Things got serious on the Real World last week. Fans watched as cast member Jemmye opened up about being in an abusive relationship and began seeking counseling on last week’s show.
Jemmye had an eye-opening moment after she had a breakdown after a day of heavy partying. She returned to the house and started breaking things, cussing the other house-mates out and refused to go to bed. It was during this tirade that Jemmye began to reveal things about her past relationship.
Read more about the events of the show in the Baltimore Sun’s write-up.
With the help of her roommate, Knight, Jemmye seeks help at a women’s shelter nearby. She begins talking about the situation and makes a commitment to go to counseling regularly. Watch the clip:
At the end of the show, our helpline number ran, encouraging anyone who is in an abusive relationship, or knows of someone in an abusive relationship, to call for support.
Did you see the episode? Any thoughts?
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It was a scary sight: Kourtney Kardashian clutching her son Mason, quickly exiting the apartment that her boyfriend was trashing. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians spin-off Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami shocked viewers when Kourtney’s boyfriend and father of her son, Scott Disick, lashed out in a recent episode.
After the Scott and Kourtney started arguing, muffled thuds came from behind their closed door and Kim Kardashian, holding Kourtney’s son in another room, started calling out to her sister with concern. Kourtney soon emerged from the bedroom and locked herself in Kim’s room. Kourtney later revealed that Scott had sprung out of bed, grabbed her arm and that she smacked him across the face. The girls left the apartment immediately, and soon after, Scott punched a mirror, smashing both the glass and his hand.
To watch the video, click here.
The show’s season finale deals with the aftermath of this incident.
If you find yourself in a situation where you feel unsafe, remember you can always talk to someone anonymously at the loveisrespect National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline 1-866-331-9474.
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There’s something you can easily do to support the prevention of dating abuse – vote for Paul Lavallee’s project at Pepsi Refresh all this month. Paul is a long time high school educator that became involved in the movement against dating abuse/domestic violence after a student of his was murdered by his ex-girlfriend. Funding for his project would allow for, among other things, the production and distribution of a dating abuse DVD and curriculum to high schools across the country. Hundreds of thousands of students could be educated to look for the warning signs of an abusive relationship.
You can find out more about Paul’s project, watch a piece of the video, and vote by visiting http://www.refresheverything.com/forjustin. Just click on the “Vote for this Idea” button and follow the instructions on the screen. You can also vote each day by texting 101930 to Pepsi (73774).
Please repost this message or pass it on to your  friends and family. We’d really appreciate your support of this project.
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The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence recently made their training In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence available for groups of adults that work with teenagers. The training is designed to allow adults to walk in the shoes of teens, facing obstacles and making decisions as a teenager would – especially where dating violence is concerned. Sexting, pregnancy, homophobia, and stalking are among the special circumstances encountered in the training.
The development of this training was funded by the parents of Dayna Fure, a Washington teen that was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2004. Hopefully, allowing adults a glimpse of the teen perspective will allow them to better assist teens attempting to end dangerous relationships in the future. For more information, visit www.wscadv.org.
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Hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th of July! We just wanted to let everyone know that the Helpline and peer chat will be closed for the day since we normally do not receive many calls and chats since everyone is out celebrating. Chat will also be unavailable on Sundays during the summer but you can always reach as at the toll free number. Have a great day everyone!
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Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week! We are so grateful to have such amazing volunteers at loveisrespect and truly appreciate all the wonderful things they do. In honor of this week we are rewarding our volunteers with gifts and fun craft activities. We started off on Monday with a fun art project. Our volunteers got to paint flower pots and make record bowls. On Wednesday we are are going to make magazine bowls and eat chocolate fondue, on Friday we are decorating cupcakes and Saturday will be spent making sundaes! We would like to thank a few local companies for their generous donations: Tiff’s Treats, Froyoyo in Westlake, Amy’s Ice Cream, Yoga Yoga, HEB, Shoreline Grill and Mint Salon. Check out some photos after the jump and be sure to check back in everday this week because we will be adding more as we go along.
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Sheryl Cates, CEO of loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is shown presenting Claudia Poccia, President of mark, and Carol Kurzig, Director of the Avon Foundation for Women, the Gold MarCom Award won for the LOVE Mashup. We won in the Web Multi-Media Games, Contests, Presentations category and competed against entries from all our the world. It is really great to be recognized for an application that spreads positive messages for teens. The LOVE Mashup was funded by the Avon Foundation for Women through m.powerment by mark, a campaign dedicated to empowering young women. Click here to check out a release with more info. Visit the MarCom Awards site to see a full list of winners.
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Today marks Liz Claiborne Inc.’s sixth annual It’s Time to Talk Day. This day is dedicated to encouraging Americans to speak-up about domestic violence. People all around the country will be talking about this serious issue including schools, radio stations, businesses, government officials, etc. We are so proud to partner with Liz Claiborne for this amazing event and we are joined by other experts in the field such as MTV, Seventeen, Talk Radio News Service and many more. Check out loveisnotabuse.org for more info and great ideas for how you can get involved. Get your friends and classmates talking today and help bring awareness to this important issue!
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Hey music fans – our friends at Tickets-for-Charity® are teaming up with Martina McBride and Trace Adkins on their Shine All Night Tour to make fantastic seats available to benefit loveisrespect (all for the same or better price you’ll find elsewhere)! Check out TicketsforCharity.com where a portion of each seat for the tour will automatically benefit the loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline.
Here’s an easy way to support our work and a great way to see the country music superstars when their tour kicks off November 20th! Great seats are available now on TicketsforCharity.com.
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 loveisrespect has an exciting campaign to share with all of you! We are taking part in My Time to Shine, a joint venture with Grammy award winning artist Martina McBride along with her daughter Delaney. We want to educate both teens and parents on safe dating habits and get the word out about teen dating abuse. Click here to visit our campaign page and get more info. Be sure to take our cool, new dating quiz as well!
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