ALABAMA
(Florence, AL) Rape Response/Shoals Crisis Center: This
organization plans to collaborate with other local victim
service organizations to carry out a billboard campaign
for NCVRW. Billboards will feature the 2006 NCVRW theme,
as well as the names and numbers of local crime victim
service agencies. They also will use the billboard design
to create small posters to advertise NCVRW activities at
local agencies and businesses.
(Montgomery, AL) Lighthouse Counseling Center, Inc.: This
organization plans to collaborate with other local victim
service organizations to organize a “Strength in
Unity” rally during NCVRW on the steps of the State
Capitol in Montgomery. The rally will include speakers
on victims' rights and relevant legislation, as well as
tables displaying information about local resources available
to victims. They will use bulletin boards, press releases,
public service announcements, television, radio, newspapers,
churches, college campuses, and community organizations'
fliers to advertise the event.
ARIZONA
(Goodyear, AZ) City of Goodyear: This organization
plans to collaborate with local police departments to hold
a “Strength in Unity Fair” after a 5K run/walk
sponsored by another agency. They will hold the fair at
a local community college during NCVRW, offering 12 workshops
and information about victim-related issues. Press releases
will be distributed to local media and television stations
will be invited to attend the event.
ARKANSAS
(Little Rock, AR) Arkansas Court-Appointed Special
Advocates Association: This organization plans to
collaborate with other victim service providers to carry
out an event entitled “Cruise to the Zoo” that
will raise awareness of NCVRW and child abuse. It will
take place at the local zoo and will involve banner displays
and an information booth, which will contain materials
on a variety of topics, such as how to access services
for crime victims. They will use brochures, banners,
and billboards to advertise the event and available services.
CALIFORNIA
(Bakersfield, CA) Kern County Hispanic Commission on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc.: This organization
plans to collaborate with local victim service organizations
and other agencies to carry out a campaign promoting
NCVRW, victims' rights, and available services. They
will hold a “Crime Victims' Rights Fair,” involving
information booths, speakers, and artwork by victims.
This joint campaign will also involve print advertisements,
public service announcements in English and Spanish on
local radio and television stations, and fliers in English
and Spanish. They will distribute the fliers to area
businesses and use them as newspaper inserts.
(Concord, CA) STAND! Against Domestic Violence: This
organization plans to collaborate with many local victim
service providers and other organizations to carry out
a public awareness campaign during NCVRW. A “Day
of Healing” is planned, which will focus on the impact
of trauma and include presentations. The event will be
advertised through newsletters, their Web site, and posters.
They also plan to purchase a newspaper advertisement that
will list crime victims' rights and services, including
faith-based services.
(Modesto, CA) Modesto Police Department: This organization
plans to collaborate with a local victim service agency
and a foundation to carry out activities to promote NCVRW.
The campaign will include creating and distributing posters,
which will be displayed in the windows of area businesses,
and yard signs printed in English and Spanish. They also
plan to schedule television interviews with victims that
will be in English and Spanish. Their planned events include
a “Take Back the Night” and a “Victims'
Rights: Strength in Unity” event, which will involve
speakers and the presentation of awards to those who serve
victims. Advertisement for NCVRW will be done through their
local newspaper, radio, and television.
(Napa, CA) Volunteer Center of Napa Valley: This
organization plans to collaborate with local victim service
organizations, the district attorney's office, local law
enforcement, victims, and a local artist to carry out a “Linked
Together in Unity Against Violence” campaign for
NCVRW. The artist will design a logo, which will be displayed
on T-shirts, advertisements, and fliers. The fliers will
be printed in English and Spanish and displayed in local
businesses. Also planned is a courthouse rally involving
information tables and solution boards, as well as a “Linking
Together” ceremony to create a giant paper chain
symbolizing victims connected with services that work together.
They will develop public service announcements in English
and Spanish for local radio and television stations.
(Nevada City, CA) Nevada County Victim/Witness Assistance
Center: This organization plans to collaborate with
local government and nonprofit agencies to carry out
a variety of activities and events for NCVRW. The project
will include a candlelight vigil, a victim awareness
luncheon, a student poster contest, “Silent Witness” silhouettes,
a display of T-shirts designed by sexual assault and
child abuse survivors, and NCVRW proclamations. They
will also develop posters, banners, public service announcements
for local radio and television stations, newspaper advertisements,
and an advertisement to be used on transit buses.
(Sacramento, CA) My Sister's House: This organization
plans to collaborate with local community organizations
to advertise their services for domestic violence victims
on grocery bags used in local Asian markets. They will
translate the grocery bag advertisements into Chinese,
Vietnamese, Hmong, and Tagalog (Filipino), and then distribute
them to the markets for use during NCVRW. They will also
hold a press conference and create posters to announce
the awareness campaign.
(Van Nuys, CA) University Corporation-Valley Trauma
Center: This organization plans to collaborate with
various California State University organizations, the
local victims of crime office, and the Deputy District
Attorney of Los Angeles County to hold a 2-day event
during NCVRW. The event will educate the community on
resources available to crime victims, relevant legal
information, crime in their area, and the psychological
effects of victimization. The event will also include
an educational display and a performance of a play about
sexual assault. The partners will use the radio, print,
and television to advertise the event in English and
Spanish.
COLORADO
(Denver, CO) Victim Assistance Unit-Denver Police Department: This
organization plans to collaborate with local victim service
providers and other organizations to hold an NCVRW workshop.
The workshop will discuss the importance of collaboration,
include presentations on services provided by local organizations,
and distribute printed materials about local services.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be invited
to put together an action plan on how they can improve
safety and services to victims. They will use fliers to
advertise the event.
CONNECTICUT
(New London, CT) Women's Center of Southeastern Connecticut,
Inc.: This organization plans to collaborate with
a local police department to hold a 2-day community information
fair during NCVRW. Several speakers will discuss victim
issues and lead educational activities. The event will
provide information on a variety of topics, such as local
services for crime victims, the Crime Victims Compensation
Fund, the criminal justice system, and safety for children
and seniors. They will use the local media to advertise
the event.
FLORIDA
(Gulf Breeze, FL) Northwest Florida Chapter, Trauma
Intervention Program, Inc.: This organization plans
to collaborate with victim service organizations, businesses,
local law enforcement, and other organizations to hold
an event during NCVRW entitled “Support for the
Victims: Preventing the Second Injury.” The event
will educate participants on victims' crisis reactions,
victims' rights, and available services. They will advertise
the event through fliers, invitations, and public service
announcements in English and Spanish.
(Palatka, FL) Putnam County Sheriff's Office: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
businesses, and other organizations to hold three events
during NCVRW. The “Strength in Unity Speak-Out” will
be the kickoff event that will include information booths
run by local agencies and an opportunity for victims to
express themselves. Information distributed at the event
will emphasize services for underserved victims, such as
those who are Hispanic or elderly. The second event is
a “Victims' Rights Observance,” followed by
a “Strength in Unity” march and candlelight
vigil. The third event is a luncheon for senior citizens,
which will provide information on crimes against the elderly
and the services that are available for them. The events
will be advertised through print and radio spots.
(Punta Gorda, FL) The Center for Abuse and Rape Emergencies
of Charlotte County, Inc. Victims Services Center: This
organization plans to collaborate with the media and
local organizations and businesses to hold a community
event during NCVRW. The event will include exhibits with
information about local victim services, speakers, victim
speak-outs, and a memorial observance. They will also
create a display honoring victims and hold art, essay,
and poetry contests at local schools, with prizes provided
by a local sheriff's office. A local newspaper will write
a series of awareness articles and distribute a newsletter.
GEORGIA
(Blue Ridge, GA) North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network,
Inc.: This organization plans to collaborate with
other victim service organizations to hold a public forum
during NCVRW. The forum will include information tables
with materials printed in English and Spanish, a guest
speaker, and panel of local providers who will speak
about available services and the need for collaboration.
They will also carry out a Clothesline project for domestic
violence victims. The events and NCVRW will be advertised
through fliers and public service announcements for radio
and television.
(Savannah, GA) Memorial Health University Medical Foundation,
Inc.: This organization plans to collaborate with
local community organizations and the City of Savannah
to hold an informational fair at a local mall during
NCVRW. They will distribute information about local resources
for crime victims and hold a “Kid Track DNA Child
Safety Program” at the fair. Brochures with a special
focus on elder abuse will be distributed at the event
and in Savannah 's water bills. The partners also plan
to hold a news conference and contact the local television
and radio stations to spread awareness of NCVRW activities
and the services available to elderly victims.
ILLINOIS
(Normal, IL) Regional Office of Education, District
17: This organization plans to collaborate with local
child advocacy organizations and several other organizations
to carry out a media campaign for NCVRW. This joint campaign
will consist of advertising in five local newspapers
during NCVRW and on two radio stations during the month
of April. Advertisements will include information on
victims' rights, resources, compensation, and NCVRW.
They will also distribute grocery bag inserts in English
and Spanish throughout the county.
INDIANA
(Elkhart, IN) Elkhart County Prosecutors Office: This
organization plans to collaborate with local media and
other organizations to carry out an awareness campaign
for NCVRW. Advertisements will be developed in English
and Spanish for local radio and television stations, including
a Hispanic radio and television station. The advertisements
will provide information on victims' rights and services.
The partners will also create street banners and fliers
to distribute to local organizations.
IOWA
(Ames, IA) ACCESS: This organization plans to collaborate
with local college organizations and other local organizations
to carry out a “Got Awareness?” campaign during
NCVRW to raise awareness of crime victims' rights and services.
Their campaign will consist of educational gatherings,
radio and newspaper public service announcements, bus advertisements,
posters, and displays about victim services and the impact
of crime on the community. They will also distribute promotional
items, such as buttons and magnets.
KENTUCKY
(Lexington, KY) Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency: This
organization plans to collaborate with two local coordinating
councils on elder abuse and another organization to carry
out an awareness campaign for NCVRW. The campaign will
include designing and distributing bookmarks and magnets
containing information about signs of abuse and the services
that are available. They will also place information about
abuse and available services in local water company bills.
Promotion for the activity and NCVRW will be done through
billboards, television show appearances, and advertisements
in the local movie theater, newspapers, and radio.
(Prestonburg, KY) Floyd County Commonwealth's Attorney's
Office: This organization plans to collaborate with
local law enforcement, a bank, and other local organizations
in a rural community to carry out a countywide campaign
entitled “The Right To Be Safe.” The campaign
will include a poster and essay contest for children
in the fifth and sixth grades, as well as an educational
day that will provide information about local victim
services. There will be an awards ceremony for the contest
winners and a “Victims' Rights/ Memorial Service” honoring
all types of crime victims at a local college during
NCVRW. The partners will also distribute promotional
items, such as pencils and stickers, and use the media
to advertise the events.
LOUISIANA
(Amite, LA) TriParish Victims Assistance Program: This
organization plans to collaborate with a local sheriff's
office and victim service organizations to hold a “Victims'
Rights Run/Walk” to kick off NCVRW, create a memorial
wall for local homicide victims, and hold a memorial ceremony
to honor and remember homicide victims. They will also
create promotional items, such as buttons and T-shirts
using the NCVRW logo.
MAINE
(Perry, ME) Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Tribe: This
organization plans to collaborate with local services through
their Victims Advisory Board to hold a walk for NCVRW.
They will distribute T-shirts and packets containing information
on victims' rights and services at the event. The event
will be advertised through fliers and notices.
MARYLAND
(Frederick, MD) Witness Justice: This organization
plans to collaborate with a local volunteer organization
to carry out an educational campaign entitled “These
Are Your Rights” during NCVRW. Their campaign will
consist of developing and distributing fliers and public
service announcements on the radio and local cable station.
The partnering agencies will also seek public speaking
opportunities and reach out to local schools and organizations,
such as an advocacy organization for the homeless.
MASSACHUSETTS
(Brockton, MA) Plymouth County District Attorney's
Office: This organization plans to collaborate with
other members of a countywide initiative, Violence-Free
Education, Training and Outreach (VETO), to carry out
a series of activities during NCVRW. They will hold a
candlelight vigil and a “Living Memorial” tree
planting service at a local park, which will also include
the distribution of seed packets with NCVRW labels. A “Victim
Rights' Awareness Fair” in local malls is also
planned to provide the community with resources. Also
planned is the distribution of bookmarks and palm cards
to local stores. These items will contain resource numbers
and safety information. They will advertise the events
in English, Spanish, and Portuguese through local newspapers,
television, and radio.
(Cambridge, MA) Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese
Speakers: This organization plans to collaborate
with local Brazilian, Portuguese, and Cape Verdean media
to carry out a 1-week campaign during NCVRW focusing
on domestic violence. Their campaign will target those
three ethnic communities, so all information provided
through the campaign will be in Brazilian Portuguese
and the Cape Verdean-Creole language. They will hold
a community awareness event that will include victim/survivor
speakers and a facilitated discussion on domestic violence.
Victims' rights and the services available to domestic
violence victims will be promoted through posters, a
press release, and an advertisement that will be placed
in at least three weekly community newspapers. They will
also develop a 30-second public service announcement
to be used on cable television.
MICHIGAN
(Holland, MI) Center for Women in Transition: This
organization plans to collaborate with a community alliance
of prosecutors, probation officers, law enforcement, therapists,
judges, educators, and other officials to carry out an
awareness campaign during NCVRW that focuses on the rights
of victims of violence. Their campaign will consist of
10 street banners in English and Spanish that will be placed
within the city. The banners will state, “There is
help for all crime victims. There's no place for violence
in our community.” One banner will include a crisis
hotline phone number. They will promote victims' rights
and the project in an article in the city's local newspaper
and through public service announcements on local television
and radio stations.
(Paw Paw, MI) Van Buren County Prosecuting Attorney: This
organization plans to collaborate with the county's Domestic
Violence Coalition and the Victim Services Unit of the
local sheriff's department to sponsor a local high school's
opera that focuses on bullying. Before the event, a speaker
will discuss victimization and victims' rights. They will
also post two billboards on nearby interstates to promote
NCVRW, hold an essay and art contest for local high school
students, and develop awareness materials. Their joint
campaign will also include a “Memory Wall” plaque
with the names of victims in the county who have lost their
lives to crime and public service announcements for local
television stations, radio stations, and newspapers.
MINNESOTA
(Blainc, MN) Anoka County Victim/Witness: This
organization plans to collaborate with public and nonprofit
agencies in Anoka County to design bookmarks with information
on victim services and statistics in English, Russian,
and Spanish. They will distribute the bookmarks to local
libraries and other places in the community, such as hospitals
and restaurants, during NCVRW. A local student drama group
will also develop a performance about victims' rights and
resources that will be presented at local high schools.
The performance will be advertised through radio and community
newspapers.
MISSISSIPPI
(Hattiesburg, MS) Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources: This
organization plans to collaborate with a local police department,
district attorney's office, and victim service provider
to carry out a multimedia public awareness campaign during
NCVRW. The campaign will involve brochures, an advertisement
in a local newspaper, and public service announcements
on local television and radio stations. They will also
hold a mayoral proclamation of NCVRW and an educational
event consisting of workshops on victim-related issues.
Also planned are presentations at local organizations and
talk show appearances by victim service providers.
MISSOURI
(Bolivar, MO) Barceda Families: This organization
plans to collaborate with various health departments and
local outpatient therapy agencies to carry out a media
campaign during NCVRW that focuses on victims of violent
crime. The campaign will consist of billboards, pamphlets,
brochures, fliers, and advertisements in local movie theaters
and newspapers and on cable television and radio. The partners
will also offer classes that focus on issues related to
violent crime.
(Springfield, MO) The Victim Center: This organization
plans to collaborate with other victim service organizations
to develop posters and tear-off sheets containing information
about resources for crime victims. The partners will place
the posters and tear-off sheets in bathroom stalls in local
restaurants and bars during NCVRW and the rest of the year.
They will promote NCVRW through press releases, radio announcements,
and public access television.
NEBRASKA
(Fremont, NE) Crisis Center for Domestic Abuse/Sexual
Assault: This organization plans to collaborate with
local businesses, restaurants, a local college, and a
local victim assistance agency to carry out an awareness
campaign for a five-county rural area during NCVRW. They
will place billboards in each county that will include
the NCVRW theme and distribute law enforcement victim
packets containing information on victims' rights and
services. The partners also plan to hold a “Take
Back the Night” march at a local college that will
include a display table with brochures. Also planned
are posters, fliers, and grocery fliers printed in English
and Spanish.
NEVADA
(Fallon, NV) Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe: This
organization plans to collaborate with another Indian tribe
in Nevada and victim service programs to carry out an NCVRW
activity entitled “Tribes United in Victim Awareness.” The
two tribes will walk from their respective locations toward
each other, meeting halfway, which will be approximately
20 miles for each tribe. When they meet, they will sign
a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for future collaboration
in combating child abuse, domestic violence, and elder
abuse. A celebration will follow the signing of the MOU
and they will distribute some items, such as T-shirts,
that promote awareness of crime victims' rights and services.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
(Laconia, NH) Belknap County Citizens Council on Children
and Families: This organization plans to collaborate
with law enforcement, victim service organizations, schools,
and many other organizations to carry out a countywide
community education campaign entitled “It's Personal!
Strength in Unity for Victim Rights” during NCVRW.
The campaign will consist of a “Silent Witnesses” display
and the distribution of smaller versions of the “Silent
Witnesses” display throughout the county. They
will also distribute educational materials about victims'
rights and develop a 6-minute DVD and video, which will
contain interviews with victims and victim advocates.
The project and NCVRW will be advertised through newspapers
and radio.
NEW JERSEY
(Teaneck, NJ) Teaneck Police Department: This organization
plans to collaborate with local businesses, a local high
school, a Spanish television station, and other organizations
to carry out an awareness campaign during NCVRW. The partners
will bring in speakers to give lectures on a variety of
crime-related topics throughout the week. They will also
distribute laminated cards containing local emergency numbers
and magnetic cards containing information about victims'
rights in English and Spanish. NCVRW and their events will
be promoted through a press release, newspaper articles,
and a public service announcement on local television.
NEW MEXICO
(Las Cruces, NM) Third Judicial District Attorney's
Office: This organization plans to collaborate with
local law enforcement, businesses, victim services providers,
and other organizations to carry out a series of events
during NCVRW. The kickoff event will be a “Crime
Victims' Rights Informational Fair” that will include
the distribution of victims' rights information in English
and Spanish. They will distribute “Know Your Rights” bags
containing informational items at local elementary schools
and buttons containing information about domestic and/or
sexual violence throughout the community. They also plan
to hold a cell phone drive, tree planting ceremony, and
a “Senior Citizens and Victims' Rights Awareness
Campaign” that will involve bilingual speakers
and the distribution of literature. The week will conclude
with members of the community wearing the color purple
in honor of victims' rights. The campaign will be advertised
through fliers in city utility bills, e-mail, radio stations,
and newspapers.
NEW YORK
(Herkimer, NY) Herkimer County: This organization
plans to collaborate with the county's child advocacy center
to hold a series of events during NCVRW. They will hold
a “Take Back the Night” rally and march, which
will include informational tables, a victim speak-out,
and a Clothesline project. The partners will also hold
seminars open to the public that will address various victim-related
topics and educational programs at area elementary and
high schools. Events will be advertised through local television,
radio, and newspapers.
NORTH CAROLINA
(Durham, NC) Durham Crisis Response Center: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
the district attorney's office, local universities and
university organizations, and a local community-based Latino
organization to educate the Latino community on statutory
and date rape during NCVRW. They will develop posters containing
information in English and Spanish about the risks of violence
and local resources available to victims, and then distribute
the posters to local businesses and agencies. Also planned
is an awareness event, which will involve speakers and
the distribution of a sheet containing information in English
and Spanish on victims' rights and services, with an emphasis
on sexual assault victims.
NORTH DAKOTA
(Fargo, ND) Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement
and schools to host a “Kids Are Our Business Breakfast,” and
community event that will focus on child abuse. The partners
will also give educational presentations throughout the
month, advertise on television, and broadcast an antiviolence
television spot focused on youth victims. They will develop
and distribute promotional items that emphasize that victims
should not be blamed and that contain information on available
services.
OHIO
(Bowling Green, OH) Behavioral Connections: This
organization plans to collaborate with victim service organizations
to carry out a public awareness campaign during NCVRW that
will focus on child crime victims. They will use local
radio and newspapers to advertise NCVRW, the impact that
crime has on children, and the services that are available
for children and their families.
(Kent, OH) Townhall II: This organization plans
to collaborate with victim assistance programs and other
organizations to carry out a public awareness campaign
during NCVRW. The campaign will consist of a crime victims'
memorial entitled “A Day in Our Shoes,” a candlelight
vigil, a luncheon, and community bulletin boards. They
will also hold a rape prevention education program at Kent
State University and a “Pinwheels Project” that
will focus on child abuse. NCVRW will be promoted through
posters, ribbons, movie theater advertisements, a radio
public service announcement, and newspaper articles.
(Toledo, OH) Advocates for Victims and Justice, Inc.: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
churches, victim advocate programs, and other organizations
to carry out a public awareness campaign during NCVRW.
The kickoff event will be a press conference with speakers,
including the local prosecutor and victims. The partners
will also hold a candlelight vigil, as well as develop
and disseminate brochures containing information on victim
services. They will also develop radio and television public
service announcements.
OKLAHOMA
(Idabel, OK) Southeast Oklahoma Victims Advocacy Board: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
victim service providers, and various other organizations
to promote awareness of resources available to victims,
primarily child victims, and their families or caregivers.
They will develop a resource/referral manual and a “Children
Can't Protect Themselves” community guide containing
information on abuse and neglect, legal issues, and resources.
Both documents will be distributed at an informational
event during NCVRW, as well as throughout the community
by local schools, churches, and civic groups. NCVRW and
the event will be promoted through press releases and advertisements
on the radio and in the newspaper.
OREGON
(Oregon City, OR) Clackamas County District Attorney's
Office: This organization plans to collaborate with
local victim service organizations to develop a public
service announcement to be used at two local movie theaters
during NCVRW. The public service announcement will list
information on local victim services in English and Spanish.
(Portland, OR) Portland State University: This
organization plans to collaborate with 10 centers in Oregon
that provide services to people with disabilities to carry
out a public awareness campaign during NCVRW. Various videos,
guidebooks, posters, and other resources for victims, especially
victims with disabilities, will be assembled to create “Crime
Victims' Rights Toolkits.” They will host forums
that will address a variety of crime-related topics and
distribute the educational materials from the toolkits.
Local radio and cable access television stations will air
public service announcements during NCVRW.
PENNSYLVANIA
(Harrisburg, PA) Victim/Witness Assistance Program: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
the district attorney's office, and community organizations
to carry out a public awareness campaign during NCVRW.
They will hold a vigil for crime victims, create a billboard
honoring all victims, and develop public service announcements
on domestic violence, child abuse, and gun violence.
(Northumberland, PA) The Child Advocacy Center of Central
Susquehanna Valley: This organization plans to collaborate
with local victim witness coordinators and district attorneys
in four counties to carry out a public awareness campaign
during NCVRW. They will develop and distribute pamphlets
containing information in English and Spanish on crime
victims' rights and services. The partners will also
hold “Crime Victim Awareness Tree Plantings” at
each county's courthouse and advertise the events, crime
victims' rights, and available services through local
radio stations and newspapers.
SOUTH DAKOTA
(Mobridge, SD) Bridges Against Domestic Violence: This
organization plans to collaborate with local law enforcement,
a Sioux tribe, and other victim service organizations to
hold a 1-day event during NCVRW. Their event will involve
speakers on various victim-related topics, such as jurisdictional
issues and the dynamics of domestic violence, and a panel
discussion. They will advertise in local newspapers and
on radio stations.
TENNESSEE
(Knoxville, TN) Community Coalition on Family Violence: This
organization plans to collaborate with government agencies,
community organizations, and a victims' rights task force
to carry out a series of activities and events during NCVRW
with the theme of “Strength in Unity: Reaching, Connecting,
and Serving.” Events will include a workshop, a public
awareness luncheon, a candlelight ceremony, an “Empty
Shoe” display, a Clothesline project, a blood drive
that will benefit victims of crime, and a performance of
a play focusing on teen dating violence. They will promote
NCVRW and the events through the distribution of safety
cards, key chains, and bookmarks; appearances by collaborating
partners on local television and radio stations; public
service announcements; a press release; fliers; and billboards.
(Memphis, TN) City of Memphis: This organization
plans to collaborate with a public service agency and other
victim service organizations to host a candlelight vigil
to honor victims of violence during NCVRW. The vigil will
also serve as an educational event because they will distribute
information about victims' rights and community resources
in English and Spanish. They will advertise victim services
through a local newspaper, as well as posters, pamphlets,
and wallet cards printed in English and Spanish.
(Oneida, TN) Children's Center of the Cumberlands: This
organization plans to collaborate with the district attorney's
office and other victim service organizations to host “A
Day of Community Awareness for Crime Victims” during
NCVRW. The event will raise awareness of crime victims'
rights and services and will consist of a speaker, luncheon,
and booths that will provide information about available
services. They will promote victims' rights through ribbons,
buttons, a radio station, two local television stations,
and two newspapers.
TEXAS
(Houston, TX) RAPHA Ministries: This organization
plans to collaborate with the Immigrants Community Family
Violence Coalition to conduct a public awareness campaign
on immigrant victims' rights for NCVRW. The campaign will
address barriers that immigrant victims face and services
that are available. They will hold workshops, develop an
online directory containing information on resources, distribute
informational material on victims' rights, and create a
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