RadioRotary interviews Branka Bryan, Executive Director of Grace Smith House, a shelter in Dutchess Country for women (and some men) confronted with domestic violence. Grace Smith House started in 1981 and now serves over 2,500 victims each year. In October-- Domestic Violence Awareness Month-- a project designed to dramatize the effects of domestic violence once again is in local galleries in Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. The Grace Smith House Clothesline Project is a powerful visual display of t-shirts created by survivors of domestic violence, or their loved ones. Each shirt is decorated to represent a particular victim's experience. The t-shirts are on display at local art galleries. The Purple Ribbon Project in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month is for students and staff at Bard College and Dutchess Community College to tie a purple ribbon onto a tree branch. Each ribbon represents support for survivors of domestic violence. Along with the ribbons, lawn signs showcase domestic violence statistics and Grace Smith House resources

Learn more

Grace Smith House: mailto:https://www.gracesmithhouse.org/

Domestic Violence Services, Dutchess County: mailto:https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Community-Family-Services/Domestic-Violence.htm

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: https://nationaltoday.com/national-domestic-violence-awareness-month/

CATEGORIES

Domestic Violence

Support Groups

Women

WORDS: Domestic Violence, Shelters

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