Contributor

Patti Giggans

Executive Director of Peace Over Violence

Since 1985, Patti Giggans has been the Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, a nonprofit social service agency based in Los Angeles dedicated to building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.She has co-authored In Touch With Teens, Women’s Self-Defense and Safety: An Empowerment and Resiliency Model, and When Dating Becomes Dangerous (Hazelden). She is a recipient of the California Peace Prize.