For Immediate Release: October 17, 2006

Contact: Nathalie Favre-Gilly, 617-521-0127 nfg@casamyrna.org

WORDS TO LIVE BY

An evening of readings and reflections to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month and benefit Casa Myrna Vazquez

DATE: Thursday, October 26, 2006

LOCATION: The Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts

TIME: 6pm-9pm

PROGRAM: Readings by poet Charles Coe and local mystery authors Philip R. Craig and BarbaraNeely, music by guitar & clarinet combo Billy Novick and Guy Van Duser. Fine hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, silent auction. All proceeds benefit the agency’s shelters and services.

COST: Benefactors $100
Friends $30

FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT: 617-521-0127 or development@casamyrna.org

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Casa Myrna Vazquez is a Boston-based organization dedicated to ending domestic violence in the lives of women and children through advocacy, prevention and intervention. What began in 1977 as a single shelter accommodating eight families has grown into New England’s foremost provider of shelter and comprehensive services to abused women and their children, operating the 24/7 statewide domestic violence hotline SafeLink (877-785-2020), an emergency shelter and transitional living programs. The agency’s range of programs includes legal advocacy services, mental health counseling, children’s services, housing search assistance and advocacy, a peer-led teen dating violence prevention program and community outreach and training on the issue of domestic violence.