BP MARKOWITZ, DEPUTY BP GRAHAM, OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY AND DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY HOST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS FORUM

6:30 P.M.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL ROTUNDA AND COURTROOM
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

On Tuesday, October 30, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham host the “Domestic Violence Awareness Forum,” sponsored by the Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Distinguished guests include: Terrie M. Williams, author and mental health advocate; Byron Hurt, gender violence prevention educator and filmmaker; Quentin Walcott, Director of CONNECT Training Institute, specializing in family violence; VOW: Voices of Women Organizing Project, a collective of domestic abuse survivors; Guy A. Fortt, actor, firefighter and domestic violence survivor; New York Assemblywoman Annette Robinson; and Charles F. Coleman, Jr., attorney and community activist.

The gathering recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. It is the goal of the event organizers to support battered men and women’s advocates within their community who are working to end violence against them and their children. The Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta will collectively address domestic violence in three phases: Awareness, Action and Assessment.