Press Advisory

 

Vote Against Violence

San Francisco celebrates the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month by

 lighting City Hall purple, and with addresses from Community Leaders and City Officials

 

CONTACT: Minouche Kandel, Women’s Policy Director, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women,  415.252.3203 (work); 415.572.6482 (cell), minouche.kandel@sfgov.org

 

The San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, and city leaders will kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Monday, October 1, 2018.

 

In California, approximately 40% of women experience physical violence from an intimate partner over their lifetime. In San Francisco, community-based organizations served over 23,000 individuals experiencing domestic violence in Fiscal Year 2017 and 911 received 7,980 calls for assistance in domestic violence cases.  City officials and community members will gather at City Hall to demonstrate that domestic violence will not be ignored, that the personal is political, and that we must Vote Against Violence by supporting elected officials who take stands against intimate partner violence. City Hall will be lit up purple, the color of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

 

WHAT: Vote Against Violence Domestic Violence Awareness Month Launch

 

WHO: 

• Dr. Emily Murase, PhD, Director, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women
• Hon. Vicki Hennessy, San Francisco Sheriff
• Beverly Upton, Executive Director, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium
• Hon. Carmen Chu, San Francisco Assessor
• Victoria Castro, El/La Para Translatinas
• Hon. Malia Cohen, President, Board of Supervisors
• Sau Hsu, Youth Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
• Andrea Shorter, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women
• Jennifer Borromeo, Student Advisory Council, San Francisco Unified School District 

 

WHEN:  Monday, October 1, 2018, 6:00 pm

WHERE:  City Hall Steps, 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco

PHOTO OP:  City Hall will be lit purple on the evening of October 1