LEWISTON — Four local and state leaders will be recognized at Safe Voices’ annual Fall Mixer and Community Partner Awards. The event takes place at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Bates Mill Atrium. Safe Voices is the domestic violence resource center serving Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Each year, the agency honors residents and […]
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Bates College hosts Safe Voices 5K to End Domestic Violence
The Kids Fun Run preceded Saturday morning’s Safe Voices 5K Walk/Run to End Domestic Violence fundraiser at Bates College in Lewiston. Safe Voices’ mission is to help support and empower those affected by domestic violence and engage the community in creating social change in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. For more photos visit sunjournal.com (Russ […]
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Safe Voices opens Paris office
SOUTH PARIS — Safe Voices opened its new South Paris office with a reception and ribbon cutting on April 19. The new office is part of Safe Voices’ expanded and enhanced services to the southern Oxford County area, which has been made possible with funding from the federal Office on Violence Against Women, and support […]
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Safe Voices to hold annual 5K run/walk fundraiser
AUBURN — Safe Voices’ annual 5K Run/Walk to End Domestic Violence returns to the Bates College campus on Saturday, June 2. The event aims to spread awareness about domestic violence and raise money to support people affected by abuse in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Safe Voices’ biggest […]
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Pride L/A planning march, festival in June
LEWISTON — Pride L/A, a Lewiston-Auburn LGBTQ+ led grassroots organization that fights for the liberation of all people by building community to protest injustice and fight indifference, will hold a Pride L/A march and festival, “Liberation for All,” on Saturday, June 30. “This is the first time I haven’t felt alone.” Those were the words […]
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Teens learn dating stats at Auburn library
Hailey Strout, Domanic Ferrara and Damion Marston, right, react to a Jeopardy!-style question Tuesday during a presentation by Safe Voices at the Teen Center at the Auburn Public Library. The program was in observance of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. At left in the background are Team Flannel and Leather members Calla Crockett, […]
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Safe Voices program offers gifts
Volunteer Brenda Parent, left, and staff member Louise Blowers wrap gifts for the Safe Voices Adopt-a-Family program in Lewiston on Friday morning. This is the 24th year that Parent has volunteered to wrap and tag gifts. Parent benefited from the program when she went through a divorce and enjoys coming back during the holiday season […]
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Community involvement seen key to ending domestic violence
RUMFORD — A crowd of about 50 community members and employees from community resource centers gathered Wednesday evening at the American Legion hall to join the 6th Annual Every Step Matters Walk to End Domestic Violence. According to Diane Gallagher, Oxford County community educator at Safe Voices, the idea for the walk first came from […]
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Safe Voices presents awards
Five community leaders were recognized at the Safe Voices Annual Fall Mixer & Community Partner Awards, part of the agency’s 40th anniversary celebration, on Oct. 5. From left are Ginger Keiffer of Sen. Susan Collins’ office; Elise Johansen, Safe Voices executive director; awardee Cynthia Patterson of Safe Voices; Marty McIntyre, executive director of Sexual Assault […]
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Take action to end domestic violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this year the statewide theme is “Take Action Maine,” which provides a perfect opportunity to consider the ways that people can move beyond awareness to action. Here in Maine, we’ve done a great job of building awareness of domestic violence as an issue that impacts our communities; the […]