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Mayor Will Flanagan announced April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month in a news conference at Government Center on April 11, 2011. The Proclamation called for people to weal teal ribbon pins throughout the month and to participate in "Wear Denim Day" on April 27th to continue awareness throughout the month. It was reported that in Bristol County 800 to 1,000 cases of sexual abuse are reported annually. These numbers continue to go up even as the national numbers are declining. The Women's Center, United Neighbors of Fall River, the Bristol County Child Advocacy Center and the Bristol County District Attorney’s office are working together to increase public awareness of the issue and to improve local resources designed to reduce the problem. Click here for the Herald News article. For more information, contact Wendy Garf-Lipp at 508-324-7900. |
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(Top row, left) Mayor Will Flanagan makes some introductory remarks as Rebecca Arruda of the Women’s Center listens from behind. (Top row, center) Michelle Loranger, executive director of the Bristol County Child Advocacy Center speaks at Government Center speaks about the support available to child abuse victims in Bristol County. (Middle row, left) Silvia Rudman, chief of the abuse protection and prosecution unit in the district attorney’s office, talks about the impact of that support. (Bottom row, left) United Neighbors director Wendy Garf-Lipp comments on the context in which violence against women occurs. (Bottom row, center) Michelle Loranger greets Mayor Flanagan after the news conference. (Bottom row, right) People gather at the literature table set up in the Government Center lobby. |
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