Mu Tau Mu of Alpha Chi Omega

Please check out all the great products available from the RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) Store, including this cute flower tshirt $10 (below), which can be ordered here:http://store.rainn.org/product.cfm?pid=17

Also available are Declaration Necklaces ($6.50 each) and Bracelets(above, $8.50 each) - each one says Strength, Hope, Courage or Survivor;Umbrellas;Key Chains; and more.

See these and other great products that benefit Domestic Violence Awareness programs on our Alpha Chi Omega Shop for DVA Page.

Check out this great CD available on at the RAINN Store and now included on our Alpha Chi OmegaMusic for DVA page.

For the Next X: A Benefit CD for RAINN includes tracks by Tori Amos, Matchbox Twenty, Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, Michelle Branch and more.

"Let's be serious for a second. Deals this good are hard to find. In case you didn't notice, the price of this disc has been greatly reduced! Rock out to great music AND support your favorite charity."

Get your copies for only $5 each!

http://store.rainn.org/product.cfm?pid=11

See more choices on our Music for DVA Page too!

We're pleased to announce a new item now listed on our Shop for DVA page:

Please take a minute this week to check out an amazing website sharing first-person accounts from domestic violence survivors: Violence Unsilenced

Violence Unsilenced is "Shedding light on the epidemic of domestic violence and sexual assault by giving its survivors a voice." http://www.violenceunsilenced.com [If you have time, please leave a short positive comment for the author of a story or two, thanking her for her bravery in coming forward to share.]

Please support their great work by voting for them in the Most Inspiring Blog category of the 2009 BlogLuxe awards at http://www.socialluxelounge.com/blogluxe/ Currently in second place in the polling, if we work together we know we can make them #1!! You can vote once a day, now through July 6, 2009.

Here are some ways to spread the message:

1. On twitter, post a message like this:

Brave stories from domestic violence survivors http://bit.ly/gSp5u Vote most inspiring http://bit.ly/3BtGkO #axo #charitytuesday

You can also follow @maggiedammit, the amazing woman behind Violence Unsilenced.

2. On facebook, post this link (http://www.violenceunsilenced.com) to your profile, with a note asking friends to vote for them for Most Inspiring Blog by using the blue box in the right column on their website.

3. On email, send a link to this post (http://www.axomtm.org/journal) and ask your friends to participate... or just copy and paste the whole post into your email!

4. On your blog, write a story about Violence Unsilenced, and post a link in the comments section below this post.

Thank you for your interest, and for supporting the great work being done on behalf of domestic violence survivors!

For all our friends on Twitter who support Domestic Violence Awareness:

We thought it would be fun to have a contest in conjunction with our June 2nd virtual philanthropy project. Here are the instructions for participating:

Tweet an answer to the Question: What is the purpose of the Give Respect campaign?

Rules: 

1. To be eligible to win, your answer must be tweeted between Tuesday June 2nd at 9pm EDT and Wednesday June 3rd at 9pm EDT. 

2. Your tweet must be 140 characters or less and include #axo #dva and either @give_respect OR "Give Respect campaign" 

Sample tweet:

The purpose of the Give Respect campaign is [fill in answer here] #axo #dva

3. IF you protect your updates on twitter (ie your profile is private), @amy_z has to be following you (you can follow @amy_z and she will follow back) OR include @amy_z somewhere in your post so Amy can see it.

4. All correct answers received will be entered into a random lottery to win a $5 amazon.com gift card, which will be emailed to the winner. Winner will be announced after 9pm EDT on Wednesday June 3rd on twitter and on the facebook group http://bit.ly/Nbx5f. 

This contest is not sanctioned by anyone, and is just for fun. Thanks for participating, and thanks for supporting domestic violence awareness!!