Haskell County proclaims October Domestic Violence Awareness Month

McKinley Grama of the Cowboy Domestic Violence Program read a proclamation and asked the board to declare October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Haskell County, citing prevalence figures included in the text: "whereas 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been physically abused by an intimate partner" and that "1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence in the home each year." Grama identified program staff Bethany Seiler and Amy Schiller and described outreach and education as central to reducing violence.