We are Kentucky united against violence

ZEROV RAISES THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS

ZeroV, formerly the Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence, is the statewide coalition dedicated to creating safe lives and thriving futures for survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. To achieve this, ZeroV examines all forms of violence, the cultural and social norms that sanction violence, and the systems that perpetuate violence through the lens of intimate partner violence and intersectionality. ZeroV believes that a world safe for survivors is safe for everybody. Creating this world is the shared responsibility of our coalition, communities, and Commonwealth. As a Kentucky united against violence, our work will persist until the violence in our state is ZERO.

We Advocate by amplifying the voices of survivors of intimate partner violence through our policy work and legislative efforts.

We Support by providing safe, affirming, trauma-informed care for survivors of intimate partner violence through our network of fifteen regional domestic violence shelters serving all 120 counties in Kentucky. 

We Empower by providing survivors of intimate partner violence with housing and financial support so that they can live independently from their abusive partners.

We Educate through training and technical assistance on intimate partner violence.

We Mobilize our members, partners, and the community.

And We Believe. We are grounded in the belief that intimate partner violence is a form of power-based violence and is part of a systemic pattern of oppression. We cannot eliminate it until we change the cultural and social norms that allow and sanction it, and we must act together it we are to cut the violence in our state to zero.