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DID YOU KNOW

African-American women experience intimate partner violence at rates 35% higher than their White counterparts and 2.5 times the rate of men and other races
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African Americans account for a disproportionate number of intimate partner homicides. In 2005, African American accounted for almost 1/3 of the intimate partner homicides in this country
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Domestic violence affects all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status. However, this threat has disproportionately dire consequences for African-American women.

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Conferences

2004: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE HIP HOP GENERATION

August 8-10, 2004
Queens, NY

The August 2004 forum, Domestic Violence and the Hip Hop Generation, delved into challenges create barriers to positive facets of the hip hop movement. The forum further explored the potential of hip hop music as a vehicle through which to mitigate the violence facing this generation. We encourage you to keep an open mind about a musical genre that has - for better or worse - made a lasting impression on our culture. Focus on the positive energies that can be harnessed to bring about change, because at the end of the day, we'll need to have all segments of the population on board - including the hip hop generation - if we are to end the violence that is destroying the fabric of America.