Violence Prevention Initiative - Violence Prevention Month 2006

The Community Advisory Committee of the Violence Prevention Initiative came together recently to proclaim February as Violence Prevention Month in the province.

Front row: (L to R) Laurie Smith, Coordinator; Eastern Region Committee Against Violence; Hon. Joan Burke, Minister of Education and Minister Responsible for Status of Women; and, Dana English, Coordinator, Regional Coordinating Coalition Against Violence - Eastern Avalon. Back row: (L to R) Judy Ward, Co-Chair, Grenfell Regional Anti-Violence Team; Linda Soper, Co-Chair, Western Regional Coalition To End Violence; Darlene Rideout, Chair, Committee Against Violence Inc.; Sherry Rowsell, Coordinator, Labradorians for Peaceful Communities. Additional community partners include the Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Citizen's Crime Prevention Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Transition House Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Seniors Resource Centre and the Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre Inc.

People Have a Right to a Safe and Secure Environment !

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Violence Prevention Initiative is based on a vision that the people of our province will live in safe, caring communities where there is an inherent respect for each other and violence is unacceptable.

February is a time to raise awareness about violence in our communities. The first step to ending violence in our communities is for each of us to take personal responsibility to become more aware of the attitudes that lead to violence, and to take action against those attitudes. We must send a clear message that violent behaviour is not acceptable.

By working together as government and community partners we can improve services for individuals who have been victims of violence and educate all residents of our province about violence prevention. Only then can we reduce violence.

The Violence Prevention Initiative includes the Departments of Justice, Health and Community Services, Education, Human Resources, Labour and Employment, Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, along with the Women’s Policy Office, the Rural Secretariat, the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation and the Labour Relations Agency.

Find out how you can become involved in violence prevention: www.gov.nl.ca/vpi


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