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Volunteer Raises Awareness of Domestic Violence Toll in Ferndale Area: VIDEO

On a single day in 2012, Michigan domestic abuse services logged 2,400 calls.

Jonathan Shihadeh, a Wayne State University student majoring in public relations, hopes to build awareness about the need for more services to help domestic abuse victims become survivors.

In 2012, Michigan domestic violence agencies reported more than 2,400 calls in a single day, reports Shihadeh, a volunteer who is assisting in a fundraising campaign

Read his blog post about a fundraising campaign to build a secure safe haven for victims.

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The video, produced by the Avon Foundation, features a Ferndale-area woman whose stepfather murdered her mother as she prepared to divorce him.


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