FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 24, 2007

Contact: Kim Diehl, Women's Fund of Miami-Dade

Phone: (305) 441-0506

Email: kim@womensfundmiami.org

 

Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade Launches 

Anti-domestic Violence Campaign

 

VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE urge Miami-Dade County residents to “Speak up. Get Help. Be Safe.”

 

Miami - Women's Fund of Miami-Dade will kick off its VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE domestic violence public awareness campaign at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 5275 Sunset Drive, Miami. Volunteers will distribute 10,000 postcards with domestic violence hotline information in English, Spanish and Creole to hospitals, social service agencies, clinics, doctor’s offices, beauty salons and other participating organizations throughout Miami-Dade County.

 

VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE is a public awareness campaign created by Women's Fund of Miami-Dade and funded by the Miami-Dade County Domestic Violence Oversight Board. The goal of the campaign is to encourage victims and witnesses to call the statewide domestic violence hotline and use their voices to end domestic violence. VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE ads will appear on Miami-Dade transit buses, in radio public service announcements and on 100 interior cards in Miami-Dade transit buses, in addition to the 10,000 postcards.

 

Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade grant-making program began in 1993.  Since then, the organization has supported more than 225 unique projects and organizations and has nurtured some of the most innovative gender-specific programs in Miami-Dade County. Women’s Fund encourages women to realize the power of their personal philanthropy to create social change.

 

What: Voices Against Violence Campaign Launch

When: Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 9:00 am. Breakfast will be served.

Why: To raise the number of calls to the statewide domestic violence hotline - (800) 500-1119.

Where: Yes Institute 5275 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL 33143 (behind Riviera Presbyterian Church)

Visual: Miami-Dade Transit bus with VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE advertisement and 100 volunteers in campaign t-shirts ready to distribute 10,000 postcards.

Contact: Kim Diehl, Communications Coordinator, Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade, 305-441-0506 or kim@womensfundmiami.org