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Life Span Fall Newsletter

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  October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Life Span staff attended a number events in order to spread the word about our services and the resources available to survivors. Below are just a few examples!

On October 19th, the VOICES (Violence on Illinois Campuses Elimination Strategies) Project hosted their Fall Symposium entitled Overcoming Resistance: Meaningful Approaches to Changing Campus Culture and Preventing Violence at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). Pictured above is the VOICES team: Pam Stratigakis (Assistant State’s Attorney), Kailey Hopkins (Paralegal/Advocate), Katherine Davis (Civil Attorney), and Sasha Solov (Project Coordinator).

We had two incredible featured speakers at the symposium, Dr. Valyncia Raphael ( pictured left ) from Cerritos College, presenting on Title IX Work as Oppression Disruption, and Heather Imrie ( pictured right ) from Catharsis Productions presenting Beat the Blame Game, a program that dives deep into unpacking victim-blaming.

 

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Life Span’s Position on Separation of Families Executive Order

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Life Span released their statement on the family separation executive order.

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We Stand With Immigrant Children and Their Mothers!

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Help Life Span raise funds to send a team of 6 Spanish speaking staff (2 immigration attorneys, 2 legal advocates and 2 counselors) to Texas to join the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project for at least 300 hours of assistance to immigrants. Life Span’s work will help end the incarceration of children and their mothers and seek safe and appropriate immigration relief for these families.

Funds raised will be used to cover costs of travel and lodging for our team as they work tirelessly on behalf of families at the border. Any extra funds raised will be used to buy needed supplies for the families.

Go to gofundme Campaign

Be part of positive change! Help create safety for immigrant families at the border! Take a stand today!

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Denice Wolf Markham on the Ben Joravsky Show 6-2-2017

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Life Span Executive Director returned on June 2nd to The Ben Joravsky Show for a follow-up discussion on the protracted lack of a state budget in Illinois, House Bill 3259, and Life Span’s commitment to serve victims of domestic and sexual violence. Click on the image to listen to the segment.

Denice Wolf Markham, Executive Director of Life Span & guest on the Ben Joravsky Show, WCPT 820 AM Radio 6/2/17.