Refuse To Abuse® is a partnership between the Seattle Mariners and the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault to prevent violence. Each year popular Mariners players and Managers serve as spokespeople for an annual print, video, and radio campaign.
2026 Choose Respect: Refuse To Abuse® Campaign
This year marks the 31st anniversary of Refuse To Abuse®! Thank you to the Seattle Mariners and our 2026 spokespeople: Dan Wilson, J.P. Crawford, and Cal Raleigh.
Preventing abuse starts with respect. We believe in each other, in the game, and in starting with respect.
Safer Communities Start With Us
Continuing the Choose Respect: Refuse To Abuse® legacy of prevention and community action, we invite you to join us this July to support violence prevention across the state!
Every day, people across Washington are creating the conditions for safety, respect, belonging, and healthy relationships. Prevention happens in conversations, classrooms, workplaces, families, friend groups, and communities.
When we invest in prevention, we invest in a future where violence is less likely to happen in the first place– one where we all can live and love freely, without fear.
Join us from July 6–31 as we come together to raise $50,000 for violence prevention across Washington! Create a fundraising team, invite your friends, and help us build safer communities together, because prevention starts with us!
Past Refuse To Abuse® Campaigns
Radio Public Service Announcement Featuring Kyle Seager
Past Video Public Service Announcements
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this program, we are bringing back some of our PSAs from previous decades. Join us as we reflect back on the many players and managers who took a public stand against domestic violence and chose to promote healthy, respectful relationships. Note how our messaging has really shifted over the years! We’ve moved from stating what we’re against: “I will not strike, I will not hit … a woman;” to talking about what we are for: “Choose respect.” There has indeed been a culture shift in the public conversation about domestic & sexual violence over the past 25 years!