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DVAM Photo Installation at Champlain College

November 21, 2011

As was listed earlier in the month on our blog, the DVAM Photo Installation just finished its tour stop at Champlain College! The life-size photo collection was displayed at the Tower Room off of the IDX Student Center on November 17 and 18. The photos below are somewhat difficult to see as the reflection from [Read More...]

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Read the 2011 DVAM Launch Event participant stories…in their own words.

November 8, 2011

DVAM Feature Event 2011 | Participant Stories…in their own words. These are the stories of those who chose to be photographed for WHBW’s 2011 DVAM Photo Installation Launch Event. Some of the stories contain graphic content, but they are real. We have not edited these stories. They are the voices of survivors. They are the [Read More...]

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DVAM Photo Installation has another stop on its 2011-12 Tour!

November 8, 2011

The DVAM Photo Installation is traveling again–this time to Champlain College from 1:30pm on Thursday, 11/17 to noon on Friday, 11/18. The photos will be set up in the Tower Room (off of the cafeteria in the IDX Student Center). The Installation is coming off of a one-day exhibit at UVM’s Davis Center on October [Read More...]

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Hear commentary from WHBW Executive Director, Jane Van Buren, on WCAX 11pm news last night.

October 26, 2011

For the full story, please click here: http://www.wcax.com/video?clipId=6386098&topVideoCatNo=63459&autoStart=true&redirected=true

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WHBW’s Executive Director Speaks in DC at VAWA’s Senate Judiciary Committee

October 25, 2011

WHBW’s Executive Director spoke at the “The Violence Against Women Act: Building on Seventeen Years of Accomplishments” held by the Senate Judiciary Committee in July. The hearing was entitled “The Violence Against Women Act: Building on Seventeen Years of Accomplishments” on July 13, 2011 in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, [Read More...]

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Learn more details about WHBW’s Feature Event on Channel 17!

October 3, 2011

Watch to learn more details about WHBW’s Feature Event, A Survivor Stands beside Me (Wednesday, October 12, 7-9pm at The North End Studio A, 294 North Winooski Avenue in Burlington) on Channel 17 by clicking the following link: http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/domestic-violence-awareness-month-women-helping-battered-women-events

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October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) Calendar

September 23, 2011

For a list of events honoring Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), please look at our calendar, which will be updated regularly: CalendarDVAM2011. If you have something to add to the calendar, please feel free to email Tara at tarap@whbw.org. Thank you! Tara

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DVAM Candlelit Vigil, Silent March, Speakout and Feature Event a Huge Success!

September 20, 2011

WHBW held its annual Candlelit Vigil and Silent March yesterday, October 27 at 6:30pm, in front of Burlington’s City Hall on Church Street, followed by our Speakout at the Lake & College’s Boardroom on the 2nd Floor. The event was inspirational, moving and well-attended. This year, we welcomed Diana V. Perez, J.D., part-time WHBW Legal [Read More...]

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Important Information about Placing 911 Calls

September 20, 2011

Please read this helpful document about placing 911 calls: Placing 9-1-1 Calls

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Seats still left for Tuscany in Vermont: Italian Cuisine Fundraiser for WHBW!

September 6, 2011

Tuscany in Vermont: Italian Cuisine Fundraiser for Women Helping Battered Women Dedicated volunteers, donations of food and love of Italian cuisine make Tuscany in Vermont a jewel of a fundraiser for Women Helping Battered Women (WHBW). This small fundraiser, held on September 10, 2011 at 5:30pm, is hosted by Anna and Stephen Niemiec in their [Read More...]

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