Mu Tau Mu of Alpha Chi Omega

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!