Oct 3: DV Vigil in Union Square

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Sonja Darai

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Sep 25, 2012, 5:23:34 PM9/25/12

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Commission for Women announce the Annual Candlelight Vigil in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Wednesday, October 3rd at 6:00 p.m. at the Somerville Public Safety Building, 220 Washington Street. The vigil will include a presentation of the new “Somerville Against Violence” banner by Shamrock Sign & Lettering Co. owner Tisha Sullivan.

The vigil walk begins at 6:00 p.m. through Union Square, concluding with a speaking agenda at the Public Safety Building from 6:30 p.m. Speakers include Mayor Curtatone, Chairperson of the Commission for Women, Nancy Bacci, Somerville Chief of Police Thomas Pasquarello, and a keynote address by Jason Lydon of The Network/La Red.

The vigil is an annual event bringing the community together to remember those who have lost their lives over the last year to domestic violence. For more information about domestic violence, contact RESPOND at their Hotline number (617) 623-5900 (TTY accessible for the hearing impaired) and for on-line information go to www.respondinc.org. For more information about the Vigil, contact Director of Somerville Commissions, Sonja Darai, at 617-625-6600 x2406 or SDa...@somervillema.gov.

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Sonja Darai, MA Intercultural Management & Sustainable Development

Director, Office of Somerville Commissions

Somerville Commission for Women
Human Rights Commission
Multicultural Affairs Commission
LGBT Community Outreach and Issues

Program of the Somerville Health Department

City of Somerville, City Hall Annex, 50 Evergreen Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145

Voice: 617-625-6600, x2406 Fax: 617-629-3040

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