Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tonight I’m celebrating my 400th post with Bitzie curled up next to me and wearing her purple. We are celebrating the veteran survivors of wars fought with the terrorists in our own homes. In October, I wrote 31 survivor stories and invited everyone to wear purple to express their commitment to end domestic … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, activist, artist's date, child abuse, domestic violence, Dress to Express, emPOWERment, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pacific Northwest, photography, photos, pit bull abusers, Safe at Home, self-care, survivor stories
Did you Dress to Express on Friday? My BFF, Kiwi Mary, just sent me this photo of her colleagues celebrating their commitment to end domestic violence in the Southern Hemisphere ~ where it is now Spring. The men in her firm, Rapport Advertising and Marketing, also donned purple, but they were too shy to appear in the … Read more
Filed under Protection Circles · Tagged with Between Friends, Books Change Lives, Dress to Express, Facebook, Immigration New Zealand, Mary Robbins, Mickey Pillay, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, New Zealand, PROMO Awards, Rapport Advertising and Marketing
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 25, 2011 · 3 Comments
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our color is purple. On Friday, October 28, I will hope you will join me in wearing purple. The idea for Dress to Express your commitment to end domestic violence was created by Between Friends, a shelter in Chicago, IL. My hope is that Dress to Express will go global. Between Friends … Read more
Filed under Leadership · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Between Friends, child abuse, dating abuse, domestic violence, Dress to Express, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Facebook, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sexual abuse, Violence and Abuse