Equity Is Focus On New Domestic Violence Plan

The Domestic Violence Network, DVN, laid out plans for the next three years and the focus is equity.
 
Nearly a third of black women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
 
DVN Executive Director Kelly McBride says its new community-wide plan aims to address this, and it will also focus on inequities for LGBTQ+. 

"These two populations have historically been left out of the conversation when it comes to domestic violence intervention and prevention," says McBride. 
 
The nonprofit partners with civic and community groups to provide resources for people experiencing domestic violence.
 
DVN’s Cecily Johnson says this work can be done, not only with conversation... but also through policy action.
 
"Systems, and the injustices within those systems are being brought forward too," says Johnson. 
 
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett says DVN is aligned with an increasing community trend.
 
"More and more efforts are being calibrated with a long overdue emphasis on equity," says Hogsett. 

As part of the plan, DVN will create task forces, host events and provide trauma informed programs.