Click to Empower Domestic Violence Survivors by The Allstate Foundation

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71% of Americans have experienced domestic violence or have a friend or family member who has been a victim. You can help someone in need by telling a gal P.A.L.

Tell a Gal P.A.L. - The Stories

kelly smith
I was in a very abusive relationship for 2 years. It would have been longer had he not gone to jail. I am 46 years old, a nurse and yet I cannot explain how I ended up in such a terrible situation. I should have left the first time my boyfriend hit me. I ended up away from him only after he went to...  Read More...
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Terra Schaller
My boyfriend was abusive and my friends and family found out after I needed medical attention when he tore the bottom of my tongue open, and to make a long story short, he came home to my friend and I on a phone call working out some marriage details of a family member. He knew he could hit me, but...  Read More...
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Heather
I am a Domestic Abuse survivor as are all of the members of my family. I am a mother to two little boys; John Paul (8) and Aidan (18mos), and the wife-to-be of one of the most inspiring men on this Earth! Our youngest sons' bio father was my abuser; he used my pregnancy and financial dependence on ...  Read More...
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jennifer
I have been a victim from my first relationship at 16, I had been living with the boyfriend and was put in the hospital numerous times i even lost a baby at his hand at 16 .Someone called police and they took him for warrants the laws weren't like they are now,i was not very educated and started sp...  Read More...
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Suzanne
I was subject to (severe) domestic violence for 22 years. I was strong enough to leave three times, and weak enough to return and then marry him. Finally, my husband was removed from the house in Nov 2007. Our 3 kids and I have since moved, I paid his $9k in taxes just to sell and leave the old hou...  Read More...
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