THANK YOU - $4,000!  But don't stop giving!  We've successfully funded this billboard, let's continue...Put up another billboard - in Spanish!  You can still make a contribution to reassure all victims and witnesses of domestic violence in San Francisco that they can and should feel safe to report abuse.

When we reach our new goal, $6,500, we will raise a second message!  Please help by giving $10, $25, $50, $75 or $100!  La violencia domestica NUNCA es un asunto privado!

The billboard is intended to shine a light on what anti-domestic violence advocates consider to be Sheriff Mirkarimi's inappropriate and disturbingly cavalier response to the charges of domestic battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness against him.  In widely reported comments, Mirkarimi called the alleged acts of domestic violence “a private matter. A family matter.” Read more in this recent New York Times article on the matter. 

Kathy Black, of La Casa de las Madres, said the billboard is “an attempt to remind Mr. Mirkarimi and every City official that when it comes to domestic violence there is no such thing as a ‘private matter, a family matter '. "This is a real learning moment for all of us,” Black continued, “We can’t lose sight of the fact that our priority is helping victims and stopping abuse".

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