Friday, November 9, 2012
Information from the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence to help spot signs of dating-related violence.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
The following was provided by the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence: In the recent presentation on dating violence given at Wakefield Memorial High School by Tom Santoro, the father of a teenager murdered by her ex-boyfriend, the speaker spelled out some of the warning signs for dating partners to look for. Young people are reluctant to talk to their parents about such sensitive issues and may not even know they are in an abusive relationship. He spelled out ways in which teens can question their relationships, in order to determine if they are possibly abusive. Likewise, the parents of teens can use the same checklist to determine the health of their teen’s relationship. When a teenager has a new dating partner, parents can find out …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wakefield Alliance Against Violence has anonymous online survey about experiences with domestic violence.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
October is designated as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In conjunction with that effort, Wakefield Alliance Against Violence (WAAV) is undertaking a survey of experiences people have had with domestic violence. WAAV hopes that this survey will help to clarify the scope of the issue of domestic violence in this and surrounding communities. The survey seeks to get a reading of the number of people who have been victims, or perpetrators, of domestic violence directly. In addition the survey seeks to identify the rate at which bystanders respond to observed instances of domestic violence, either by calling the police or by intervening in some other manner. For the purposes of this survey, domestic violence should be understood…
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wakefield Alliance Against Violence notes that a new school year can bring up concerns about what teens are doing on social media.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The following was provided by the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence: With the end of the activities of summer vacation and the start of a new school year, parents are turning their minds back to the concerns of the new social world that their tweens and teens are now facing. Many parents of today’s tweens and teens may not have experienced even cell phones when they were their children’s age, much less all of the burgeoning technology of today. Therefore, they may feel ill-prepared as to how to guide their children in the use and possible consequences of this technology. These are issues that their own parents might never have had to discuss with them, so they may have no tradition of guidance in this area. There are now websites …
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tonight at 6 p.m. at the Crystal Community Club.
From the organizer: The Senior Tones, a popular local Do-wop singing group, will perform at a dinner concert on Thursday, September 15, 2011 to benefit Wakefield Alliance Against Violence (WAAV). The event will take place at the Crystal Community Club and will be catered by the Chuck Wagon Diner. Bob Eldridge, one of WAAV's founding members and its current president, is a member of the Senior Tones. “We're just a bunch of guys who like to get together and sing, have a good time,” he says modestly. However, the smooth harmonies and witty banter of their polished performances, as well as the snappy, coordinated outfits worn by the singers, hint at a group of men who work hard at their craft in order to show their audiences a good time. They…
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