Community leaders from a broad
range of agencies
marked the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month at the Fall
River Government Center atrium on October 5, 2011. Representatives of
United Neighbors of Fall River, SSTAR
Women’s Center, The New Bedford
Women’s Center, South Coastal Legal
Services, The
Fall River Domestic Violence Coalition, the Fall River V-Day
Committee, The Katie Brown
Education Program and the Military
and Family Support Center
were on hand to participate and offer information about their
services. Mayor William Flanagan described his experience in working with
domestic violence cases as an attorney and noted that "this gathering
shows victims of domestic violence that they are not alone." Dale
Brown, director of the Women's Center at SSTAR, and Pam MacLeod-Lima of
the Fall River/New Bedford Women's Center were among the speakers.
Interactive displays included The Clothesline Project-Tee shirt making, DV
Myths and Facts, Information about sexual harassment, relationship
violence, masks, stories and books made by domestic violence survivors,
and a display and information on human trafficking. Click
here for the Herald News article. For more information, contact United Neighbors
Director Wendy
Garf-Lipp at
508-324-7900.
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(Top row, left)
Deanne Gomes-Stanley looks over some o the interactive displays in the
atrium of Government Center. (Top row, center) Katie
Brown Education Program founder and Fall River cardiologist Jay
Schachne, M.D. talks with
Pam MacLeod-Lima, director of the Fall
River/New Bedford Women's Center. (Top row, right) Rebecca Jenniings
stands next to her table displaying information about the Military
and Family Support Center that provides domestic violence counseling
services to families in the armed forces. (Row two) Mayor William Flanagan
describes his
experience in working with domestic violence victims. (Row three)
United Neighbors of Fall River Director Wendy Garf-Lipp talks about
the high numbers of domestic violence incidents in Fall River; SSTAR
Women's Center Director Dale
Brown notes that domestic violence victims also include men and seniors; and
performer Annemarie Sharkey gives a dramatic reading from the V-Day
Monologues. (Bottom
row, left and center) Katie Brown Educational Program educator James
Lawrence and event co-chair Rebecca Arruda make some concluding remarks.
(Bottom row, right) Fall River Youth Coordinator Christian McCloskey
receives a lapel ribbon marking Domestic Violence Awareness from Wendy
Garf-Lipp.
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