Resources for educating about the impacts of Violence
In Violence We Forget Who We Are is a project which aims to promote educational resources about the impacts of all types of Violence in our communities.
A resource for everyone.
In Violence We Forget Who We Are is an image created as a poster resource, and colouring page for venues, groups and agencies to use in educating about the impacts of Violence.
Under free-use license, provided you use the full poster with logos and acknowledgments.
Please acknowledge the origin of this work and link to this webpage where possible.
Resource List
Impacts and Effects - Children
Impacts of Violence and Abuse on children in Australia, The Australian Childhood Foundation
The effects of DFV on children and young people, Dept. Communities and Justice
The enduring impact of violence against children, Hillis, Mercy & Saul, 2016
Children’s exposure to DFV, key issues and responses, Campo, 2015
Impacts and Effects - Community
National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey, ANROWS
The cost of violence to women and children in Australia, Dept. Social Services, 2016
The Impacts of Violence Against Women - 2 minute read from Our Watch
Stats in Community
Ally Guides
Project Info
Braidwood is a small rural town nestled between Canberra, Goulburn and the South Coast. Our Braidwood Says No to Violence committee works on projects aiming to address public bias and misunderstanding around Domestic and Family Violence (DFV). A question we often hear is “but is Violence even really that bad here (locally)?”
Mental Health practitioners in our town have confirmed DFV exists in more than 80% of their caseloads, including private practice. Various studies have shown that Violence against women is at a higher rate in rural and regional areas. Violence impacts and influences us all. In small communities and subcultures, any act of violence impacts more than the person in direct receipt of the violence. People react in different ways, based on an individual's previous experiences. In Violence, we can forget the impact it has on individuals who are outside of the intimate relationship.
For this current project, we continue our focus on education around Violence, but not limited to only relevance to the 2622 area. Violence is a national issue. In Violence, we can forget the impact it has on everyone’s daily life.
Our committee also wanted to work toward a project providing education to influence parents and families to think about how children are impacted by violence, not only at home but also at school, on the sporting field and anywhere else. Children see everything. In Violence, we can forget the impact it has on vulnerable minds.
Violence is never an easy topic to discuss, but that doesn’t mean we should shy away. In Violence, anyone can forget who they are. Our hope is that these resources will help you / your clients to stay safe, stay focused, stay connected, stay compassionate and Get Educated about what we can all do to support one another.
The quote “In Violence We Forget Who We Are” comes from a paper first published in 1961, written by Mary McCarthy. McCarthy was an author and social critic, with a particular interest in culture and power. She opposed war while at the same time engaging in a public feud with another female author. Our choice to use this quote draws on the rich history of violence critique, while still acknowledging that we’re all individuals who have been raised in a culture that preferences power and domination in it’s political structure and systems. We are all learning as we go.
Use the QR Code on any of your agency’s documents to link to our resources
Looking for activities for educating about the impacts of Violence?
We asked local artist Bohie to design a poster that could also be used as a colouring page for use in offices, agencies and activity spaces.
Under free-use print license, provided you use the full poster with logos and acknowledgments.
Please acknowledge the origin of this work and link to this webpage where possible.
This Project was funded by the NSW Government.
Braidwood Says No to Violence is a subgroup of the Braidwood Life Centre, a volunteer led community service dedicated to the relief of poverty, distress, suffering, misfortune, disability, isolation and homelessness, for the benefit of health and wellbeing of the community within the Braidwood (and villages) community, postcode 2622.
We hope other regions will find our work useful.
Please acknowledge Braidwood Says No to Violence where you can.
What People said about our Poster launch and presentation day
“Thanks for the work your team have done re violence (in our community) and ways to deal with it. The meeting for the poster was very worthwhile.”
— Braidwood Resident
“I just wanted to express my grateful thanks to you for the invitation to attend this presentation. I am so very proud to be part of a community that has members of it, like the amazing community wellbeing focussed group of people driving these positive conversations.”
— Mongarlowe Resident
“This has been very eye opening and educational. Thank you very much, I’m leaving here with a lot of new information.”
— New Zealand Resident who happened to be in Braidwood at the time of our launch
Panelist Recording
At the launch event for this project, on Saturday 2nd April, Hollie Bakerboljkovac, Julia Green and Amanda Burton (by proxy), local residents who have each worked in the helping professions in varied ways spoke about their experiences of the impacts of Violence in community, in families and to children.
What you do not see in this video is the 40minutes of conversation with the panelists and attendees that continued after the video was turned off; a group discussion that reached some very personal, tender and sensitive places. No one who attended this event left the same as they’d arrived.
This was a very meaningful event for all those in attendance and a call to action within each individual’s pocket of the community.