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The Children’s Center For Communication Sponsors National Little Theatre of the Deaf Performance

BEVERLY, MA – The Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf will host a performance of the nationally honored Little Theatre of the Deaf on Wednesday, April 7, at 10:30 am on the school’s campus, 6 Echo Avenue, Beverly.

The Little Theatre of the Deaf, which is the young people’s branch of the famed National Theatre of the Deaf, travels around the country performing original children’s tales that inform and entertain at the same time (in American Sign Language and voice) to audiences of children in grades K-6. The troupe’s appearance at The Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf is paid for by supported by funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Very Special Arts of Massachusetts’ ADA Cultural Access Initiative Grant Program.

Seating is limited but anyone in the area with a child ages 3-12 who is deaf or hard of hearing or uses American Sign Language as a mode of communication is welcome to attend. Admission is free and can be arranged by contacting Kristin Johnson, kristinjohnson@beverlyschoolforthedeaf.org.

As a provision of the grant, the troupe will also be conducting a workshop for students at The Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf the day before the performance. The students will experience activities about creativity in sign language, body movement, and self-esteem.

2nd Annual Camp and Enrichment Fair at Merrimack College

The 2nd Annual Camp and Enrichment Fair is a Merrimack Valley event for families seeking summer activity programs and camps. Scheduled for Sunday, March 7, 2010, this free fair will be held at Merrimack College in Andover from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Hosted by The Mother Connection, this event is for parents of children ages 2-7.

For more information or to reserve a table, contact enrichmentfair@themotherconnection.org

H.A.W.C. Changes Name to Reflect Evolving Mission

March 26, 2009 – Salem, MA - After thirty years as “Help for Abused Women and their Children” (HAWC), the organization has changed its name to “Healing Abuse Working for Change.” The new name better aligns with the agency’s commitment to serve all those who are affected by domestic abuse.

“Intimate partner abuse is not defined or limited by gender or sexual orientation,” said Candace Waldron, Executive Director of Healing Abuse Working for Change. “Tactics of a controlling and abusive partner whether male, female or transgender; straight or gay; married or dating, are similar. It is those behaviors that need to be named, confronted and changed to protect those who are targeted.”

HAWC’s new name also reflects the organization’s dramatic growth over thirty years, expanding language capacity, cultural diversity, and its ability to work with those in same gender relationships to be better able to meet the needs of individuals in the twenty-three diverse North Shore communities it serves.

“Our new name underscores HAWC’s two-fold mission: to support the healing process individuals and families go through as they work to free themselves from abuse and to change the social norms and individual behaviors that perpetuate violence and oppression,” said Waldron.

In conjunction with the new name, HAWC announced a contest to find a new logo. HAWC is asking members of the community to share their vision of what the new HAWC logo should look like. The designer of the chosen logo will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000. Details of the logo contest can be found at: www.hawcdv.org

Anyone that sends in their logo by April 21th, 2009 will have the opportunity to have it displayed at the annual Walk for HAWC in Salem on Sunday, April, 26th, 2009.

About HAWC: Healing Abuse Working for Change, formerly Help for Abused Women and their Children, provides services and support to victims of domestic violence in 23 North Shore cities and towns. The mission of HAWC is to create social change by taking action against personal and societal patterns of violence and oppression. For more information on services and upcoming events visit the HAWC web site at: www.hawcdv.org If you or someone you know needs immediate assistance call HAWC’s 24 hour hotline at: (800) 547-1649.

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