Commission on the status of women, the strongest Womens Commission in the country. Lets give that a cheer. [cheering] the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. She just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart hi, everyone. I am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. Im joined tonight by our Vice President , commissioners. Can we give it up for our commissioners . [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month which is building pathways to safety. According to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, an average of 20 americans experience Domestic Violence every minute. That is 10 million victims in a single year in the u. S. And according to the coalition, Domestic Violence survivors receive 8 million l
Have to be really confident and sure about what we are doing, and we are. Theyre still people in forces out there who are perpetuating myths about Domestic Violence and to need our help to become more aware. They still think Domestic Violence isnt actually that big of a deal, that it is a contained issue, that it is special interest or it is private or it is personal, it is about anger or it is about alcoholism, and that theres nothing we can do because its about individual people and individual people are who they are. Some people are just inherently more violent and others are inherently more submissive. We are here every single month, and especially in october to take those myths and grind them to a pulp and flush them. We know they are not true. We are here 30 years later using this platform to say Domestic Violence, it is personal, it is private, and it is social. Is political. We are showing that this is an issue that we pay a tremendous price, an unacceptable price for allowing
Complete schedule and now we kick off the weekend with helen pregene on her work to abolish the Death Penalty. [inaudible conversations] good evening, friends. Can you hear me . There we go. Good evening. Welcome to atlanta. Im the director of advancem t advancement. You may not know this but i suspect you do that you are in a quaker school. If youve met a quaker you met a friend. They are synonymous terms, we are part of a National Network of 78 Friends Schools. You might have heard of the obama daughters, Chelsea Clinton attended, matt ryan, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons played High School Football in philadelphia. Most Friends Schools are located in the northeast. We are the only ones in georgia. What unifies all Friends Schools are the quaker values that form each school community. Those values are simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship. Summed up by the acronym spices. Let me clear up some conservations about quakers. Quakers should not be confused
I am Nancy Bennett director for the school. You may not know this, but i suspect you do looking at you all that you are in a quaker school. If youve met a quaker, youve met a friend with a c. Capital f. Youve heard of the friends, the obama daughters at Chelsea Clinton at it, matt ryan, quarterback for the atlanta falcons, High School Football in philadelphia. Most are located in the northeast but we are the only ones of georgia. What unifies are the values that inform each School Community and those values are simplicity, peace, integrity, community, he quality of stewardship summed up by the acronym. Let me clear up some common misperceptions they shouldnt be confused with the amish. They also believe in disrupting social conventions with the radical notion that every single individual is up to the network. One of the very first founded the penn charter alma mater in 1689 b. Leaving that a democracy was to woris to work everyone ne educated. So this was long before public education.
Good evening friends. Can you hear me . There we go. Good evening. Welcome to the aim Nancy Bennett director of advancement for the school. You may not know this but i suspect you do, looking at you all, you are in a quicker school. If youve met a quaker, youve met a friend with f. They are synonymous terms. We are part of a National Network of about 78 print a Friends School. You mightve heard of the ab matt ryan, quarterback for the atlanta falcons, High School Football at penn charter in philadelphia. Most friend schools are located in the northeast but we are the only ones in georgia. We unifies all friend schools are the quaker values that inform each school community. Those values are simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship. Summed up by the acronym spices. Only clear up Common Misconceptions about quakers. Quakers should not be confused with the amish. [laughter] quakers do believe in a electricity and cars. They also believe in disrupting social conven