- Violence Against Women- JANUARY is "Stalking Awareness Month"
- Child Abuse
- Breast Cancer Support Network
- Mental Health Focus-Essay on Branding and Labeling
- Teen Dating Violence
- Teen Pregnancy
- Single Mothers
- HIV/AIDS
- Human Trafficking
- Congressional Acts
- FightGirl Petition (Coming Soon)
A portion of FightGirl's sales go to various women's organizations from breast cancer screenings to domestic violence shelters.
FightGirl continues to follow these stories:
October 2008: Anne Pressly, morning anchor for KATV- in Little Rock, Arkansas, was found in her home, brutally beaten from an attack.
November, 2008: A suspect in the October murder of Little Rock news anchor Anne Pressly was taken into custody... Curtis Lavell Vance, 28, was reported to be at a home in Little Rock, where a contingent of police officers converged and took the man into custody. He is being held on a charge of Capital Murder. (READ MORE HERE)
This undated photo released by Sheryl Ann Sawyers shows her granddaughter Riley Ann Sawyers, 2, whose body washed ashore in a storage bin in Galveston Bay, Texas, on Oct. 29, 2007. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, where Riley Ann's mother, Kimberly Dawn Trenor, will defend herself against charges she and her husband beat and tortured the child before putting her lifeless body out to sea. (READ MORE HERE)
Natalee Holloway, 19, vanished in May 2005 while on her senior class trip to the Aruban island. She was last seen at the popular night club Carlos ‘n Charlie’s early on the morning her class was due to fly home. (READ MORE HERE)
Joey Lynn Offutt has been missing from Sykesville, PA since a fire destroyed her home on July 12, 2007.
In the early morning of July 12, 2007, authorities responded to a fire at Joey's Sykesville, PA home. After the fire was extinguished, the remains of Joey's 6-week-old son were discovered. Joey and her car, a red Saturn with Virginia license plates, were missing. Police located Joey's car four days later in State College, PA, parked at the Nittany Gardens apartment complex, where Joey had previously lived.
Joey's other two children, who were not at home at the time of the fire, are safe living with family members. (READ MORE HERE)
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) available 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) available 24/7 for the nearest rape crisis center.
National Stalking Resource Center: 1-800–FYI–CALL (1-800–394–2255) M-F 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM EST or email gethelp@ncvc.org.
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474 (1-866-331-8453 TTY) available 24/7 or connect with a trained Peer Advocate online at www.loveisrespect.org from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily (CST).
Child Help - Child Abuse National Hotline 1-800-252-2873, 1-800-25ABUSE
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