Voices Against Violence Initiative

Hi blogasphere.  I am sitting here with Robin Adams Hall, Laura Lee, and Meg McGlamery with the Voices Against Violence program here in Birmingham.  Before being whisked away for a live television interview on NBC 13, they had a few words to share with us.  Like a true circle, each of them formulated and articulated the comments below.

What is the Voices Against Violence Initiative?

It is a Women’s Fund initiative to raise funds and awareness about domestic violence in our community.  Many or most of the supporters are lawyers.  It is a giving circle.  With that money, we work with organizations such as Coordinated Community Response (CCR), Pathways, Rape Response Program and other stakeholder in the fight against domestic violence.  They identify areas that need to be addressed in the legal system.  They find gaps or loopholes that need to be addressed.

Why should people in the community give to VAV?

This in an innovative program that is working with organizations and systems that are already in place.  They are just fixing and improving them.

“We are seeing immediate results.  Because of the VAV initiative, we have created lines of communication between organizations.  We work with court systems, police departments and stakeholders by building on each other’s strengths.”

We are all affected by domestic violence.  Most of us know someone whose life has been impacted tremendously by domestic violence in one way or another.  As community members we need to be responsible to each other by raising awareness to address this crisis.

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