Dream Big: A Simple, Complicated Idea to Stop Family Violence

by Casey Gwinn, Gael Strack (Contributor)

Though help is out there for victims of domestic violence, it's not always easy to find. The people who seek it often go from agency to agency, telling their story again and again. The rapidly developing Family Justice Center movement seeks to bring all community services for family violence, elder abuse, stalking, and sexual assault under one roof.

In Dream Big , the visionaries behind the Family Justice Center movement use testimonies of survivors, staff in existing Centers, and domestic violence movement leaders to paint a future where families come first, and professionals come together to stop family violence. Everyone can play a role. Dream Big will show you how.

258 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2010

Reviews

[Tonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was interesting to me because I volunteer at a Family Justice Center. The author traces the history of family violence legislation and the gradual development of FJC's. A Family Justice Center brings together different community resources for victims of domestic violence and puts them all under one roof. Depending on the nature of their circumstances, some victims of domestic violence will need to access as many as 30 agencies to complete the process of "leaving." By putting some of these agencies in one place, much of the intimidation factor for victims is removed and procedures for the agencies are simplified. A good, fast read if you are interested in this sort of thing.