As backpacks are packed, classrooms come alive, and students prepare for a new school year, August reminds us that learning doesn’t stop after graduation. It is also Child Support Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to sharpen an important skill that can strengthen advocacy for survivors of domestic violence:, understanding the child support system.
2026
When Home is Not Safe, Freedom Means Something Different.
This July, as the country marked the 250th anniversary of IndependenceDay, we’re holding space for a harder truth: for survivors of domestic violence, homeis often the least safe place, and freedom looks different from fireworks and cookouts.
Every day in this country, survivors of intimate partner violence are living underconstant threat of a gun in the hands of their abuser. And their abuser’s accessto a firearm makes it five times more likely that a woman will be killed by herpartner. Every month in the U.S., more than 70 women are killed by theirintimate partner with a firearm.
This month, BWJP highlights resources and conversations supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) survivors of intimate partner violence while continuing broader e!orts to strengthen survivor-centered systems and access to justice.
Everyone Knows Someone. For decades, BWJP has worked to drive meaningful change in communities across the country to end violence and support survivors. This month, we’re advancing that mission through new training opportunities and resources designed to strengthen system responses—from an OVW-approved course…
Building a legacy of action. For decades BWJP has been an organization working to lead change in our countries and local communities to end violence against women and girls. This Women’s History Month we explore how a powerful new coalition is dismantling systemic silos, share our recent California Op Ed on the preventable…
February calls us to deepen both our awareness and our action. During Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we center the experiences of young people navigating relationships shaped by technology, peer networks, and evolving independence, and we recommit to equipping advocates, systems professionals, and…
Thank you. Because of your support during our Gift Justice campaign, we are starting 2026 ready to act. While many see January as a time for resolutions, at BWJP, we see it as a time for results. The funds you raised are already at work, ensuring that when a survivor reaches out for help, the systems they encounter—from family courts to law…