Today's Summary

  

First, we introduced each country’s holiday at today's meditation.

Then we created the new holiday which we wish it was.

It was really fun.

After that, we had a lecture of “Understanding Violence Against Woman Among South Asian Immigrants” by the staffs of Manavi.

We learned about abuses endured by a woman during woman’s life cycle and Immigrant power and control and so on.

 

We had Indian food for lunch.

It was very delicious!

After the lunch, we learned about Domestic Violence from the skit that was played by SCREAM theater from Rutgers University, NJ. 

After the skit we learned about how we can intervene as a bystander.

SCREAM means…

S Support

C Challenge

R React

E Engage

A Ask for help

M Maintain safety

 

Next, we visited NY Asian Woman’s Center.

This center advocates for the rights of women to govern their own lives, free of abuse. So NYAWC offers many kinds of supportive program for the Asian community in NY. We noticed that they have brochures which were translated  into 5 languages.  

After that, we visited Battered Women’s Resource Center and were invited to participate the meeting of Voice of Women. The group was composed of survivors of DV. 

The member of Voice of Women shared their experiences for us. We are so amazed about their energy and their positive attitude to their lives.

At night, we watched the movie "Pray the Devil Back to Hell"This movie is the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took of the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won a long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003.

We could share our own experience of violence against woman a lot. And it is very good for us to exchange our opinions and thoughts.

We had a very fruitful day.