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Did anyone see Rihanna's interview on 20/20 or Good Morning America last week?
http://www.inquisitr.com/46672/rihanna-2 020-full-interview/
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As we reported yesterday, Rihanna has finally spoken out about the beating she took at the hands of her former boyfriend Chris Brown. I felt ashamed to

Women Against Abuse Women Against Abuse's 2nd annual fundraiser and food competition!

Women Against Abuse
October is over and we've had a lot of great events - thanks to everyone who participated!
Check out some coverage of Dish It Up - it was great! http://sipsbitesandsites.com/sipsbitesan dsites/
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Host of The Philly Dish on www.philly.com/thephillydish. A true foodie, wine, and cocktail lover with a passion for travel and culture!

Women Against Abuse Thanks to everyone for such a great event this afternoon! Sign your pledge against violence at www.iPledgeWAA.org ! http://www.iPledgeWAA.org
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Make your Pledge : Donate : Spread the Word : Learn More : Get Help : Stay InformedDesigned by UNTUCK; Built by Vance Bell Music by Laura Warshauer, courtesy Island Def Jam, 2009

Women Against Abuse TOMORROW is the launch of the 2nd annual iPledge Campaign! Join us for our Press Conference with Mayor Nutter! TOMORROW (October 8th) 12 - 1 p.m. "The Dragon" at Drexel University (33rd & Market streets) iPledge: city-wide initiative urging Philadelphians to take a stand and make a personal pledge against violence in their homes and communities. See iPledgeWAA.org for more details!!

Women Against Abuse
Dish It up! tickets now available: http://bit.ly/mfQzy
Support WAA at annual food competition and fundraiser! Dancing, food samplings, and cocktails all for a good cause.
More info: http://bit.ly/m0e6d
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Women Against Abuse
The PA Senate is considering cutting much needed funding for Domestic Violence services! Take action now!
Please call or write to your State Senators and urge them to keep funding for domestic violence services in House Bill 1861! (Find their contact info: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/)
House Bill 1861 allocates a port...ion of marriage and divorce fees to DV services throughout Pennsylvania. State funding for DV is even more critical in these tough economic times - This year alone, Women Against Abuse has had to turn away 2,552 women and children from shelter because out emergency shelter was at full capacity.Read More
Please call or write to your State Senators and urge them to keep funding for domestic violence services in House Bill 1861! (Find their contact info: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/)
House Bill 1861 allocates a port...ion of marriage and divorce fees to DV services throughout Pennsylvania. State funding for DV is even more critical in these tough economic times - This year alone, Women Against Abuse has had to turn away 2,552 women and children from shelter because out emergency shelter was at full capacity.Read More
Source: www.legis.state.pa.us
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Women Against Abuse
Verizon Wireless and the
Philadelphia
Eagles join forces to fight domestic violence at
Sunday’s Home Opener:
A Verizon Wireless HopeLine® phone collection to
benefit survivors of domestic violence in the Philadelphia Tri-State region will be taking place this Sunday, SEPTEMBER 20th.
Eagles fans can bring their no-longe...r-used wireless phones to the game and deposit them in the HopeLine collection bins
at the entrances of Lincoln Financial Field.
Learn more: http://aboutus.vzw.com/communityservice/ Phone_Program.htmlRead More
Philadelphia
Eagles join forces to fight domestic violence at
Sunday’s Home Opener:
A Verizon Wireless HopeLine® phone collection to
benefit survivors of domestic violence in the Philadelphia Tri-State region will be taking place this Sunday, SEPTEMBER 20th.
Eagles fans can bring their no-longe...r-used wireless phones to the game and deposit them in the HopeLine collection bins
at the entrances of Lincoln Financial Field.
Learn more: http://aboutus.vzw.com/communityservice/
Source: aboutus.vzw.com
SAFETY ALERT: If you are in danger, please use a safer computer, or call 911, your local hotline, or the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233(SAFE) and TTY 1-800-787-3224. You can leave this site quickly if you click ESCAPE.Escape

Women Against Abuse NFL player Shawne Merriman accused of strangling Tila Tequila. http://bit.ly/7wjYc Even if it's true that Merriman's only intention was to protect Tila Tequila from leaving the house intoxicated, knocking her over or strangling her are not appropriate actions. That's still domestic violence.

Women Against Abuse
Less than a month until Domestic Violence Awareness Month kicks off! Check out our website (ipledgewaa.org) to see all the great events WAA has planned:
http://bit.ly/18I71t
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Philadelphia City Hall, City Council Chambers, Room 400 Join Women Against Abuse as the Philadelphia City Council officially proclaim October Domestic Violence Awareness Month! Don't forget to wear purple...or an iPledge t-shirt! ...

Women Against Abuse
Here's a nice, uplifting story about Philadelphians helping each other out.
http://bit.ly/kceok
Stu Bykofsky: At the end of Tom's rope was you, pulling for him | Philadelphia Daily News | 08/24/20
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Breaking local news and comprehensive coverage of the Philadelphia region, nation and world from Philly.com, Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.

Women Against Abuse
The official launch of the 2nd annual iPledge Campaign, a month-long initiative that raises awareness of the prevalence of domestic violence and calls on individuals to take a stand against violence.
The press conference will be an exciting community event bringing together people from many different parts of Philadelph...ia, including:
- Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
- State Senator LeAnna Washington
- Student performers from Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia
- MoShay LaRen, Midday Host of WRNB 107.9
- Singer-songwriter Laura Warshauer
- Drexel student organizations, including 1 in 4 and VIEW
- Free refreshments, including purple cupcakes from Philadelphia bakery, The Flying Monkey
See iPledgeWAA.org for more details and to make your pledge today! Read More
The press conference will be an exciting community event bringing together people from many different parts of Philadelph...ia, including:
- Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
- State Senator LeAnna Washington
- Student performers from Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia
- MoShay LaRen, Midday Host of WRNB 107.9
- Singer-songwriter Laura Warshauer
- Drexel student organizations, including 1 in 4 and VIEW
- Free refreshments, including purple cupcakes from Philadelphia bakery, The Flying Monkey
See iPledgeWAA.org for more details and to make your pledge today! Read More

Women Against Abuse Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Women Against Abuse
This 5K (3.1 miles) walk is sponsored by State Senator LeAnna Washington to benefit Women Against Abuse and all of the domestic violence organizations that collaborate on the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline.
Registration begins at 9:00am.
Walk begins at 10:30am.
RAIN OR SHINE.
Time:9:00AM Saturday, October 24th
Location:Martin Luther King Drive (West River Drive)

Women Against Abuse A screening of Big Cities, Big Solutions, a recently-completed documentary airing on PBS affiliates nationwide, which delineates the grave impact of domestic violence in Philadelphia, while highlighting the work and successes of Women Against Abuse. This special viewing will be followed by a short Q&A panel discussion featuring experts in domestic violence.
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, October 21st
Location:Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, Skyline Room

























