Domestic Violence/Abuse Prevention Forum
(In observance of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month)

Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 -- 6 p.m.

 --Featuring --

William Kellibrew of the William Kellibrew Foundation Featured on Oprah, Kellibrew shared the horror of seeing his mother and 12-year-old brother killed, when he was 10, by her ex-boyfriend	Voncele Savage A now-delivered victim from more than 40 years of domestic abuse. Also an Author – A Letter to My Sisters: A Way Out & Looking Thru the Fence: Diamonds in the Rough

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ARISE (Assistance for Rural, Intervention, Strategies and Empowerment), a program of the Community Students Learning Center (CSLC), a 501 c 3 organization,  implements middle school and high school violence prevention programs that  - explore relationships, gender roles, coercion and control –help young men and women to have more responsible, healthy relationships in middle school, high school, college and into adulthood.
Community Students Learning Center
333 Yazoo Street  ■ Lexington, MS 39095

Contact:  Lula Friar, A.R.I.S.E. Prevention Coordinator (662) 834-0905.

Refreshment Served!

NOTE: While one in four women experience domestic violence in a lifetime, one in six men experience it as well.