Commentary: It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s up to all of us to do something.

In coverage of domestic violence rampages, officials invariably say there is no threat to the public. They are wrong. The impact can be felt throughout Maine communities.

BY PATRISHA MCLEAN SPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD

“A survivor is in immediate need of a beefed-up security system” was the message from the district attorney’s office to Finding Our Voices, the grassroots nonprofit I run, which provides financial assistance among its forms of support to Maine domestic abuse survivors.

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