Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on March 31, 2011 · 1 Comment
Saving Promise founder L.Y. Marlow has been asked to join Newark, New Jersey Mayor Corey A. Booker and His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a speaker at the Newark Peace Education Summit: The Power of Nonviolence. Ms. Marlow will be speaking on May 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in … Read more
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Ginny Nicarthy, author of Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life and You can Be Free: An Easy-to-Read Handbook for Abused Women, kicked off L.Y. Marlow’s Saving Promise 10-city national “Gotta Talk About It” rally in Seattle on October 30 at Northgate Mall. Ms. Nicarthy founded Rape Relief in Seattle in 1972. Six years … Read more
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Oprah’s last season launches on September 13, 2010. I’m one of those ultimate viewers who has been watching since day one when her show was A.M. Chicago. My life shifted on Maundy Thursday, 1998 after the taping of her show with Iyanla Vanzant. I was hoping Oprah wouldn’t pick Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on August 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
We are all beautiful and deserve to be loved without being harmed. – L.Y. Marlow L. Y. Marlow is a survivor. When domestic violence threatened her granddaughter Promise, she decided to end 60 years and four generations of silence. She launched the Saving Promise grassroots movement to end what she calls a pandemic of domestic violence: Her … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 8, 2010 · 3 Comments
Vernetta Cockerham sent me this press release. I know nothing about the organization, but I think is is an excellent idea. We need to break down the walls of silence. We need to do something to have our voices be heard. I signed up, and I’m looking forward to seeing whether they’ll get enough support … Read more