NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT Women's Shelter society board president, Angela Kolody, right, and community coordinator Peggy Revell, address city council on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 to launch their Family Violence Prevention month events. The society is planning numerous activities to raise awareness of the issue and promote the work done by the society in the city.
Many Family Violence Prevention Month events are occurring in the Hat throughout November, organized by various community groups.
The Clothesline Project is this week, in which t-shirts will be decorated by survivors of family violence and their relatives at Medicine Hat College.
All month long is the Silent Witness Exhibit at the library, where attendees can learn the stories of various Albertan victims of family violence.
Medicine Hat College students will have the opportunity Wednesday to learn about the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society and other support systems in town outside the Students’ Association Office from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Students will also be able to swing by the Student’s Association office Thursday to meet support dogs and grab a mocktail as a form of self-care from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
On the topic of dogs, the fifth annual Pet Walk is on Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. at Kin Coulee toboggan hill. The event is a collaboration between the MHWSS and SPCA to raise awareness for the impact of family violence on pets.
A candlelight vigil for the Transgender Day of Remembrance is happening Nov. 20 at Veterans’ Memorial Park at 7 p.m. to pay respect to the memories of transgender people who have been murdered or committed suicide due to their gender identity.
The library is hosting a free screening on Nov. 25 of the film “Enough” starring Jennifer Lopez, which is about a woman who flees an abusive partner.
On Nov. 29, there will be an elder abuse information booth at the Veiner Centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
From Nov. 18 to Dec. 17 is the Red Dress Project, an exhibit at MHC to honour the memories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women across the country.
According to a news release from the MHWSS, one in four women and one in seven men experience some form of family violence in their lifetimes.
During the 2018-19 year, 267 adults and 140 children were admitted to a shelter in Medicine Hat, while 642 adults and 131 children received outreach services, and 1,393 crisis calls were received.
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