In 2004, Tamron Hall's sister, Renate, was found beaten to death in the backyard of her Houston, Texas, home.
She'd had a history of relationships with abusive men.
As you can imagine, the loss was devastating to Hall, a co-anchor on the "Today" show. She was forever changed.
<div><div class="push-wrapper--mobile" data-card="image" data-reactroot=""><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTQ3NDI2OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NzE5NTQ4M30.5Op9A_-pVIxfUimAdiprmfK13B4GTsBCahc3KMVI8E0/img.jpg?width=980" id="71d2c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8348be162d0a99e6f870357eadd51b5d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><div class="image-caption"><p>Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for SiriusXM.</p></div></div></div><p>"No one deserves <a href="http://www.people.com/article/tamron-hall-opens-up-about-her-sisters-unsolved-murder" target="_blank">what happened to my sister</a>," Hall told People magazine in April 2016. "For a long time I was hesitant about sharing our story. I didn't want to be another well-known person saying, 'Look what happened to me and my family.' But then I said, 'Screw that. I can save a life.'"</p><h2>That's why Hall is sporting one purple-painted nail on her left hand.</h2><div><div data-card="instagram" data-reactroot=""><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BKolBZVBb9V/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">New profile pic. Watch tomorrow #todaystake as we #putthenailinit @safehorizon 9et for more ...</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by Tamron Hall (@tamronhall) on <time datetime="2016-09-21T22:03:19+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Sep 21, 2016 at 3:03pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><h2>Hall stars in a new PSA for Safe Horizon's #PutTheNailInIt campaign aimed at ending domestic violence.</h2><p>The PSA by <a href="https://www.safehorizon.org/" target="_blank">Safe Horizon</a> — a nonprofit aimed at empowering the survivors of and preventing domestic abuse — encourages viewers to <strong>paint their left ring-finger nail purple</strong> (the color of the anti-domestic violence movement) in a show of solidarity. </p><p>The campaign has been an ongoing initiative for the group, but <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZvg_zfNL5U&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Hall's latest PSA</a> is bringing renewed interest to efforts to <strong>#PutTheNailInIt </strong>just days before the start of October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month.</p><div id="4bb86" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="KG61031559346853"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="775025011505725440" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">On day when non-violence has such meaning, we took the vow to #putthenailinit. #amarsinlastimar @SafeHorizon https://t.co/rDOvlnEqQY</div> — Maria de los Angeles Corral (@Maria de los Angeles Corral)<a href="https://twitter.com/MariaCorral/statuses/775025011505725440">1473615336.0</a></blockquote></div><div id="79372" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0FRECZ1559346854"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="778975079321341952" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@tamronhall great campaign to raise awareness on domestic violence #PutTheNailInIt @SafeHorizon https://t.co/phflLxG3kS</div> — @MessyMommies (@@MessyMommies)<a href="https://twitter.com/MessyMommies/statuses/778975079321341952">1474557106.0</a></blockquote></div><h2>Domestic abuse is a topic that gets attention but not nearly enough.</h2><p><a href="http://www.thehotline.org/resources/statistics/" target="_blank">1 in 4 adult women and 1 in 7 adult men</a> will experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. </p><p>Those stats are alarming enough, but the prevalence of domestic abuse across the U.S. is even more sobering when you dissect the numbers behind the groups that affected even more.</p><blockquote class="pull">Black women are nearly <a href="http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Impact-of-Domestic-Violence-of-Women-of-Color-353113301.html" target="_blank">three times more likely</a> to be murdered by an intimate partner than women from other racial backgrounds. </blockquote><p>Women of color, and particularly black women, are <a href="http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Impact-of-Domestic-Violence-of-Women-of-Color-353113301.html" target="_blank">disproportionately affected</a> by domestic violence. Black women are nearly <a href="http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Impact-of-Domestic-Violence-of-Women-of-Color-353113301.html" target="_blank">three times more likely</a> to be murdered by an intimate partner than women from other racial backgrounds. </p><p>Although the issue remains <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/a-same-sex-domestic-violence-epidemic-is-silent/281131/" target="_blank">under-researched</a> within the queer community, the data we <em>do</em> have suggests partner abuse is disproportionately affecting all genders and sexual orientations across the LGBTQ spectrum, particularly <a href="http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/9392" target="_blank">transgender survivors of domestic abuse</a>. </p><p>We need to be talking about this.</p><h2>Those disturbing stats are why you'll see other celebrities speaking out in Safe Horizon's PSA too.</h2><p>Stars like rock star <strong>Dave Navarro</strong>.</p><p>"When my mother's life was taken by a domestic abuser, I unfortunately was a witness to how domestic violence can not only destroy the victim's life, but the lives of friends and family members," Navarro said in a statement. </p><div><div class="push-wrapper--mobile" data-card="image" data-reactroot=""><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTQ3NDI3MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNDQ0NDMwNn0.h-7JpkRAdG0gr7EV2q5Gfe7YNpZMVvxfR74k-SeMCaQ/img.gif?width=980" id="bfaa3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d3281d7dfc28c7c2bbbecbe3649ee3ed" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><div class="image-caption"><p>GIF via Safe Horizon.</p></div></div></div><p>And actor <strong>Alan Cumming</strong>.</p><p>"Domestic violence can affect anyone," Cumming said. "Whether gay or straight, we need to have zero tolerance for domestic violence, and I salute full-heartedly Safe Horizon’s #PutTheNailInIt campaign for advocating exactly that."</p><div><div class="push-wrapper--mobile" data-card="image" data-reactroot=""><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTQ3NDI3MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxNjU5MzAyMX0.5EDI1QRBEmX3iHjm8kpe4IRA-4OwvkfKI0xjiFJn6-c/img.gif?width=980" id="dbb43" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="36ba36afc9df46eacaf0ac476718fa4d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><div class="image-caption"><p>GIF via Safe Horizon.</p></div></div></div><p>And actress <strong>Kyra Sedgwick</strong>. </p><p>"As a woman and a mother of a young woman, the prevalence of domestic violence horrifies me," Sedgwick said. "Domestic violence is a secret, insidious, and rampant epidemic that is so often kept shamefully behind closed doors."</p><div><div class="push-wrapper--mobile" data-card="image" data-reactroot=""><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTQ3NDI3Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1ODQ0NzI0NX0.EaMm4W3LQXR5dc6rtplv-9pRaxh1kE_io2W5ZKhxCkw/img.gif?width=980" id="2de27" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9b83c17665119fdce14e052271ab585d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"><div class="image-caption"><p>GIF via Safe Horizon.</p></div></div></div><p><strong>To Hall, our unified efforts can end domestic violence. We just have to stand together.</strong> </p><p>"My sister’s memory is important to me and I want to uplift her name to help those families and victims who have felt alone," Hall explained in a statement. "Since opening up and sharing our story, I've been approached by countless people who have taken a stand. If we stand shoulder-to-shoulder we create a wall of protection."</p><h2>Watch these stars and others support the #PutTheNailInIt campaign below: </h2><div><div data-card="youtube" data-reactroot=""><div><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="427056ddcfd942e8bdb9259dd5d2856a"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZvg_zfNL5U?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></div></div></div>
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