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October is domestic violence awareness month, area organizations offer help to victims
By Lindsey Fielder
THE BATTALION
For April Millaway, domestic violence is more
an a community issue.
Millaway, the assistant for women’s programs
velopment in the Office of Gender Issues and
location Services, said she personai/y has been
icted by domestic violence and has been work-
igfor years through various organizations to help
nestle violence victims.
“Two weeks after graduating high school, my
iology II teacher was murdered by a man she had
ted." Millaway said. “Since that time. I have def-
itely opened my eyes to the reality of domestic
iolence in the U.S.”
After the death of her high school teacher,
lillaway joined Alpha Chi
at the University of
Oklahoma. Alpha Chi Omega’s
§ bilanthropy is domestic vio-
mce, Millaway said.
Millaway volunteered throughout college at a
local domestic violence shelter. She said she made
overnight bags for women escaping abuse and pro
vided supplies for their children.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness
Month. The National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence said more than 50 percent of all women
will experience violence from intimate partners.
The Office of Gender Issues and Education
Services at Texas A&M is sponsoring the
Clothesline Project in the Memorial Student
Center Flagroom Oct. 22 to 23 to raise aware
ness about domestic violence. The Clothesline
Project is a display of colored T-shirts with per
sonalized messages from women, men and
children from around the world who have sur
vived domestic violence.
Millaway oversees the clothes
line project at A&M.
“The Clothesline Project
allows us to know the magni
tude of the impact that
these experiences have
on people’s lives,”
Millaway said.
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The Clothesline Project began in Cape Cod,
Mass., by Rachel Carey-Harper of the Cape Cod
Women’s Agenda. The project was launched in
October 1990 with 31 shirts on display,
Millaway said.
Millaway said the Office of Gender Issues will
host Defending Our Lives: Film on Domestic
Violence and modem dance performances on Oct.
31. Aggies can volunteer at local shelters in addi
tion to supporting the events scheduled to raise
awareness for domestic violence.
Phoebe’s Home, an area shelter sponsored by
Twin City Missions, will have its annual fall festi
val Oct. 31.
Mindy Mattheus, volunteer coordinator for
Phoebe’s Home, said last year’s festival was a
great success. More than 50 people volunteered at
the festival.
“The kids were having so much fun,” Mattheus
said. “The parents had fun just watching them have
such a good time.”
This year, the shelter will provide costumes,
pumpkin decorating and face painting.
“We try to keep it as normal as possible for [the
kids],” she said.
Mattheus said the fall festival gives the resi
dents something to look forward to and an alterna
tive to roaming the neighborhood.
“The kids go to school and they hear about the
other kids’ plans for Halloween, and we don’t want
them to feel left out,” Mattheus said.
Phoebe’s Home provides a free, temporary
emergency shelter for victims of domestic vio
lence. Phoebe’s Home provides food, clothing,
legal aid, medical referrals, parenting skills class
es, counseling and case management services.
These services also are available to victims of
domestic violence who are not residents at
Phoebe’s Home.
Visitors to Phoebe’s Home are given the
resources to get their lives in order. The goal is for
the resident to become self-sufficient with a job
and housing.
Mattheus had no experience with domestic vio
lence prior to working at Phoebe’s Home.
“I have learned that domestic violence has no
boundaries,” Mattheus said. “It can affect anyone.”
Melissa Mobley, a training specialist at
Phoebe’s Home, said Phoebe’s Home heads up
task forces in the counties surrounding Brazos
County. Each task force works with a training spe
cialist from Phoebe’s Home to provide outreach
services, Mobley said.
“We go into schools to educate students about
how to be a good friend to someone dealing with
family violence or dating violence,” Mobley said.
“We also try to promote healthy relationships at a
young age.”
Mobley has been working at Phoebe’s Home
for one month.
“I have always enjoyed working in non-profit
organizations, and I especially liked the outreach
program’s goal of education,” Mobley said.
In Leon County, the task force is hosting an
area-wide women’s meeting to promote domestic
violence awareness.
Domestic violence is not limited to physical
abuse. Rape and sexual abuse are both part of
domestic violence.
The Brazos County Rape Crisis Center pro
vides services for victims of sexual violence. The
Rape Crisis Center offers a 24-hour hotline and
victims can call to receive counseling or request an
escort to the hospital.
Marta Nichols, volunteer coordinator with the
Rape Crisis Center, said when a rape victim goes
to the emergency room, the hospital calls the hot
line, and a volunteer meets the victim at the hospi
tal. The volunteer brings a care package with a
change of clothes, shampoo and soap inside.
“The volunteer will stay as long as the victim
wants them to,” Nichols said. “The rape kit can
take two to four hours, and we can stay as long as
needed.”
The Rape Crisis Center has offered in-house
counseling for more than 13 years. The counseling
is not limited to victims. The Crisis Center also
helps family and friends of someone who has been
subjected to sexual violence, she said.
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