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Springfield Women's Commission schedules Oct. 1 domestic violence awareness program to honor Brenda Lopez
Summary
The Springfield Women's Commission said it will hold a Domestic Violence Awareness Month program on Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. in City Hall Room 220, featuring brief remarks from the district attorney and the YWCA and an honor for Brenda Lopez, the commission’s first domestic violence awareness coordinator.
The Springfield Women's Commission said it will hold a Domestic Violence Awareness Month program on Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. in City Hall Room 220, featuring brief remarks from the district attorney and the YWCA and an honor for Brenda Lopez, the commission’s first domestic violence awareness coordinator.
The program “will be the recognition of October as domestic violence awareness month,” Chair and City Councilor Katie Reuelch said as the subcommittee planned speakers, invitations and topics at a meeting to finalize the event. Reuelch said the commission invited Libertas Academy students to attend so part of the presentation can be aimed at young people.
The commission agreed to keep individual presentations short — about five minutes for the district attorney and for the YWCA — and to focus the program on practical information for attendees. “I think it would be very…
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