Monthly fundraiser to benefit new domestic violence shelter in Sarasota
Justin Matthews reports
SARASOTA, Fla. - The non-profit organization Queens of Domestic Violence Awareness hosted its first-ever First Friday fundraiser at the newly-named Queens Field on Orange Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Sarasota.
The event will happen every first Friday of the month for a year and proceeds will go toward opening a new domestic violence shelter in Sarasota County. Right now domestic violence is on the rise, we have a shelter here in Sarasota but it s pretty full, so I feel that if we have another shelter, no woman would have to stay in a domestic violence situation, they will always have a place to go, said Rhonda Calahan, the founder of the organization.
3 Times-News journalists win awards from N.C. Press Association
Three Times-News journalists earned awards from the North Carolina Press Association during a ceremony streamed virtually on Friday.
The NCPA awards journalists across the state each year for exemplary reporting. This year, the Times-News received two first-place finishes and one second-place award. The awards were given to stories published between Oct. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2020.
Trending topics reporter Elizabeth Pattman won first-place in the beat feature reporting category for her article, Family Abuse Services, police talk hope, help for domestic violence victims. In the story, Pattman described what domestic violence looks like in Alamance County and told the story of one local woman, Yamilet Padilla.
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Jane Doe Inc. works to amplify the voices of all who are impacted by sexual and domestic violence and to undo the social injustices that perpetuate an abuse of power.
The White Ribbon Campaign is designed to educate men about non-violent attitudes towards women. White Ribbon Campaigns bring attention to domestic/family violence with the goal of ultimately ending violence against women and all forms of gender-based violence.
In 2008, domestic violence was declared a public health emergency in Massachusetts.
1 In 2019, a study found that 33.9% of Massachusetts women and 31.7% of Massachusetts men experienced intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes.