Participate in Denim Days
Bright Horizons would like to invite your business or organization to participate in our April Denim Days Fundraiser. April is nationally designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This is Bright Horizons primary fundraiser and every little bit helps! Here are a few ways your business/organization can participate in the event: NEW IN 2012: You [...]
Stewards of Children: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
Bright Horizons will host Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Tuesday, October 18th from 6PM to 8:30PM at the Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of [...]
Silent Witnesses
In 1990, a group of women in Minnesota who were upset with the growing number of women being murdered by their partners started what is now called The Silent Witnesses. These being free-standing, life-size red wooden figures with each one bearing the name of a woman whose life ended violently at the hands of a [...]
“In My Daughter’s Name” Production
In the month of October, Bright Horizons will be celebrating their 35th anniversary! We are hosting a staged reading titled “In My Daughter’s Name.” This play takes a very personal look at domestic violence. Amanda Thomas, the daughter referred to in the title, was 27 years old when she was murdered by her ex-boyfriend and [...]
Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness to the violence against women. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with shirts. Each shirt is decorated to represent a particular woman’s experience, by the survivor herself or by someone who cares about her. The concept is simple – let each woman tell [...]
Women’s Wellness Event
Our 4th Annual Women’s Wellness Event will be held September 22, 2011 from 4:30 – 8:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall in O’Neill. This year Delores Ruzicka and Jolene Lichty will be our guest speakers. Delores will speak at 4:30 with a repeat session at 6:30. Jolene will speak at 5:30 with a [...]
Dating Violence Discussion
Gina Clyde, Program Director at Bright Horizons in Norfolk, recently attended a roundtable discussion on teen dating violence, sexual assault, and related youth violence, hosted by Vice President Biden’s office in Washington D.C. Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, facilitated the discussion between the group of 25 researchers, professors, advocates, and teen [...]
