The Domestic Violence Symposium, geared towards a campus-wide education and awareness, was held on Wednesday, Oct. 4 in the Grace Hall Atrium. Students, faculty, staff and members of the local community attended the event to learn about domestic vio-lence and its effects on indi-viduals.

Lynn Rosenthal, White House advisor on Violence Against Women and Bill Mitchell, founder of the Kristin Mitchell Foundation, were among the keynote speakers focused on the issue of domestic violence.

Tracy Davidson, NBC10 anchor and consumer reporter, moderated a panel discussion on dating violence among stu-dents and how to identify help-ful resources. Among the pan-elists was Tommie Wilkinson, director of community educa-tion at Laurel House. Laurel House is an agency which helps individuals who are victims of domestic violence.

“I hope students will learn about the issues of domestic violence and step up to help friends and victims who are affected,” Wilkinson said.

The topic of domestic vio-lence hit close to home for sev-eral attendees.

“I grew up with it,” Davidson said. “As young as I could remember, I would hear mom and dad fighting downstairs in our home and as I got older, the violence got worse so my brother and I would have to break down my parents door to go in and help my mom.”

Davidson recalls that din-ner arguments would escalate to the point where there would be flying plates. Having dealt with domestic violence as a child, she would like people, who are educated on the issue, to be advocates for others and to educate others on the issues and warning signs.

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President George (pictured left) with Lynn Rosenthal, White House advisor on violence against women, spoke in Grace Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

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“For a brief moment, I watched those sad people on the screen and I actually won-dered, I remember this, what it would be like to be hold-ing up a frame and be in a situation like that,” Bill Mitchell, founder of the Kristin Mitchell Foundation, said. “And have someone you love so much taken away from you.”

Mitchell began telling his audience at Grace Hall about a personal story of domestic violence on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Mitchell is the father of Kristin, for whom the Kristin Mitchell Foundation was founded in honor of. Kristin lost her life to an abusive boyfriend in 2005.

However, it was about a year prior to when Mitchell’s fam-ily faced tragedy that he was

asked to narrate for a domestic violence video.

“In the video, you watched different families and each fam-ily was holding up a photograph or a framed picture of a loved one who had been killed in a domestic violence situation,” Mitchell gestured as if holding up a photo as he stood before the audience.

Mitchell said that Kristin, 21, had just graduated from Saint Joseph’s University and already had specific plans to begin her career. Conveying how the Mitchell’s tragic loss was a moment that stays with a fam-ily forever, Mitchell counted the time down to the hours since Kristin was killed.

The image of a bright future came to an end for her and

raises campus awareness

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Students, faculty, inspired by national panel presentation

Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, changed the speech she prepared after attending the events of the Domestic Violence Symposium held on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

After an introduction from Dr. Jeff Gingerich, dean for Academic Affairs, President Marie Angelella George recognized and awarded Barbara and John Jordan for their efforts on behalf of Domestic Violence Education.

“I have so much in my mind and none of it is what I had to talk with you about,” Rosenthal said. “After everything I heard here I decided I wanted to do something very dif-ferent with my time today.”

Rosenthal described a time 30 years ago when there wasn’t any awareness on the effects of domestic violence. October is known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Domestic violence and abuse can hap-pen to anyone, regardless of size, gender, or strength, yet the problem is often overlooked and excused. The movement has a history of achievement and success.

“This movement was started by people just like you,” Rosenthal said. Past, present and future became the main focus of Rosenthal’s speech.

“The first shelters were women’s living rooms; the first hotlines were people’s home phone numbers,” Rosenthal said. “It was all about peer-to-peer, that is why we are here today.”

Rosenthal spoke of the past efforts from people all over the world. She spoke of the Battered Women’s Movement.

Rosenthal also spoke of the future and the importance of funding and getting involved. Attendees were asked to participate in an exercise in which they had to lobby to the rest of the audience for 30 seconds or less about the importance of Domestic Violence. The topic of Domestic Violence education was discussed to understand the importance of advocacy.

With the office of Pennsylvania Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. present, audience mem-bers were able to direct their statements to them.

“I have college students who every Christmas and summer break, go home to

homes of violence and abuse,” Dr. Michelle Filling, Professor of English, said. “If we don’t educate every single child in America by the age of 18, we are doing a disservice to the future of our country.”

Education became a prominent topic for the rest of the speech.

Rosenthal discussed the importance of being educated on the “hidden crime.” “Men are the hidden crime,” Rosenthal said. “Many people don’t take into consideration that males experience domestic violence as well.”

Rosenthal chose to conclude her speech as well as the entire Domestic Violence

Symposium with a poem that hangs on the walls of many battered women shel-ters written by an anonymous domestic violence survivor. “So I fight with one hand and love with the other, in some of my dreams though I love with both hands and the fighting is over,” Rosenthal said, quot-ing the poem.

“It was truly a special day that sur-passed our expectations,” George said. “This symposium truly followed the theme of education and empowerment.”

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her family when domestic vio-lence took Kristin’s life. Mitchell described getting what he felt was a bizarre call from a police detec-tive, Lieutenant Vicki Shaffer of Howard County, Md. The leuitenant told him she needed to tell him something in person and had gone to their house but no one was home, Mitchell said.

Mitchell also recalled having a camera on hand in case it was a hoax and maybe he could catch the person. As the moments passed, Mitchell said that he thought the cops possibly wanted to ask if he saw any activity relat-ing to something big that must have happened on their street. Maybe he would have informa-tion to tell the cops to assist them, Mitchell said.

Kristin had a new apartment in Conshohocken, Pa. after gradua-tion, according to Mitchell. After

Kristin’s murder, the Mitchell family began to find out more about her boyfriend. Mitchell, in talking about the signs of domes-tic violence, said that one way was to isolate you from your fam-ily and friends.

“That’s what my daughter’s boyfriend was great at,” Mitchell said. There was emphasis in Mitchell’s voice as he said the word ‘great.’

Mitchell went through a slide presentation as he continued to talk about Kristin and the rela-tionship she had with her boy-friend. One text message Kristin sent to her boyfriend read, “You are being ridiculous why cant I do something with my friends,” a clear sign of trouble. The domes-tic violence element of being con-trolled was evident in the tone of Kristin’s text message.

One slide toward the end of Mitchell’s presentation showed Kristin photographed by her

mother; Kristin was holding a cellphone to her ear. What’s more was the piece of informa-tion that Mitchell pointed out to the audience about the photo, taken shortly before his daugh-ter’s death. Kristin’s boyfriend was on the other end of the phone call, according to Mitchell.

“One murder can kill many people,” Mitchell said, reinforc-ing the idea that a victim’s family and friends are greatly affected by such a loss.

The audience wholeheart-edly agreed that his daughter’s murderer received an all-too short sentencing in jail. Mitchell said that the boyfriend could be released in 2020, cutting short a 30-year sentence.

Assistant District Attorney of Montgomery County, Wallis Brooks, spoke of the Mitchells in high regard.

“Facing the greatest tragedy a parent can imagine, they were

dignified, respectful and dedi-cated to the memories of their daughter,” Brooks said. “It is not surprising to me that after the murder of their daughter, and the ensuing years, that the Mitchells embarked on a cru-sade to get the word out about the dangers of unhealthy dat-ing relationships. It is not surprising that the Mitchells formed the Kristin Mitchell Foundation to [pulpit] that effort.”

To learn more about the efforts of Kristin’s father and the Kristin Mitchell Foundation go to Kristin’s Krusade. Sign up for the orga-nization’s e-news and keep current on activities being held to end domestic violence.

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daughter.“The last day I ever saw

my daughter alive was on her graduation day at St. Josephs University,” Mitchell said.

Students were amazed by the impact of the event. Although students were aware of the issue of domestic violence, this event turned out to be an eye-opener.

“I wasn’t sure what to expect,” Samuel Cummer, sopho-more undecided major, said. “Watching the video about Kristin, I shed tears. I think the people who came to speak about their experiences were coura-geous and moving.”

“I have never thought about the impact of domestic violence and how important it is,” Hannah Wheat, junior social work and psychology major, said. “I knew about the issue and that it hap-pened a lot but I didn’t know what I can do to help.”

The event committee hopes to make it an annual event. The main focus of the event was to bring awareness about the issue of domestic violence to the cam-pus community.

“We wanted to spread the word about domestic violence awareness,” Dr. Colleen Lelli, assistant professor of education, said. “The focus of the event is on how we can actively change, make policies and move forward in the domestic violence initia-tive.”

The afternoon sessions focused on this issue includ-ed, Local Action: Cabrini College Policy, Community response to Domestic Violence, Developmental continuum of Age-Appropriate Domestic-Violence Education and several other sessions geared towards education about the issue.

The final presentation of the day was given by Rosenthal. It involved the audience by provid-ing the opportunity to propose a 30-second sound byte to state why the issue of domestic vio-lence should be addressed.

“I didn’t understand how deeply our country is suffering until I read a report in 1991 titled ‘A week in the life of American women,’ which detailed acts of abuse women in this country experienced,” Rosenthal said. “At the time I was running a shelter. I see the emergencies in front of me every day but I didn’t under-stand how deeply our country was affected.”

The different sessions held throughout the day focused on educating the campus about warning signs of dating and domestic violence and interper-sonal violence.

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Above: Barbara and John Jordan recognized and awarded for their domestic violence education effortsBelow: The Domestic Violence symposium was an all day event in Grace Hall.

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