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Geovany Santigio and Carmen Nieves are pictured Thursday after receiving their COVID-19 vaccines at Love Elementary School in Jamestown with the support of their niece, Jamestown High School junior Yunsia Santiago.
Photos by Cathy Panebianco
More than half of Chautauqua County’s population over the age of 18 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state Health Department reported.
To date, 43,765 county residents have completed their vaccination series, meaning they have received both doses of the two-shot COVID vaccine or have received the one-dose shot. Meanwhile, 52,511 county residents have received at least one dose.
Former Womanshelter/Compañeras gets a new name and Westfield State student support
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Westfield State University students are helping raise awarness and funds for Alianza, a Holyoke-based agency that works to reduce or prevent domestic violence. The agency is the former Womanshelter Companeras and has been in service since 1980.Third Party submitted
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HOLYOKE An agency that tackles the tragedy of domestic violence has a new name and fresh support from students at Westfield State University.
Students in the university’s advanced public relations program have launched a social media campaign, “Be A Hero
,” to raise support for Alianza of Holyoke. Formerly known as Womanshelter/Compañeras, the agency exists to reduce or prevent domestic violence.
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts awards $55,000 in emergency grants to agencies working with women, families
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021 Arise for Social Justice, a Western Massachusetts community activist group is one of several groups to receive a grant for its work helping women and families. (Don Treeger / The Republican)Staff-Shot
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SPRINGFIELD Several organizations working with women and families are being awarded $55,000 in emergency grants from the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts.
Arise for Social Justice, Clinical and Support Options, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, the Springfield Food Policy Council, Springfield No One Leaves, and Womanshelter/Compañeras were selected for their focus on working to prevent homelessness, food insecurity, and to aid survivors of domestic or sexual violence during the pandemic.
by afampov · February 16, 2021
Holyoke, MA For over 40 years, Womenshelter/Compañeras has worked tirelessly to empower women and their children to live independently and free from domestic violence by providing prevention education, crisis intervention, a safe and confidential shelter, social and legal advocacy, housing, and related support services.
On February 25th at 4 PM, Womanshelter’s Executive Director, Carmen Nieves, will host Amy Waldman, Co-Director of Capacity Building and Equity Programs at the Department of Public Health, and Quynh Dang Program Director at the Department of Public Health, to discuss their study, “Rates of Femicide in Women of Different Races, Ethnicities, and Places of Birth” a dataset collected in Massachusetts between 1993-2007.