Executive Letter from

Council for Women and Youth Involvement

Gale McKoy Wilkins, Executive Director

NC Council for Women and Youth Involvement Board Meeting Schedule

February 8, 2017

May 18, 2017

August 17, 2017

October 19, 2017

North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission Meeting Schedule

February 8, 2017

May 12, 2017

August 18, 2017

October 20, 2017

NC Council For Women 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 919-733-2455 (O) www.councilforwomen.nc.gov

September/October 2016 Volume 1, Issue 6

NC Domestic Violence Commission

NC Council for Women and Youth Involvement

Advisory Board The Domestic Violence Commission is excited to welcome 6 new

board members! Michael Gagner, The Honorable David Byrd, Greg-

ory Light, The Honorable Maureen Krueger, Michael Phillips and

The Honorable Rudy Locklear were sworn in at the August and Oc-

tober Board Meetings.

The Council for Women and Youth In-

volvement Advisory Board is also excit-

ed to welcome 3 new board members!

Anne Lasley, Candace Flanagan, and

Julie Hopfer were sworn in by Justice

Newby at the October Board Meeting.

The 2016 Purple Ribbon of Excellence Award was pre-

sented to three domestic and sexual violence agencies

by the Domestic Violence Commission at the October

Board meeting. Congratulations to Domestic Violence

Shelter and Services, Inc. of Wilmington, Orange County Rape Crisis

Center, and REACH of Macon

County on winning this years

award! The Purple Ribbon of Excel-

lence recognizes programs exhib-

iting excellence in community edu-

cation, outreach, and prevention

related to domestic and sexual vio-

lence.

2016 Purple Ribbon of Excellence Award

Welcome New Board Members!

In Case You Missed It...

Governor McCrory pro-claimed October as Domes-tic Violence Awareness Month. Check out the full proclamation on our Face-book page.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month in North Carolina, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest lit the Hawkins-Hartness House purple (pictured above).

_____________ Congratulations to NC Coun-cil for Women and Youth Involvement Southern Pied-mont Region Director, Elyse Hamilton-Childres, for re-ceiving the 2016 YWCA Cen-tral Carolina Women of Achievement Award!

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Upcoming NCCFW/YI Events

Project C.O.P.E.

Nov. 10 — North Carolina Central University Women’s Speaker

Series Presentation

Nov. 18 — Law Enforcement Conference Human Trafficking

Presentation

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

Nov. 18-20 — SADD Leadership and Training Conference in Raleigh

2017 State of NC Internships Available Now!

The State of NC Internship Program is

offering 80 paid summer internship op-

portunities in state government agen-

cies. Applications for the Summer 2017

Internship program are now being ac-

cepted! A variety of professional intern-

ship opportunities are located across the

state and are available to North Carolina

residents studying at the undergraduate

or graduate level, or in law school. The

2017 State of North Carolina Internship Program booklet can be

found on our website. Deadlines for applications is January 13,

2017.

Candlelight Vigil held for Domestic Violence Victims

The Department of Administra-

tion and the North Carolina

Council for Women and Youth

Involvement (NCCFW/YI) hosted

a Candlelight Vigil in observance

of Domestic Violence Aware-

ness Month. The Candlelight

was held Thursday October 27, 2016 at the State Capitol Building.

Kathryn Johnston, Secretary of the Department of Administra-

tion, Gale McKoy Wilkins, Executive Director for NCCFW/YI,

Charles Campbell II, Chairman of the NC Domestic Violence Com-

mission and Christin Hewlin, Author and Survivor, spoke about

domestic violence in NC and recognized the 53 people who lost

their lives to domestic violence in 2016.