape cases.
    • December: Verizon: Naughty or Nice? Success: The Verizon Foundation removed its biased Monsters video.

 II. Legislative and Advocacy

• 16 State-level Coordinators for the Domestic Violence Legislative Project: http://www.saveservices.org/dvlp/
• 15 state coordinators for Campaign 2012 to engage political candidates in the domestic violence reform effort: http://www.saveservices.org/campaign-2012/
• 12 leading national organizations that endorsed SAVE’s efforts to reform the Violence Against Women Act
• 9 lobbying events held in Washington DC with over 300 staff meetings held
• 2 bills drafted:
  • Partner Violence Reduction Act, to amend and strengthen the federal Violence Against Women Act: www.saveservices.org/pvra
  • State-level bill to curb false allegations: http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/False-Allegations-Model-Language.pdf

 III. Campaigns and Conferences

• Campaigns:
  • January-February: 600 Lives, $30 Million: Stop Mandatory Arrest: http://www.saveservices.org/protect-victims-stop-mandatory-arrest/
  • March-May: Abuse Hysteria in Maine: http://www.saveservices.org/abuse-hysteria-in-maine-the-ghost-of-michael-nifong/
  • June: False Allegation Awareness Month, highlighted by:
    • National telephone survey found one in 10 persons have been falsely accused of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse: http://www.saveservices.org/falsely-accused/survey
    • Conferences:
      • Conference on the Continuing Distortions about Intimate Partner Violence, Washington DC, February 24: http://www.saveservices.org/key-facts/conference-continuing-distortions-about-intimate-partner-abuse/
      • False Allegation Summit in Washington DC, on June 2: http://www.saveservices.org/dvlp/campaigns/faam-2011/

 Number Unknown – The number of state DVLP coordinators, CAMPers, citizen-lobbyists, activists, donors, columnists, lawyers, and others who are now engaged in the national movement to reform the Violence Against Women Act and other domestic violence laws.