Domestic Violence and African Americans

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community was started by scholars and practitioners to address concerns about the plight of the African-American community in the area of domestic violence. The Institute helps set an agenda to reduce and, ultimately, eliminate domestic violence among African-Americans. Through convening local and national conferences, training forums, and by disseminating publications and using other means, the Institute seeks to further scholarship in the area of African American violence, inform public policy, equip practitioners and service providers, and raise community consciousness of the impact of violence in African American communities. It also examines the connections among various kinds of violence.

The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute
This institute believes in the Church's mission to improve the quality of life and recognize the linkages of violence to all social problems in the history of Black communities. They develop partnerships and collaborations to provide educational, spiritual, and technical support, as well as advocacy and leadership development: to enhance the capacity of the church to empower and protect the victims of domestic violence; to hold abusers accountable; to promote healing and wholeness in African-American communities.