July Monthly Meeting
July 16, 2011
At this month’s meeting we discussed past and future events. David and Marie are helping to plan a conference at LeMoyne College on community based approaches to violence. Syracuse has a response to trauma team that we would like to model. David is also presenting to 62 District Attorneys about mental illness. Connie spoke about Peaceful Acres, a farm that uses horses as therapy for kids. She also mentioned that there is a motorcycle/barbecue coming up in memory of Liza Ellen Warner to benefit anti-violence and prevention of domestic violence. Lynn gave us an update on her journey to meet up with her perpetrator. Marguerite spoke about the upcoming September day of remembrance and that they are looking for a speaker. I volunteered to contact Janet Koupash about our wish to learn more about the apology repository…a place where the incarcerated can store apology letters in the event that their victim may ask for one. We are working with CURE on this as a collaborative effort. We will be sending out a letter to FFHV and CURE members soon asking for input.
