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Did You Know... A woman is battered every 15 seconds in the United States Femicide is the leading cause of death in the US among young African American women & is the 7 th leading cause of death of premature death among women overall 4 women are murdered by their partners each day in the United States. The Refuge House Domestic Violence Speak Out and Candlelight Vigil will be held, Wednesday, Oct 19th at Tom Brown Park. The event honors victims of domestic violence and their families, celebrates the successes ŽĨ ƐƵƌǀŝǀŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ domestic violence. Survivors of domestic violence and their families are invited to speak. For more information about the event, please contact Ghia Kelly at (850)9226062 or [email protected]. In Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month Domestic Violence Awareness Speak-Out & Candlelight Vigil Wednesday October 19th, 2011 6:008:00 pm Tom Brown Park *Free Food *Free Admission Refuge House, Inc. PO BOX 20910 Tallahassee, FL 32316 (850) 922 6062 24 Hr Crisis Hotline (850) 6816001 www.refugehouse.com

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Did  You  Know...  

A  woman  is  battered  every  15  seconds  in  the  United  States  

Femicide  is  the  leading  cause  of  death  in  the  US  among  young  African-­‐American  women  &  is  the  7th  leading  cause  of  death  of  premature  death  among  women  overall    

4  women  are  murdered  by  their  partners  each  day  in  the  United  States.  

 

The  Refuge  House  Domestic  Violence  Speak  Out  and  Candlelight  Vigil  will  be  held,  Wednesday,  Oct    19th  at  Tom  Brown  Park.  The  event  honors        victims  of  domestic  violence  and  their  families,  celebrates  the  successes  

domestic  violence.  Survivors  of  domestic  violence  and  their  families  are  invited  to  speak.  

 

For  more  information  about  the  event,  please  contact  Ghia  Kelly    at        (850)922-­‐6062  or  [email protected].  

In  Honor  o f  Domes t i c  V io l ence  Awareness  Month  

Domestic Violence Awareness

Speak-Out & Candlelight Vigil Wednesday  

October  19th,  2011  

6:00-­‐8:00  pm  

Tom  Brown  Park  

 

*Free  Food  *Free  Admission  

Refuge  House,  Inc.  

PO  BOX  20910  

Tallahassee,  FL  32316  

(850)  922-­‐  6062  

24  Hr  Crisis  Hotline      

(850)  681-­‐6001  

www.refugehouse.com