Alberta-based non-profit Sagesse promotes campaign to end domestic violence [Video]

November is domestic violence awareness month and Sagesse, an Alberta-based non-profit working to end domestic violence, is promoting a campaign called ‘Keep it Real’.

It teaches ways for friends and family to support someone who they think may be suffering abuse.

Carrie McManus, the director of innovation and programs at Sagesse, says the month of November has been focused on awareness.

“It’s helpful to have a time where we can shine a light and say this is happening in your communities and you can have a role in helping to prevent it,” she said. “You can have a role in helping to make all communities safer and all communities happier and healthier places for everyone.”

McManus says people who are impacted by domestic abuse want to talk, not to agencies or the police but to their friends and family members. And the Keep it Real campaign can provide tools to …