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Radio Show: Memphis Area Women's Council

Episode Summary

Memphis Area Women's Council gives voice to needs of local women and girls - striving for change to assure equity, safety and justice. 15 years - initiatives range from banning corporal punishment in schools to leadership program for girls to reforms in Orders of Protection process to reforms in rape crisis services to creation of a domestic violence court to Run Women Run training events for female candidates and Women Vote rallies.

Episode Notes

Memphis Area Women's Council gives voice to needs of local women and girls - striving for change to assure equity, safety and justice. 15 years - initiatives range from banning corporal punishment in schools to leadership program for girls to reforms in Orders of Protection process to reforms in rape crisis services to creation of a domestic violence court to Run Women Run training events for female candidates and Women Vote rallies.

Current initiatives include:

• workshops to equip employers/workplaces on how to recognize and respond to domestic violence among employees and colleagues - nearly 1000 trained so far
• Roll Red Roll documentary as basis for awareness programs on college campuses toward preventing sexual assaults - four campuses and one community screening this year
• Memphis Says NO MORE campaign to end domestic violence and sexual assault with newest phase aimed at teens and local schools
• NINTH annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes - the men's march to stop rape, battering and sexual harassment on SEPT. 25 from University of Memphis
• Creation of the Memphis Women's Legacy Trail, a guide to places where Memphis women stood up and stood out under our Women of Achievement program
• a "safe tent" at Memphis music fest for second year - outreach by Memphis Says NO MORE to share resources and provide on-site trauma counseling as needed Oct. 19-20

Learn more: http://memphiswomen.org/