We invite you to join us on Wednesday, March 2 at 1:00 pm outside in front of Melrose City Hall (Essex Street entrance) for our 5th annual White Ribbon Day event! The 15-minute ceremony will include a Proclamation of White Ribbon Day in Melrose by Mayor Paul Brodeur, remarks by city and community leaders, and MAAV Student Action Board […]
Presented by the Independence House in partnership with the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Does your place of work have a Code of Conduct? Does everyone who uses your services feel safe in your building? Do all your employees know what to do or say if someone disclosed sexual violence? Come and learn how organizational […]
Moderator, Joseph Gordon of the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office will speak openly with first responders in our community on the topic of gender violence and the White Ribbon Day Campaign. Panelists include: Nick Pasquarosa, Dennis-Yarmouth School Resource Officer Enrique Arrascue, Captain of COMM Fire Department Brian Morrison, Community Liaison Officer, Barnstable Police Department WHEN: March 3, […]
Moderator, The Honorable J. Thomas Kirkman (retired) will speak openly with faith leaders in our community on the topic of gender violence and the White Ribbon Day Campaign. Panelists include: Pastor Christian Holleck, St. Peter’s Lutheran, Harwich Pastor Reed Baer, West Parish of Barnstable Pastor Darren Morgan, Federated Church of Orleans Rev. Will Vaus, First […]
Together we can transform the culture of dominance. The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable invites you to attend “Transforming the Culture of ‘Power Over’: Compassionate Accountability” on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The virtual event will help participants make key distinctions among safe relationship cycles and the dynamics that occur within relationships based on abusive values of […]
Presented by the Independence House in partnership with the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. At a 2012 pre-season high school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman is raped. The aftermath exposes an entire culture of complicity and the roles that peer pressure, denial, sports machismo, and social media played in the tragedy. Come […]
The first installation in a powerful three-part series.
Presented by the Independence House in partnership with the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. In the absence of comprehensive, competent sex education, porn serves as the major form of sex ed for millions of kids. And what are kids learning? That degradation, humiliation, and violence are central to relationships, intimacy, and sex. This workshop will […]
Connect with the Khmer community to openly share stories, discuss important topics and break barriers between old and cultural norms. Session 1: Healing through food in the Khmer Community. When: March 16, from 6-8 PM For more information please email Am@chhinc.org
The second installation in a powerful three-part series.
Love Life Now Foundation, Inc.’s 10th Annual White Ribbon Night Gala Partially benefiting Association of Haitian Women in Boston (AFAB)CLICK to purchase tickets! IMPORTANT: No tickets will be sold at door. Guests must email picture of vaccine card after purchasing ticket OR A negative Covid test 2 days prior to event to info@lovelifenow.org If your organization […]
Please join Independence House on March 22nd from 6:00-7:30pm for a virtual panel discussion on the contributions of people with disabilities to the workplace and the challenge of being vulnerable to abuse. Moderator – Marissa Varrasso, Disabled Person Protection Commission, SE Region Navigator Coordinator of Sexual Assault Response Unit Key Note speaker – Mandy Cohen, […]
