2009 White Ribbon Day Event a Huge Success

On Thursday, February 12, 2009, Governor Deval Patrick joined Jane Doe Inc. to declare the 2nd Annual White Ribbon Day Massachusetts, encouraging men throughout the Commonwealth to join him as a White Ribbon Ambassador. Also speaking were Representative Peter Koutoujian, Family Violence Prevention Fund Sr. Program Director Juan Carlos Arean, and President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation The Honorable Jarrett Barrios.

> View pictures from the press conference

> Read remarks from JDI’s Executive Director

> Read remarks from JDI’s Men's Initiative Coordinator

BECOME AN AMBASSADOR TODAY!

Ambassadors agree to wear the ribbon on White Ribbon Day and recruit 5 to 10 male friends and colleagues to join them in taking the WRD pledge.

> SIGN UP TODAY!

SIGN THE WHITE RIBBON PLEDGE

Individuals can take the pledge and add their name to the growing number of men in Massachusetts who have joined this campaign. Note: Ambassadors need not do both.

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List of Affiliates

Click here for Affiliates 2008.

Click here for Affiliates 2009.

 
JDI MEMBER WHITE RIBBON DAY AFFILIATES
 
Location
Organizations
AmherstEverywoman's Center
BostonPassageway at Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals
BostonCommunity Advocacy Program, CCHERS Inc.
BostonThe Elizabeth Stone House
BostonHAVEN @ MA General Hospital (MGH Men Against Abuse)
BostonCenter for the Study of Sport in Society (Mentors in Violence Prevention)
BostonRenewal House
BrocktonBrockton Family & Community Resources (The Fatherhood Initiative)
CambridgeMAPS - MA Alliance of Portuguese Spkrs
CambridgeTransition House (Dating Violence Intervention Project)
ChelseaHarborCOV
FraminghamVoices Against Violence
GreenfieldNELCWIT
HolyokeWomanshelter/Companeras
HyannisIndependence House Inc.
LawrenceYWCA of Greater Lawrence
LeominsterYWCA / Battered Women's Resources
LowellAlternative House
LynnNorth Shore Rape Crisis Center
MilfordWayside Trauma Intervention Services (Wayside Men Against Violence)
NewburyportJeanne Geiger Crisis Center
NorthamptonSafe Passage
PlymouthSouth Shore Women's Resource Center
QuincyDOVE Inc.
SalemHAWC - Healing Abuse Working for Change
Vineyard HavenCONNECT to end violence
WalthamJewish Family & Children's Service
WalthamREACH Beyond Domestic Violence
WorcesterRape Crisis Center of Central MA
WorcesterDaybreak Resources of the YWCA of Central MA
 
COMMUNITY WHITE RIBBON DAY AFFILIATES
 
Location
Organizations
ArlingtonLeadership Enrichment Adventure Project (LEAP)
BostonVerizon Pioneers, IBEW Local 2222, CWA, Domestic Violence Awareness Committee
BostonEmployers Against Domestic Violence
BostonNeighborhood Health Plan, Inc.
BostonUnited Nations Association of Greater Boston
CambridgeMIT SAAV (Students Advocating Against Violence)
CambridgeEmerge
GreenfieldNorthwestern District Attorney's Office (White Ribbon Campaign)
HaverhillHaverhill Community Violence Coalition
MaldenIMPACT (IMPACT men and boys classes)
PalmerPalmer Domestic Violence Task Force
PalmerPalmer Friends of Rachel
PlymouthPlymouth County District Attorney's Office (Plymouth County White Ribbon Campaign)
RoxburyWhittier Health Center
SwampscottSwampscott High School (Mentors in Violence Prevention)
WorcesterMales Advocating Change
WorcesterClark University - TOPICS