Art With Heart

On February 7,

2015 Art With Heart held its 15th annual art auction in support of Safe Alliance. This event has raised almost 1 million dollars to support women and families affected by domestic violence. Artists all over the country donate their work for the silent auction.  There is a wide variety of art auctions and range in price.

It’s more talked about in public,” Blackwelder said, adding that more people are becoming aware “they’re not the only ones. There is help out there,”

  “That’s a big contributing fact to the increase we’ve seen. The increase in awareness and discussion could translate into increased support for victims and programs like Safe Alliance. The conversation is reaching a national level on a pretty regular basis …With In Our Backyard, we wanted to bring focus back to the mission for our patrons,” Solomon said.


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Young women can spend their Spring Break on Capitol Hill

“You could spend this spring break watching Netflix and cleaning sand out of all your clothes. Or you could spend it in the nation’s capital working with a group of 25 college-aged women to empower women and girls in service and advocacy.”

By Joining United Way and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 25 college-aged women will be given the opportunity to spend a week seeing what life is like as an advocate on Capitol Hill.

The event is from March 15th through the 20th. These young girls will be given the opportunity to meet like minded leaders from many other colleges all over the country as well as speak out for changes in policies to create a better world for women right in Washington D.C.

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