{"id":11287,"date":"2010-03-16T15:52:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T15:52:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-03-16T15:52:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T15:52:05","slug":"will-you-lift-a-finger-to-help-end-relationship-abuse-and-violence-neyo-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/16\/will-you-lift-a-finger-to-help-end-relationship-abuse-and-violence-neyo-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Will You Lift A Finger To Help End Relationship Abuse And Violence? Ne-Yo Did."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pbody\" class=\"pbody\">\n<p>I have learned a lot recently  about how heartbreaking relationship   abuse and violence is. How it can  destroy smart intelligent women and   their daughters and their  families. And how it can be stopped but often   only after  unconscionable destruction and despair.<\/p>\n<p>I have also  learned the  best way to stop relationship abuse and  violence is to stop  it from  happening in the first place; and the first  place to start  that  process is our children.<\/p>\n<p>San Franciso-based, <a href=\"http:\/\/endabuse.org\/\">Family  Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)<\/a>, has been a leader in the fight  towards creating a world where each of us can live free of violence. For  over two decades, FVPF has been organizing programs and campaigns to  prevent violence within the home and in the community, as well as  provide aid to those whose lives have already been devastated by  violence. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giverespect.org\/\">Give  RESPECT!<\/a> Campaign is a   smart, strong campaign designed to help the  next generation understand   how to treat their fellow man. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> &#8220;Let&#39;s teach children  that violence does not equal  strength. Let&#39;s help  daughters and sons  find their voice to never stand  for abuse. We&#39;re for  teaching children  to solve problems through  conversation not  confrontation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I look at my  daughter, I just think how much I want her to be   happy and healthy and  learn what love really is, and how to live well   with others. When I  look at my son, I hope he is learning the right  ways  to communicate and  treat others in his life.<\/p>\n<p>The Give  RESPECT! Campaign is  partially funded by Macy&#39;s to their  great credit,  and now Ne-Yo has  stepped up as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">He     has recorded a special song called &#8220;Heroes&#8221; and  this is where you  come  in.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">click     here<\/a>, you can download the song for  absolutely free. FREE.<\/p>\n<p>And     Macy&#39;s will donate a dollar to the RESPECT! Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s   really that simple. But here&#39;s the catch. <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">We     only have to March 31, 2010 to get 50,000 downloads  or a $50,000   donation to the Campaign from Macy&#39;s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download    this. Then Tweet it. Facebook it. Anything you can to help   spread the  word would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Respecting each  other,  respecting our life partners and most  importantly, helping make  sure  our children live better, safer lives,  and all you have to do is  get a  free song to start helping? Seems like a  pretty good deal to me.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pbody\" class=\"pbody\">\n<p>I have learned a lot recently  about how heartbreaking relationship   abuse and violence is. How it can  destroy smart intelligent women and   their daughters and their  families. And how it can be stopped but often   only after  unconscionable destruction and despair.<\/p>\n<p>I have also  learned the  best way to stop relationship abuse and  violence is to stop  it from  happening in the first place; and the first  place to start  that  process is our children.<\/p>\n<p>San Franciso-based, <a href=\"http:\/\/endabuse.org\/\">Family  Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)<\/a>, has been a leader in the fight  towards creating a world where each of us can live free of violence. For  over two decades, FVPF has been organizing programs and campaigns to  prevent violence within the home and in the community, as well as  provide aid to those whose lives have already been devastated by  violence. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giverespect.org\/\">Give  RESPECT!<\/a> Campaign is a   smart, strong campaign designed to help the  next generation understand   how to treat their fellow man. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> &#8220;Let&#39;s teach children  that violence does not equal  strength. Let&#39;s help  daughters and sons  find their voice to never stand  for abuse. We&#39;re for  teaching children  to solve problems through  conversation not  confrontation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I look at my  daughter, I just think how much I want her to be   happy and healthy and  learn what love really is, and how to live well   with others. When I  look at my son, I hope he is learning the right  ways  to communicate and  treat others in his life.<\/p>\n<p>The Give  RESPECT! Campaign is  partially funded by Macy&#39;s to their  great credit,  and now Ne-Yo has  stepped up as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">He     has recorded a special song called &#8220;Heroes&#8221; and  this is where you  come  in.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">click     here<\/a>, you can download the song for  absolutely free. FREE.<\/p>\n<p>And     Macy&#39;s will donate a dollar to the RESPECT! Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s   really that simple. But here&#39;s the catch. <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.macys.com\/campaign\/social?campaign_id=56&amp;channel_id=1\">We     only have to March 31, 2010 to get 50,000 downloads  or a $50,000   donation to the Campaign from Macy&#39;s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download    this. Then Tweet it. Facebook it. Anything you can to help   spread the  word would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Respecting each  other,  respecting our life partners and most  importantly, helping make  sure  our children live better, safer lives,  and all you have to do is  get a  free song to start helping? Seems like a  pretty good deal to me.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[5609,8557,8556],"class_list":["post-11287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-5609","tag-8557","tag-8556"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-2W3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}