About Us
PurpleOne is a Campaign to Empower Communities United Against Domestic Violence. Initiated by Safe Journey and the Rural Domestic Violence Task Force in Union City, Penn., the campaign hopes to empower victims and community members to take action.
What is PurpleOne?
PurpleOne empowers members of the community as potential bystanders – to assist you in becoming aware of domestic violence in our community, learning skills to respond to a domestic violence situation, and understanding when and how to refer a victim of domestic violence. This initiative also provides empowerment to victims of domestic violence by providing trained individuals in the community who can recognize, respond to and refer them to resources. This also provides multiple Safe Places within the community that have trained individuals who can assist them. Finally, this initiative seeks to unite the community around the eradication of domestic violence in our communities.
This initiative includes:
- Public Awareness through multiple media messages
- Training of community members and organization staff to become PurpleOne Trained
- Organizations becoming Safe Places for Domestic Violence Victims
History of PurpleOne
Each year, more than 600 individuals in rural Erie County seek help from domestic violence. So many more are still living in or directly affected by domestic violence and desperately need help.
Safe Journey, a domestic violence agency in Union City that serves rural Erie County, has activated Purple One to end domestic violence in our community. This can’t be accomplished by one person, one group or even one task force. Our entire community needs to be able to recognize, respond to and refer victims of domestic violence.
We want abusers to know they can’t hide in our community. We want the PurpleOne message to be everywhere they look. We want them to know that people like you are watching and will refer victims of domestic abuse.
Purple One was created by Safe Journey and supported by the Rural Erie County Domestic Violence Task Force.
Safe Journey is an Erie County-based agency that provides free shelter, confidential counseling services, and educational resources for women, children and men who are victims of domestic violence and teen dating violence. The Rural Erie County Domestic Violence Task Force was formed in 2015 to bring awareness of domestic violence to people in largely rural Erie County, where services may not be readily accessible for victims.