Imagine waking up to find yourself in a world where.....

	women and girls walk outside at night without feeling afraid.
	parents know that their daughters and sons will be given equal opportunities to succeed at school, to advance their careers, and to take on leadership roles in business, non-profit and government sectors of society.
	children and teens see images of powerful, intelligent, vibrant women on television, in movie theatres, in music videos, advertisements, and in the news.
	men and boys are free from gender role stereotyping.
	each person knows they will always be treated with dignity and respect by their intimate partner.

What will it take to make these visions of a safe and just world for women and girls a reality?

As in the highly successful campaign launched by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), grassroots community organizing methods and strategies are being used to build a broad-based movement in the U.S. to end gender-based violence. The common element of all the successful social movements of the last few decades--the civil rights movement, the environmental movement, and women's movement--is that ordinary individuals identified social problems and mobilized community support to introduce needed changes in laws, social norms and individual behaviors.

This module offers a set of Tips & Tools for using community organizing methods--in particular, the Community Action Team model--to build a movement to end domestic violence.