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The money is (almost) counted for the 5th Annual Jackson Free Press Chick Ball weekend, and so far the effort has piled up close to $16,000 for the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl. The money will help seed the Duluth Model, Jackson’s first batterer-intervention program, to help stop domestic abuse before it leads to more violent ... read on »
Friday night "Scutley Papers" play + singer/songwriters, $15 at Hal & Mal's door
Saturday night Chick Ball $5 cover, $5 for each door prize ticket
$25 Weekend Passes/Annual Membership Card (includes two door-prize tickets)
All checks to: Center for Violence Prevention; silent auction 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday
Click here to donate to the Center through Paypal
Call 601.362.6121 ext. 16 or e-mail read on »
 Ronni Mott
by Donna Ladd
July 23, 2009
In a noon press conference today in the Mississippi Capitol, Sandy Middleton, executive director of the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl, former Appeals Court Judge Mary Libby Payne, Madison County Justice Court Judge Carole Davis, Sheriff Malcolm McMillin, Assistant Attorney Heather Wagner and Hinds Justice Court Judge Frank Sutton announced a new resource to prevent domestic violence in the Jackson area: a batterer's intervention program based on the ... read on »
 Melissa Webster
by Ronni Mott
July 22, 2009
Domestic violence. It’s such a bland, vanilla euphemism for some of the most brutal and damaging pain that people inflict on one another. Brutal, of course, because people—mostly women and children—get their faces punched, their bones broken and sometimes die. Damaging, because the same people who profess love are those doing the punching and breaking, permanently scarring their victims, physically and psychologically. And for women, dying at the hands of an abuser ... read on »
by Sophie McNeil
July 22, 2009
When Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sentence of convicted domestic murderer Michael Graham last summer, citizens of Pascagoula were outraged. In fact, most people in the town knew where they were when Graham pulled up next to his ex-wife at a red light and shot her point blank in the head. As shocked and furious as his community, freshman Rep. Brandon Jones, D-Pascagoula, knew something had to be done.
As we approach Chick Ball weekend—starting with a poignant one-woman show about a victim of domestic abuse and ending with a celebration of women and their art—I urge everyone to think back to September 2007 when Doris Shavers and Heather Spencer were brutally murdered by men who had supposedly loved them. The JFP did a detailed investigative narrative within days of those murders that showed that domestic abuse happens in all neighborhoods to all income levels, it a pattern that needs to be ... read on »
With the 5th Annual Chick Ball just days away, we are excited to celebrate the triumphs of domestic violence survivors, as well as the creative talents of women artists and musicians. The evening will also include a silent auction of art and gifts. All proceeds of the Chick Ball, including winning bids in the silent auction, go directly to the Center For Violence Prevention. Here's a list of some of our generous donors. View a full color shopping guide in the current Jackson Free Press.
The first of several events scheduled around this year's 5th Annual JFP Chick Ball is this Friday night in the Red Room at Hal & Mal's. The Bachelorettes will bring their wigs and their talent to the stage with all door proceeds going to the JFP Chick Ball effort to raise at least $20,000 to seed Jackson's first batterer-intervention program. With a cover of only $5, the show starts at 9 p.m., and will also feature Lizzie Wright and Anna Kline. Wear a wig or not, but definitely show up for ... read on »
The 5th Annual Chick Ball will be Saturday, July 25, and will again benefit the Center for Violence Prevention. We bought them a new mini-van last year; this year our goal is to raise at least $20,000 in seed money for Jackson's first batterer intervention program. In addition to the ball itself, form 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., this year we are adding a special play performance on Friday, July 24, at Hal & Mal's, as well as Saturday events for teens. Watch for more details! Right now, though, we need ... read on »
Tweet-off to skate-off: Media Twitter Queens Donna Ladd (@donnerkay and @jxnfreepress) of the JFP and Dawn Dugle of 16 WAPT News (@mswrite1 and @16waptnews) will skate off Saturday a.m. to benefit domestic violence!
Per the Magnolia Roller Vixens site:
Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 11:00am
Clinton National Guard Armory
1500 E. Northside Dr.
Clinton, MS 39056
Carnival games, face painting, food, music, & more! Don't miss this fun community event! The Vixens will go head to head against the ... read on »
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