Every year the Board of Directors, on behalf of the Women’s and Children’s Alliance, presents the Joyce Stein Memorial Award to a special individual in our community. Joyce was a long-time friend and supporter of the WCA, and she was instrumental in helping establish our Crisis Center for women and children. This award in her […]
Just how do we become a community where respect for others and concern for their well-being becomes the overriding measure of our success? To me, it seems that if we truly strive to be that community, each of us will be more watchful and more inclined to step in or speak up when we are […]
With the NFL and Ray Rice saga this past season, domestic violence has been a common topic in the news, and many conversations are taking place in families, at work and on many different playing fields. For many years, advocates for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence have argued that these types of abuse […]
