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Community V oices “A situation I was in was me watching my mother putting her hands on my great grandmom. I was only 11 years old and the only one around to get my mom off her. I succeeded but it was hard watching my mom get locked up again. She had got sent to a crazy hospital. I could deal with it. She used drugs and drank. Someone slipped a pill in her drink a year ago and she was never herself again, and she is only 38 years old. It hurt me bad, really bad.” ~ Milky Way PhotoVoice Participant
In their best wishes that follow, Marlene and Jamie speak about me as if looking though a magnifying glass. I try to take in their affirmations. Admittedly, I am elated to think that years of our chipping away at the walls of injustice has displaced a brick or two. And certainly, I must honor these women in return and recognize their work, a significant contribution to our collective legacy. My revered Harvey Hall was the site of the first rape crisis center in Clarion County. Thus, we honored the founders and the progress of the agency in the WGS Center. They started in a former storage closet, now home to an elevator, at the top of the stairs outside our door. The university furnished a desk, file cabinet and phone line. SAFE resulted from a study of domestic violence by the Clarion County League of Women Voters. By 1984, SAFE had opened a small office on Main Street, supported by a $10,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. T at the abLe Jamie shropshire education/Prevention-legal advocate, saFe I have watched the evolution of a relationship between the university and SAFE as Deb invited us to “be at the table.” She sought to remind everyone that SAFE exists to provide services to survivors of domestic violence by inviting us to present programs to WGS classes, by encouraging students to participate in our volunteer training, inviting SAFE to participate in the Flame to Fire Vigil. I remember her bravery when she introduced The Vagina Monologues to Clarion. Through those proceeds and other fundraisers, the WGS Program has donated much needed financial contributions to SAFE as well. Deb’s most current contribution to ending violence against women has been initiating the Clarion VDay Project with us as a partner. This fine group of students, faculty, staff and community members will continue Deb’s mission. 44
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