Note: this report contains references to domestic violence and the name of someone who has died.

For 20 years, the words "No More" have carried a powerful message across the Northern Territory — a call born from First Nations men who said enough was enough.

Now, that message is becoming a broader community movement.

The Stand, led by CatholicCare NT's No More campaign, has returned for a second year, challenging Territorians to stop talking about domestic and family violence as someone else's problem and ask a harder question: what am I prepared to do about it?

This year's campaign is built around 90 days, 90 lives and 90 Domestic Violence Action Plans (DVAPs). Last year, the target was 90 plans in 90 days. The community delivered 107, creating more than 600 actions across the Territory and beyond.

The significance is not just in the numbers, but in what people chose to do.

A rugby league competition named its final series The Stand, while major sponsor DABSCO developed the campaign's first business DVAP. The Northern Territory chapter of the National Association for Women in Construction organised DV-alert training, while TrafficWerx donated traffic control for the No More Empty Shoes March in Tennant Creek.

The Wadeye Men's Shed committed to a men's camp, while local pet food business Aussie Pooch introduced a voluntary checkout donation to help fund pet boarding for people experiencing violence.

CatholicCare NT Violence Prevention Manager Narelle Gosstray said the diversity of actions was exactly the point.

"A DVAP is about looking at who you are, what you can do, and taking action from there," she said.

This year, The Stand is asking people to Start, Strengthen or Show — start a plan, strengthen existing work, or show others what they are already doing.

A new online DVAP Builder is also being introduced to make taking that first step easier, helping organisations identify practical actions suited to their circumstances.

Because prevention cannot sit solely with specialist services. It needs to exist in families, workplaces, sporting clubs, businesses and communities.

At the heart of The Stand are 90 women who have lost their lives to domestic and family violence since 2000. Their lives are not simply statistics. They are the reason organisers are determined that the number does not grow.

Earlier this month, hundreds of members of the Galiwin'ku community, on Elcho Island / Galiwin'ku, East Arnhem land, marched and held a candlelight vigil to remember a teenage girl who was allegedly murdered in July.

T. Bukulatjpi was only 17, and has been remembered as a kind person who was a leader in a local girls' empowerment program.

A 34-year-old man has been charged with her murder and police allege she was in a domestic relationship with him at the time of her death.

The vigil was held on August 11 - what should have been her 18th birthday.

For Dr Charlie King, founder of No More, the roots of the campaign to end domestic and family violence roots deeply connected to First Nations voices.

In 2006, while travelling through the Territory speaking with Aboriginal men, King asked communities about family violence. In one community, an older man listened before delivering two words: "No more."

Another man, Ned Hargraves, called for men to "link up".

Those words became the foundation of No More.

"This comes from Aboriginal people. This comes from First Nations people. They said it. I didn't say it," King said.

That history matters because while domestic and family violence is often discussed through statistics and policy, First Nations communities understand the importance of relationships, responsibility, connection and community strength.

Domestic, family and sexual violence educator Holly Gurruwiwi brought that perspective into focus at the launch.

Following the murder of her niece on Elcho Island / Galiwin'ku, Gurruwiwi returned to a community where people knew violence was occurring but felt unable to act. Her response was to look to culture and kinship.

"Every relationship has a lore and a responsibility," she said.

Her message was a reminder that prevention does not always require a new solution. Sometimes it requires reconnecting with what communities already know.

Sport is another place where that responsibility is being put into practice. NRLNT and Nightcliff Football Club are among organisations using their platforms to create safer environments and challenge unacceptable behaviour.

Nightcliff, one of the Territory's first sporting clubs to develop a DVAP, has seen the value of having a plan before a crisis occurs. Club president Mark Dodge said its action plan provided a clear framework when serious issues arose and helped ensure players knew where they could turn for support.

The Stand is also recognising people already doing the work through the inaugural Charlie King Changemaker Awards, announced by CatholicCare NT Director Jayne Lloyd.

The awards will celebrate individuals, organisations and initiatives making a practical contribution to preventing and ending domestic and family violence. Regional changemakers will be recognised during the 16 Days of Activism, with one recipient to receive the NT Changemaker Award at the No More Casuarina March on December 4.

Nominations open on August 26 and close on November 3.

After two decades, No More has evolved, but its foundation remains the same: listen to community voices, build relationships, take responsibility and refuse to accept violence as inevitable.

The Stand is asking Territorians to Start, Strengthen or Show — and turn the words "No More" into action.

More information about this important work is available online at www.nomore.org.au.