Proceeds from the event will support the important work of YWCA Greenwich Domestic Abuse Services. Continue Reading →
YWCA Greenwich Walk the Walk Against Domestic Violence on Oct 4
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GHS YNet Club to Hold First International Women’s Day Event
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There will be free workshops – all led by powerful women—to help prepare participants in becoming professionals. Topics to be covered include resume writing, maximizing the impact of LinkedIn, job interviews, dressing appropriately and professionally, and person finance. Participants can also get a free professional head shot taken. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Schools, domestic abuse, Greenwich High School, Lexxie Anderson, Upper Crust Bagel Company, YNET
Domestic Violence Expert to Speak at YWCA Greenwich
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On Tuesday, October 15 YWCA Greenwich will host Domestic Violence Today: A Conversation with Professor Susan Sorenson of the University of Pennsylvania. Sorenson will join Meredith Gold, Director of Domestic Abuse Services for a conversation and Q&A about domestic violence, how views about domestic violence have evolved and its effect on communities. “Domestic violence is a public health crisis across the country and in Greenwich,” said Meredith Gold, YWCA Greenwich Director of Domestic Abuse Services in a release. Professor Sorenson is Professor of Social Policy, Professor of Health & Societies and the Executive Director, Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania. She has done extensive research on the issue of domestic violence and the societal changes that affect violence against women and girls. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Health, domestic abuse, domestic violence, firearms, guns, intimate partner violence, Meredith Gold
YWCA Greenwich’s 14th annual Old Bags Luncheon puts a spotlight on domestic abuse
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Last year, YWCA Greenwich answered more than 3,500 calls to their 24/7 hotline from women, and some men, who are experiencing abuse and from concerned family and friends looking for guidance. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Health, domestic abuse, Old Bags Luncheon, YWCA Greenwich
Mary Lee Kiernan: Domestic Abuse is Often Financial
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The YWCA’s purple purse is a metaphor for women’s power, and purple is the color of domestic abuse. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, domestic abuse, financial abuse, Mary Lee Kiernan, YWCA Greenwich
YWCA Greenwich Shares How to Spot Domestic Violence and ‘Cut it Out’ during Visit to Hopscotch
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About two dozen stylists at Hopscotch Salon on Railroad Ave attended a talk by the YWCA of Greenwich on how to spot signs of domestic violence. In Greenwich, domestic violence is the second most investigated crime and the number one violent crime. Continue Reading →