Family Domestic Violence Services & The Washbourne House are going purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Family Domestic Violence Services have launched a social media campaign to spread the word.
Focused on the idea that Domestic Violence can be hard to talk about, Program Directors Karen Storch and Emily Trotter-Bodie have set about engaging the community to go purple with them for October to get the conversation started. “We need to start getting everyone engaged in this critical conversation and stop accepting domestic violence as a given.” said Karen Storch.
People that can safely share images on social media are encouraged to share images of purple clothes, purple hair, purple nails, etc… utilizing awareness hashtags and linking to the newly established facebook and instagram pages for the program. Updates will be posted about any community events where people can meet with program staff, get information, and go purple.
The health and wellness fair at Ulster Community College was the first event where program staff provided program information as usual, but also brought purple nail polish and temporary hair color to kick off the campaign. “Engaging the community in accessible and current ways is a current program focus” says Emily Trotter-Bodie, Program Director of Family’s Non Residential Domestic Violence Services.
The social media links are:
On Facebook as: facebook.com/familydomesticviolenceservices
On instagram as: FOWDVSERVICES
Hashtags: #purplehairbecauseicare #dvawareness #fowdvservices #dvawarenessmonth
About Family Domestic Violence Services:
- The Washbourne House, A 17 bed shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, located in a confidential location in Ulster County. Residents receive trauma informed individual and group support-counseling, case management, parenting and children’s services, advocacy and extensive referrals. Call Family of Woodstock’s 24-hour crisis hotline at 338-2370.
- Non-residential support groups. Victims of domestic violence who are not in need of our shelter services can attend a weekly domestic violence support group. There are two English-speaking groups meeting in the early evening, in Kingston; one of those groups includes childcare. For information about these evening groups, contact Emily at 331-7080, x 328.
- Groups meeting during business hours are these: A Thursday, Spanish-speaking group in Kingston; a Tuesday, English & Spanish speaking group in New Paltz; a Wednesday, English & Spanish speaking group in Ellenville. For information about these three groups, contact our bilingual counselor, Maria, at 331-7080, x 313.
- Short-term individual counseling and case management, including safety planning for yourself and your children. If you are not ready to be in a support group, or if your schedule conflicts with our existing support groups, we can meet you for short-term counseling. Call Emily at 331-7080, x 328. For bilingual services contact Maria at 331-7080, x 313.
- Activities/events at the shelter. Holiday parties, barbeques, and food pantry are available to our former residents and to individuals in our non-resident programs.
- Our domestic violence Family Court advocate can provide assistance in drafting petitions for emergency orders of protection. Call Maria at 481-9465
Other Domestic Violence Awareness social campaigns to connect with are:
#putthenailinit by Safe Horizon
The Purple Hair Challenge on Facebook
and join us for the
3rd Annual Ulster County Domestic Violence Information Forum
How can we prevent domestic and sexual violence against women? Educator and activist Tony Porter addresses this question during his A Call to Men presentation.
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, the Ulster County Interagency Council on Domestic Violence, and SUNY Ulster invite you to attend Tony Porter’s presentation:
A Call To Men
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge Campus, SUNY Ulster
This forum is FREE and open to the public. Preregistration is required.
Tony will be sharing a message about manhood and the role of men in preventing domestic and sexual violence against women. A central tenet of A Call to Men is the belief that preventing violence against women is ultimately the responsibility of men. Porter emphasizes that even well-meaning men who do not see themselves as part of the problem need to get involved.
“We must educate and re-educate our sons and other young men. We must accept our responsibility that domestic violence won’t end until well-meaning men become part of the solution. While a criminal justice response to domestic violence is necessary, a cultural, social shift is required.”
Tony Porter is an educator and activist working in the social justice arena for over 20 years and is nationally recognized for his effort to end men’s violence against women. He is the original visionary and co-founder behind A CALL TO MEN: The National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women. He is the author of “Well Meaning Men…Breaking Out of the Man Box – Ending Violence Against Women” and the visionary for the book, “NFL Dads Dedicated to Daughters.”
Tony is currently working with numerous domestic and sexual violence programs, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, colleges and universities around the country. He has worked with the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Tony is an international lecturer for the U.S. State Department having done extensive work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tony has served as a consultant to The White House Commission on Violence Against Women and Girls and the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women. In addition, he has been a guest presenter for the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women and has been a script consultant for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Register online at https://www.sunyulster.edu/call_to_men . This will be a sold out event! Please register early. Registration will close on 10/22/2015 or earlier if seats are filled.
For more information contact Linda Farina at 687-5192, email farinal@sunyulster.edu or Nancy Schmidt at 340-3482, email nsch@co.ulster.ny.us.
AGENDA
7:30 -8:50 am Registration and check-in at the College Lounge
9:00 am Welcome
~ Dr. Alan Roberts
President SUNY Ulster
Introduction
~ Michael Hein
Ulster County Executive
~ Holley Carnright
Ulster County District Attorney
~ Michael Iapoce
Ulster County DSS Commissioner
9:30 am Keynote Speaker
~ Tony Porter “A Call to Men”
12:10 Victim’s Services
~ Lydia Diaz, UC Crime Victims Assistance Program
~ Karen Storch, Family Of Woodstock
12:30 Closing Remarks
~ Michael Iapoce
Ulster County
Interagency Council on Domestic Violence
Kingston City Court
Domestic Violence Court
Family of Woodstock
Family of Woodstock Domestic Violence Services
Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center
Kingston Police Department
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Ulster
Town of Saugerties Police Department
Town of Ulster Court
Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance Program
Ulster County District Attorney’s Office
Ulster County Executive’s Office
Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center
Ulster County Family Court
Ulster County Magistrates Association
Ulster County Police Chief’s Association
Ulster County Probation Department
Ulster County Public Defender’s Office
Ulster County Sheriff’s Office
Ulster County Department of Social Services
YWCA Ulster County
For more about Tony Porter, and A Call to Men, follow the links below:
