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
Thank you to everyone who supported our inaugural Safer Communities Start With Us campaign!
Together, we raised more than $43,000 to support violence prevention across Washington. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated, created a fundraising team, shared the campaign, sponsored the event, or helped spread the word.
Continuing the Choose Respect: Refuse To Abuse® legacy of prevention and community action, this year’s campaign marked an exciting new chapter as we broadened our vision of prevention to reflect the many ways communities create safety, respect, belonging, and healthy relationships.
Your generosity helps equip prevention advocates, support youth programs like Team Up Washington, provide experiential learning through In Her Shoes® and In Their Shoes®, and strengthen prevention efforts in communities across our state.
Violence is preventable, and because of supporters like you, we can continue building communities where everyone can live and love freely, without fear.
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!