A California-Based Moving Company Helps Women Escape Abusive Households

Yesterday, the issue of violence against women was at the forefront of Canadian headlines and news broadcasts.

That’s because December 6th marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. When most of us were too young to remember, on that date back in 1989, 14 female engineering students were brutally killed at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique by a self-proclaimed feminist hater.

But what we all do remember are the reports of continued violence against women – everything from the Chris Brown incident to the Jian Ghomeshi allegations.

If you don’t think violence against women is still an issue, think again. According to the Canadian Women’s Foundation, half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16. This could of course mean an isolated incident at a bar, or a weekly occurrence at the hands of a lover or life partner.

Most of us have been in relationship that turned unhealthy for one reason or another and should have ended a lot sooner than it did. Now, imagine how much more difficult it would be to exit an abusive relationship, especially with limited resources available?

Yesterday, I was reminded of a piece I read a few months back about a California-based moving company that helps women in relationships move free of charge. In early September, Meathead Movers – a company formed back in 1997 by student athletes – partnered with domestic violence prevention non-profit Good Shepherd to help women escape abusive households.

The idea is to get her and her kids out of the house before her spouse returns home (and get a well-deserved shock of his life).

With a sales and marketing office in LA, the company says it will donate services to be doled out by Good Shepherd on a monthly basis. Those who feel they qualify will work with the non-profit.

The company has said that not only do the services help victims of domestic abuse, but they also directly impact Meathead employees, who are predominantly young men who believe that real men don’t hit women.

The free moving truck is just one solution to economic and logistical factors after the tough decision is made, but it’s definitely one that makes a world of difference (which could literally mean life or death).

It wouldn’t be a bad idea if we adopted the idea here; established Canadian moving companies, I’m looking at you.

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