OCTOBER is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!
The Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) is hosting an awareness meeting!
Facebook page: Domestic Violence Awareness/ Prevention
WHEN: Monday, October 8, 2007 at 7:00pm in Ballantine Hall 310
WHO: Patti Cummings (former attorney for Middle Way), Middle Way House (Domestic Violence Shelter) and Stu Baggerly (Monroe Co. Defense Attorney) - who will be speaking about the Michael Fultz trial (a well known case here in Monroe County involving domestic violence)
Did you know…A woman is raped every 41 seconds in this country and it is estimated that two in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes; one in four will be raped….More than 50% of men who abuse their wives also abuse their children…Child abuse or serious neglect occurs at a 1500% higher rate in families experiencing domestic violence….Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in our country… (http://www.bloomington.in.us/~mwhouse/facts.htm)
