G.Y.R.L. – Breaking The Silence Around Domestic Violence

Give Yourself Real Love October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we have asked Ms E of Give Yourself Real Love to come back in and tell us more about their work in the community. For a number of years now G.Y.R.L. has been holding a series of public forums for victims and abusers to talk about how they became embroiled in domestic violence. Host Melvin Merritt will talk with Ms. E, Latahra Canady Smith & Natasha Raising Leaders Sears, all members of G.Y.R.L. who have experienced domestic abuse about their stories. They will tell about their efforts to open the dialogue between abuser and abused and break down to taboo of discussing what happens behind closed doors. Contacts G.Y.R.L. www.voicesofthepeople.org PO Box 22352, KCMO 64113 816-651-0044 [email protected] Some Local Resources Sarita Lynne Ministries – Princess House 816-561-0035 http://www.saritalynneministries.com/ Rose Brooks – 816-861-6100 http://www.rosebrooks.org/ Friends of Yates – 913-321-1566 http://www.friendsofyates.org/ MOCSA – The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, serving as the Kansas City rape crisis center. 24-hour Crisis Line in Kansas: (913) 642-0233 24-hour Crisis Line in Missouri: (816) 531-0233 Relay Services: 7 – 1 – 1 http://www.mocsa.org/index.php CALENDAR 10-27-2014 The UMKC NAACP chapter and Amnesty KC presents Ferguson…