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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brockville—An official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Blockhouse Island for the Women’s Memorial statue September 22nd sent a message of hope to the community for a future without violence. Over 100 people attended the ceremony, along with speakers from the community including Steve Clark, MPP Leeds & Grenville; Lynette Cummings, representing the Ministry of Community and Social Services; and Jane Fullarton on behalf of the Mayor of Brockville. The Women’s Memorial, a bronze statue that depicts two women with arms held high releasing doves of peace, was created by art students at Thousand Islands Secondary School (TISS) and unveiled last November. It stands as a memorial to those women who have lost their lives to violence, and to those men and women who work to prevent it. “In its resting place, this memorial makes a permanent and public statement of the many women lost to violence,” says Laurie Bourne-Mackeigan, Chair of Victim Issues Coordinating Committee and Manager of the Assault Response and Care Centre (ARCC) at BGH, “by honouring and commemorating each life. By acknowledging the losses we have suffered at the hands of violence, we can initiate social change and the hope of a future without violence.”
Laurie Bourne-Mackeigan (left), Manager of ARCC, and Dave Sheridan (right), Artistic Director at TISS, share ribbon-cutting duty while Sharon Hinbest (far right), ARCC counsellor, looks on. For more information, please contact:
Healthy people – Outstanding Care
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