OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

  EVENTS TO BE SPONSORED BY THE YWCA ORANGE COUNTY:

10/15 The Clothesline Project at 280 Broadway Newburgh from 10-4
10/15 Lights of Hope 5:30 280 Broadway
10/23 Battered Women as Defendants Conference, Emergancy Services Center
10/30 The Clothesline Project, Veterans Square Port Jervis 11-2

 SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: An information session for women of all ages

The YWCA Orange County offers workshops on Sexual Harassment. To schedule an event, contact Shannon Wong or call her at 845-561-8050 x 23.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AWARENESS

Shannon Wong conducts Sexual Harassment Awareness Sessions to various agencies and groups throughout the year.

PERSONAL SAFETY AND HARRASSMENT AGAINST WOMEN

The Lions Club sponsored a workshop on November 7, 2006 at 6:30 pm at Johnny D's, Route 211, Middletown. To schedule a similar workshop, contact Shannon Wong or call 845-561-8050 x 23.

THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT

The Orange County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, co-chaired by the YWCA Orange County and Safe Homes, sponsored three different displays of The Clothesline Project in Orange County this year. The t-shirts were displayed in Middletown, Newburgh and Port Jervis. For more information, contact Shannon Wong or call 845-561-8050 x 23. Photos of the September 2005 display are below.

The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with messages and illustrations that have been designed by women survivors of violence. The Clothesline Project:

• Increases awareness about the impact of violence in people's lives.
• Celebrates a woman's strength to survive.
• Provides another avenue for her to courageously break the silence that often surrounds violence
  
  For more information about the Clothesline Project, click here.

A poignant display of t-shirts in front of the Government Center on September 30, 2005

The Orange County Domestic Violence Coalition: A Public Response to Private Violence

The YWCA Orange County and Safe Homes chair the Orange County Domestic Violence Coalition funded, in part, through a grant from the Orange County Department of Mental Health.

Remember Every One, Ribbon Campaign

WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE: Learn How to Fight Back and Stay Safe

On Thursday, September 21, 2006, a self-defense program was held at the Middletown YMCA, 81 Highland Avenue, Middletown, NY at 7:30 pm presented by Shannon Wong, YWCA and Joan P. Cesari, PhD, Orange Regional Medical Center. For further information, please contact  Shannon Wong or call 845-561-8050 x23.

  YWCA Week Without Violence 

The YWCAUSA sponsors an annual Week Without Violence in October of each year to highlight and teach ways to defuse violence in our society.