North Forty News, January 30, 2022 Teen dating violence is a real issue and comes with serious short and long-term effects. It’s important to help young people learn how to build and recognize healthy relationships to support their development and keep them safe. Studies show one in three young people will be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship, and most will not report it because they do not want to expose themselves or do not know the laws surrounding domestic violence. Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is the perfect time to educate teens about dating abuse. Alternatives to Violence (ATV) is a great…

Housing, case workers and more offered to those escaping violent situations LOVELAND, CO – Dec. 17, 2021: Kari Clark, executive director of Alternatives to Violence, stands next to a pile of donated items at the Alternatives to Violence safe house Dec. 17, 2021. Clark said that during the holiday season ATV receives large amounts of donations for clients to help them make the holidays feel more normal. (Austin Fleskes / Loveland Reporter-Herald) Loveland Reporter Herald, by Austin Fleskes, December 26, 2021 Alternatives to Violence has spent almost 40 years ensuring a place safe from domestic violence, resources to move forward…

Fort Collins Coloradoan, by Molly Bohannon, November 29, 2021 In 2020, crimes on Colorado State University’s Fort Collins campus decreased by 20%, something the CSU police department said was likely due to fewer students frequenting campus for much of the year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite the decrease in overall crime, domestic violence crimes increased drastically, rising from just three reported incidents in 2019 to 17 reported in 2020, according to the university’s federally mandated Annual Fire and Safety Report, also known as the Clery Report. No other category of crime saw an increase during the…

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and while domestic violence occurs in our community year-round, this month serves as an additional reminder of how we can support victims. Alternatives to Violence (ATV), a local non-profit that provides shelter, advocacy, resources, and more to domestic violence victims, has a variety of ways for Northern Coloradans to get involved. “Domestic violence thrives in silence,” said Kari Clark, Executive Director of ATV, in our “Tuned In to NoCo” interview. “To be able to support and help victims and survivors and to prevent domestic violence in the future, we all, everybody in the community,…

Biz West, by Bernie Simon, October 1, 2021 LOVELAND — Alternatives to Violence will host a series of events throughout October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, to raise awareness and encourage people to join in the effort to stop domestic violence. On Saturday, Oct. 2, at 11 a.m., a “Paws and Reflect” event will occur at Foote Lagoon at the Loveland Civic Center. Pets in costume or wearing purple — the color symbolizing domestic violence — will be paraded around the lagoon. Loveland Mayor Jacki Marsh will mark October as domestic violence awareness month in Loveland. “Pets are a big…

Event mirrored previous years with lessened COVID-19 related restrictions Loveland Reporter Herald, by Austin Fleskes, September 11, 2021 Artists, vendors and community members once again took to Fifth Street Saturday as the long-running Pastels on Fifth event returned for another year with a stronger return to form. The event celebrated its 11th year of bringing together artists and community members to enjoy art and help raise money for Alternatives to Violence, the local victim’s rights advocacy non-profit, throughout Saturday as artists got to work creating beautiful street art. “It’s so exciting to see the event back in full,” said event coordinator…

Over 130 artists will transform sidewalks into brilliant works of chalk art Boulder Daily Camera, By Kalene McCort, September 8, 2021 Pastels on 5th — an all-day chalk art festival — returns to downtown Loveland Saturday with over 130 creatives transforming ordinary ground into an open-air gallery. The event will take place on 5th Street, adjacent to Loveland Museum. Vicky Paul-Bryant, Pastels on 5th event director and one of the festival’s founders, said the event was modeled after a similar one in her hometown of Arcata, California. “It was a long-running and popular event there and we hoped it would catch on…

Loveland Reporter Herald, September 1, 2021 by Max Levy Pastels on 5th will return to beautify downtown Loveland’s sidewalks and benefit Loveland-based domestic abuse shelter Alternatives to Violence on Sept. 11. Now in its 11th year, the annual festival of chalk art is expected to draw about 140 artists as well as the public for a day of live music, vendors and the transformation of Loveland’s Fifth Street into a colorful horizontal gallery. Co-coordinator Amanda Waddell said the event is happening during a “catch-up” year for Alternatives to Violence, with the shelter hoping to raise funds to offset the disruption…

BizWest, August 25, 2021 By Shelley Widhalm TIMNATH — Noelle Garcia of Timnath started the She Leads Project because she wants women rebuilding from positions of struggle to be surrounded by community — not bogged down by feelings of shame. “The vision and mission of She Leads came from the heart of a woman (myself) with a passion to help other women who find themselves in the in-between stages of transformation,” said Garcia, president and founder of She Leads.  Garcia, founder and chief executive officer of SILX Global in Fort Collins, launched She Leads in July to raise awareness of nonprofits…