Lindsay Delivers Keynote Address And Joins Westlake Students And College Students In A Fashion Show & Fundraiser Benefitting The National Dating Abuse Helpline   Austin, Texas- April 30, 2011-The Fourth Annual ‘A Day to Shine’ Awards Luncheon and Fashion Show benefitting the National Dating Abuse Helpline kicked off today at the Barton Creek Resort featuring
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Austin, Texas—Tonight, Texans are gathering for a candle lighting ceremony to honor victims of crime as a part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The ceremony is a way to provide communities across the United States with a unique opportunity to contribute to reshaping the future for victims of crime—by raising awareness about crime-victim issues,
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Texas Casa Launches New Laura Bush Psa To Air Statewide   Fort Worth — Former First Lady Laura Bush today threw her support behind Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in a special launch of a public awareness campaign to recruit new CASA volunteers across Texas. “Every year thousands of abused and neglected children are placed
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Texas Casa Launches New Laura Bush Psa To Air Statewide   Austin — Former First Lady Laura Bush today threw her support behind Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in a special launch of a public awareness campaign to recruit new CASA volunteers across Texas. “Every year thousands of abused and neglected children are placed in
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Domestic Violence Survivor Speaks Out About How a Shelter Saved Her Life   Austin, Texas — The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) is teaming up with legislators, law enforcement, judges, family violence services advocates, domestic violence survivors and regular Texans to send a message of support for full funding for family violence services. Renee
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Active wear company donates $38K of clothing to Clothes4Souls   AUSTIN, Texas – Children’s active wear company, Zio Sport, has shipped more than 26 boxes of clothing to Clothes4Souls. The non-profit organization will then send the apparel to the children of Haiti. The Caribbean nation was ravaged by a devastating earthquake last year. “The kids
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline Adds Another Resource for Guam   Guam — Today, local leaders and community based service providers joined the Executive Director of the Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence and the CEO of the National Domestic Violence Hotline to celebrate that citizens of Guam can now call a national
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San Francisco, CA — What may be the first national survey to determine the extent of a form of abuse called “reproductive coercion” was released today by the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the Family Violence Prevention Fund. The survey found that 25% of callers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline reported that they had
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THE SILENT MAJORITY OF HOMEOWNERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE RALLY SUPPORTING PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS   Austin, TX –Homeowners from across the state of Texas are rallying today at the Texas Capitol to strongly support their community associations. Homeowners are marching on the Capitol to object to the portrayal of Homeowner Associations. “We are
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A Woman Assaulted on Valentine’s Day 5 Years Ago Today Speaks Out About Her Assault and How Services Saved Her Life- Other Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Also Speak Out at Capitol Rally   Austin, Texas — The Texas Council on Family Violence and the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and hundreds of
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