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empowering perspectives: May 2010
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A conversation dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Murder of UVA lacrosse student intimate partner violence, not “quarrel gone bad”. The following is an op-ed written by Ellen Allen, the Director of the. YWCA Resolve Family Abuse Program. In Charleston, W.Va. If you are a victim of intimate partner or dating violence, please call the local 24-hour domestic violence crisis line for Kanawha, Clay and Boone counties 1-800-681-8663. Or no page at all? This incident ...
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empowering perspectives: Taking a Stand
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A conversation dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women. Thursday, May 6, 2010. The following is a guest blog post written by Robin Holstein, President of Robin's Desktop, LLC. And the coordinator of a local Stand Against Racism. Event in Rand, WV last Friday. When I was the young bride of a soldier in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, I felt the stares and noticed the whispers when I went out with other soldiers’ wives. They were African-American. I am not. Eggs, splattered again...
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