WITS End Outreach Program [A Walk In Their Shoes] Empowering People to seek Help

 WITS  End is an interactive advocacy program that fosters empathy with victims of domestic violence, substance abuse, or other forms of oppression.    A Walk-In-Their-Shoes (WITS)  program is for persons who have been at a  WITS End before seeking help. This program educates & empowers participants on how to overcome daily challenges dealing with the unknown of their crisis—providing educational tools to minimize or eliminate barriers before the situation escalates further.    

Domestic abuse is any act in which an individual uses deliberate intimidation, physical assault,battery, sexual assault, and/or other destructive and abusive behaviors as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. Included among the acts are physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and emotional abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic abuse can and may vary dramatically; however, the one constant component of domestic abuse is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other.  Domestic abuse is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. It is often accompanied by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior that is only a fraction of a systematic pattern of dominance and control. Domestic abuse can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases, even death. The devastating physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of domestic abuse can cross generations and last a lifetime. (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence ).