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East Texas Crisis Center launches men's initiative to prevent domestic violence

The East Texas Crisis Center held a community mobilization event in Tyler bringing together seventy men to learn how to prevent domestic violence and protect women. The event featured the Battery Intervention and Prevention Program, which holds male domestic violence offenders accountable.

Where
Tyler, Smith County
When
Oct. 29, 2026
Sources
Reported by 2 outlets

Counties: Smith

Taxes and money

The sources don't state an effect on taxes. They do state these figures.

  • Grant$6,0001

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Who's involved

  • East Texas Crisis Centerorganizer of Community Mobilization Initiative
  • Jeremy FlowersEast Texas Crisis Center staff
  • Charles Blackmonparticipant and volunteer
  • Cannon RobertsBattery Intervention and Prevention Program coordinator

The facts

  • Seventy East Texas men gathered at Dayspring Methodist Church in Tyler for the Community Mobilization Initiative.2
  • The Council on Family Violence reported 136 women were killed in domestic violence across Texas last year.2
  • The East Texas Crisis Center helped more than 1,000 women get out of abusive situations last year.2
  • The Battery Intervention and Prevention Program is a 28-week course taught Monday through Thursday at the East Texas Crisis Center.2
  • Some men who completed the 28-week BIPP course never offended again, according to the program coordinator.2

Who said what

These are statements and claims made by the people involved. They are reported, not verified.

  • Jeremy Flowers, East Texas Crisis Center Men play a powerful role in changing the culture of masculinity through how we teach boys.2
  • Cannon Roberts, BIPP coordinator Domestic violence often starts as jokes made by men before becoming more serious.2

How they headlined it

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  • East Texas Crisis Center receives $6,000 grant to help prevent intimate partner violence deaths

    cbs19.tv

  • East Texas Crisis Center launches men’s initiative to prevent domestic violence

    KLTV.com

Sources

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  1. East Texas Crisis Center receives $6,000 grant to help prevent intimate partner violence deaths cbs19.tv Not rated, October 28, 2026
  2. East Texas Crisis Center launches men’s initiative to prevent domestic violence KLTV.com Not rated, October 29, 2026

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