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Black-Poon and Holsey introduced a panel of
specialists from the Toledo Area. The panellist were:
Lisa McDuffie,- president and CEO YWCA of NW Ohio and the
Battered Women’s Shelter; Jessica Adkins-McCovey; Pastor
Cherisse Smith; Augustine Curl Abbott, Family and Child
Abuse Prevention Center; Dana Slay -Toledo Police
Department; Deb Stoll - director of the Rape Crisis Center
and Human Trafficking.
An informative question and answers segment
followed and left the audience with a new outlook on certain
issues about domestic violence, ready to share the
information and also happy to know that there are many
resources and ways to react in many situations.
McDuffie gave closing remarks and shared
information on the “NO MORE” Domestic Violence Task Force of
which that this program is a great supporter. The blue NO
MORE program symbol
is the first
overarching, unifying symbol to express universal support
for ending domestic violence and sexual
assault. Survivor-inspired, the unifying symbol represents
the NANBPWC’s goal of zero gender-based violence.
Domestic
Violence is the wilful intimidation, physical assault,
battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behaviour as a
part of a systematic pattern of power and control
perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.
“Domestic
Violence on Lockdown”
It includes
physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence,
and emotional abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic
violence can vary dramatically; however, the one constant
component of domestic violence is one partner’s consistent
efforts to maintain power and control over the other.
Domestic
Violence is an epidemic affecting individuals in every
community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual
orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. It is
often accompanied by emotional abuse and controlling
behaviour that is only a fraction of a systematic pattern of
dominance and control. Domestic violence can result in
physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases,
even death. The devastating physical, emotional and
psychological consequences of domestic violence can cross
generations.
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