Rosario Dawson

Domestic violence affects 145 women every hour in the U.S. and on average, three women die every day as a result, according to statistics provided by the Allstate Foundation, a charitable organization which seeks to help build financial independence and promote safe communities for domestic violence survivors. One actress is determined to do something about these disturbing statistics."I've been doing work around anti-violence campaigns for women and children for quite some time, from New Orleans to Haiti to the Congo," Rosario Dawson, a spokesperson for The Purple Purse, the Allstate Foundation's symbol for domestic violence, told FOX411's Pop Tarts column. "My mom worked for a domestic violence organization in San Francisco when I was 10, and now she is working for another one in New York and helps women who have been incarcerated because of domestic violence issues when they are in a situation where they attack their attackers and they are the ones that end up incarcerated. It is cr...

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