Fighting Domestic Violence

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Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Some of the t-shirts that are on display at The Hive as part of The Clothesline Project. October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. T-shirts by victims of violence, friends and family of the victimized and others are also on display at Pathways For Children, and at the Gloucester Family Health Center. There were a grouping on display at the Gloucester Police Station during a ceremony on Tuesday and were on view for an hour afterwards.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times Anne Braga, a Gloucester Police Department employee, created a T-shirt that will be added to the displays around the area. She said she has been a victim of abuse in the past. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Some of the t-shirts that are on display at The Hive as part of The Clothesline Project. October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. T-shirts by victims of violence, friends and family of the victimized and others are also on display at Pathways For Children, and at the Gloucester Family Health Center. There were a grouping on display at the Gloucester Police Station during a ceremony on Tuesday and were on view for an hour afterwards.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. A large audience gathered for the outdoor domestic violence awareness and recommitment ceremony held at the Gloucester Police Station on Tuesday to commemorate October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and The Clothesline Project. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times During the outdoor domestic violence awareness and recommitment ceremony yesterday, Shaina Doberman, the education, outreach and volunteer coordinator for North Shore Rape Crisis Center, set up an area where people could make their own T-shirts to be displayed about the topic of domestic violence. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Some of the T-shirts that are on display at The Hive as part of The Clothesline Project. October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. T-shirts by victims of violence, friends and family of the victimized and others are also on display at Pathways For Children, and at the Gloucester Family Health Center. There was a grouping on display at the Gloucester Police Station during a ceremony on Tuesday and were on view for an hour afterward. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester Schools Superintendent Dr. Richard Safier talked to the audience at the Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month event. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. From left, during the ceremony are Sen. Bruce Tarr, new Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello, Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk and Gloucester Schools Superintendent Dr. Richard Safier. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times.
Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times New Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello speaks during Tuesday's program on fighting domestic violence. Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times

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October 3, 2012

Fighting Domestic Violence

By Times Staff Gloucester Daily Times The Gloucester Daily Times Wed Oct 03, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT

Recognizing what organizers say is the 12th year of a sustained community effort to recognize the issue of domestic violence, city and state officials and representatives of a wide range of service organizations teamed up Tuesday to renew their commitment to that effort at Gloucester’s police station.

In a city proclamation, Mayor Carolyn Kirk cited domestic violence as a “critical and ongoing public health issue in our city,” while adding that the partnership provided by HAWC — Healing Abuse, Working for Change — and the Gloucester Coalition for the Prevention of Domestic Abuse “continues to offer education, support, compassion and safety to residents who are experiencing violence in their homes and in their personal relationships.”

The event included displays of hand-crafted T-shirts from the Clothesline Project, aimed at encouraging victims of domestic violence to raise awareness of the issue and keep it in the spotlight.

Speakers included new city Police Chief Leonard Campanello, state Sen. Bruce Tarr, and Sunny Robinson — who co-chairs the Domestic Abuse Coalition with Jessie Ballantine of HAWC and Nicole Richon-Schoel, a psychotherapist for personal growth and served as Tuesday’s master of ceremonies.

Shirts from the Clothesline Project are on display at The Hive, the Gloucester Family Health Center, and at Pathways for Children.