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Project Celebration Offers Support For Domestic Abuse Survivors
Project Celebration Offers Support For Domestic Abuse Survivors
Project Celebration Offers Support For Domestic Abuse Survivors
~The Management
VOL. 100, NO. 50 TWELVE PAGES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 PRICE 75 CENTS
October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month
Project Celebration Offers
Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors
Story and Photo with nothing. Imagine if
by Ronald Collins Jr. someone came to you and
said you have to leave your
October is nationally rec- house right now … All
ognized as Domestic Abuse abuse is not physical.
Awareness Month. Statis- Sometimes, in our society,
tics indicate that one out of when we come across
every four American someone identifying as a
women report that they victim, people will often
have been physically say, ‘Well I don’t see a
abused by a husband or black eye’ or some other ob-
boyfriend at some point in vious manifestation. A lot of
their lives, and that addi- times the psychological, the
tionally a woman is battered emotional, the mental abuse
in the United States by an are often times worse than
intimate partner every 12 the physical violence.”
seconds. On average four “Children are sometimes
women are murdered by an the overlooked and silent
intimate partner each day victims of domestic vio-
and at least 3.3 million chil- lence,” Jenkins said in not-
dren witness domestic vio- ing that their organization
lence in their homes yearly. features therapeutic activi-
“When we get a survivor ties to help the family all
that comes in seeking our around. “Children who wit-
services we have very well Petrina Jenkins, an outreach manager for Project Celebration. ness domestic violence are
trained advocates who con- issue. They may have hous- this person is an expert in curement of protective or- “A lot of times when vic- twice as likely to either be a
nect with that individual, ing needs. Sometimes fam- their own safety because ders, and other services that tims leave, it is not planned. victim or inflict harm upon
said Petrina Jenkins, an out- ilies come in needing food, they have survived for so meet the need of rural and It was done in an emer- another person, and so by
reach manager for Project or assistance paying bills, or long.” urban based survivors. gency situation,” Jenkins attempting to stop what we
Celebration, a state funded, just a safe place to lay their Domestic abuse victims “Right now Louisiana said, acknowledging that know is a learned behavior
locally based program that head for the night. We try to in Caddo, Bossier, Webster, currently ranks second in they appreciate all the sup- we are rebuilding families.”
provides support for domes- look at the individual holis- Red River , Desoto and the nation for domestic vio- port received from the com- “While our domestic vio-
tic violence victims. tically as we attempt to get Sabine Parish are able to lence fatalities,” Jenkins munity as the organization lence safe houses are al-
In a recent interview with them to become acclimated seek confidential support said emphasizing that the also tries to provide every- ways full during the
the Shreveport Sun she em- to becoming independent services from Project Cele- Louisiana is not immune to thing from clothing to other holidays, our overall num-
phasized that most individ- from violence. Most of the bration at no charge. The or- such startling statistics. personal care needs in the bers tend to slack during
uals seeking support from time the survivors that ganization operates a “Over 80 percent of women recovery process. “Where that period,” Jenkins said,
the organization are seeking come to us have been the 24-hour emergency shelter, who are killed in connec- are you going to go with six reflecting on a common
help from some desperate victims of calculated ma- programs/support groups tion to domestic violence kids and only three dollars? misperception regarding to
circumstances. nipulation. When an indi- focused on safety planning, incidents are killed as they Many leave a lot of times the later parts of the year.
“Domestic violence is vidual comes to us we children/legal/court advo- are in the process of trying
generally not a stand alone recognize the fact that that cacy, assistance in the pro- to leave.” (Please See SURVIVORS, Pg. 4)