The Domestic Violence Advocacy Council is a group of committee members dedicated to eliminating domestic violence in our community

For more information on the effects of domestic violence in our community, call the Mecklenburg County Women's Commission at 704-336-3210 or The Shelter For Battered Women at 704-332-2513.

Are you a victim?

For more information on the DVAC, call 704-432-1568 or email dvac@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov

DV Agencies

Definition of Domestic Violence

Mission Statement

Chairs & Subcommittees

Outreach Events

Resources

Our definition of domestic violence is:

Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence is any ongoing abuse used to control a current or former partner in a dating, marital, or other intimate relationship.

Mission Statement

The mission of the DVAC is to convene a group of professional and other concerned individuals committed to networking, communicating and coordinating to solve problems in the community response system, to increase public awareness, support educational efforts, and to otherwise advocate for the victims of domestic violence and their families in order to end domestic violence in our community.

In July 1986, the DVAC was formed to improve the coordination between domestic violence related agencies and the criminal justice system providing services to victims of domestic violence.

The goals of the Advocacy Council are:

• To provide inter-system advocacy and promote community advocacy.
• To act as a coordinating body, with members agreeing to try to benefit the victim by resolving systemic problems.
• To alert interested community parties, including local units of government, to the needs of domestic violence related services or responses to violence, which are beyond the scope or means of the Advocacy council.  The Council is composed of representatives from various agencies.
  
  

Upcoming Trainings 
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DVAC Lunch & Learn series


Ending The Silence: Profiling The Elements of Domestic Violence
May 1 & 2, 2008
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Cumberland County DSS
1225 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC

$109 for both days if registered by April 10, 2008. 
(includes lunch & continuing education credit) OR
$62 for a single day registration.

For more information, please email Andrea.Novak@sr-ahec.org or call Andrea at 910-678-7216 

Federal Domestic Violence Homicide Training
June 12th 2008
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, NC

This one day training is for law enforcement and other professionals.

Training will cover the Nature and Scope of the Problem, Personality Traits of Victims and Batterers, Community Commitment to Family Violence, Identifying Serial DV Offenders and other areas of interest.

Registration and other information will be available in late April.

Seating is limited. Please be prepared to register at that time.

NCADV's 30th Anniversary Conference: Building Grassroots Leadership for Social Justice
July 18-23, 2008
The Omni Shoreham
Washington, DC

For more information and to register, please go to https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1107&f=1

Partnering for Change: the Church Responds to Domestic Violence
October 10-13, 2008
PASCH Conference
Washington, D.C.

For more information go to http://www.peaceandsafety.com/

For more information on the DVAC, call 704-432-1568 or email dvac@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov