Domestic Violence Awareness Month

 "Our lives begin to end the day, when we become silent about things that matter" 

                                                

                                                                -Susan B Anthony  

This month has been the most busiest month probably ever in my experience at House of Ruth so far. Since it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, there were mutiple events going on in the community and I even got to be apart of some! 

I-poly Teen Dating Violence Assembly! 

This assembly is my most important accomplishment because I went far above my comfort zone by speaking to a large group of freshman. The whole assembly was about teen dating violence. I was really nervous but I quickly came over it, one reason is because I really enjoy talking about something I am passionate about. It took a lot of time figuring the perfect day to present that was acceptable to everyone schedule and also preparing myself mentally. At the end it was all worth the wild because the only thing that matter is getting the message out, but mostly maybe helping a victim.   

Candle Light Vigil  

As part of DV awareness month, House of Ruth hosted their annual Candlelight Virgil. To promote and educate the public about domestic violence. This year's theme was What Men an Do to Stop Domestic Violence". For the event I helped out by attaching cups to the candles and also putting the names of  the victims of DV that has been killed. During the event I helped greet people. This is an experience that inspired me to get involved more with the community and also realized that I got lucky to be involved with such an amazing organization.  

Preparing  

With all events, you have to prepare so they could run smoothly. during my mentor-ship hours at House of Ruth I got to create about 600 or more packets for my mentor events and my assembly for this month. Also to create purple ribbons and cut out purple ribbon stickers. Again for the Candlelight Virgil I got to help prepare the candles and do small jobs like fold/count brochures. Other than that I am really happy that I got to be apart of the events because not only I get to say "I helped" but Its good to know that you did something right.

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

Content:
1. What is your working EQ
  How can a victim of domestic violence best receive help and information they need to be able to recover?
2 What is the best possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format 
   EQ: How can a victim of domestic violence best receive help and information they need to be able to    
           recover?
           *Need to know that there are people and resources out there for victim, there not alone. Such
              as House of Ruth or any organization near your area. Victim could go to counseling groups,
               hotline etc.....
           * How to tell if your relationship is abusive, different stages of Domestic Violence. different
              types of DV.
3. What is the most important source you have used that helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
     -A book called, "In Love and in Danger : A Teen Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive
      Relationships" by Barrie Levy. It helped me the the fundamentals of Domestic violence. It
      gave me a lot of reasons and stages of DV also what an you do to help. It also gave
       information on where DV Victims can receive help. Also the first book I read about DV.
       on where victims of DV could get help.
4, Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ? 
     - My mentor is Marina Wood from House of Ruth, mentoring there help me a lot when it come to better
       understanding of domestic violence. It relates to my working EQ because I would talk to her about my
       EQ, for example, why is counseling groups important to the victim and she would give me her best
       answers. Also House of Ruth is a domestic violence office that provides help for domestic violence
       violence victims, so that is very useful for answering my EQ.

Independent Component 1 Approval

Content:
1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours. 
     - I plan on continuing my mentor-ship hours at House of Ruth and Pomona Community crisis center
        because I have been going there regularly since the first day of school. I been learning new dimensions
        to Domestic Violence and it seem reasonable to continue.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence? 
   - To meet my 30 hours of evidence I will continue on going to my mentor-ship regularly, which is every
      Monday at House of Ruth and Tuesdays at Pomona Community Crisis Center.

3.And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more dept? 
   - By doing mentor ships at House of Ruth and Pomona community Crisis Center, I will be able to attend
     Counseling Groups at PCCC and my mentor Marina Wood from House of Ruth gives me assignments,
      projects, and thing to read like books and also videos to watch that I found informational and helped
      helped me get a better understanding of Domestic Violence victims and offenders.