Starting today at the College of North Atlantic in Clarenville there will be a display set up in remembrance of the women who lost their lives December 6th,1989. Please take a few minutes to remember these women and all other women who have lost their lives due to violence.

Purple Ribbon Campaign

The Purple Ribbon Campaign will start across the Province November 25, 2013. This campaign is to help create awareness and prevent violence against women in the province. The goals of the campaign are to make the unacceptability of violence against women a topic that can be openly discussed in our province,promote understanding of the issue of violence against women, and encourage all members of the public to become involved in efforts to prevent violence against women at the community level. The purple ribbon campaign shares many of the same goals and messages as the Respect Women Campaign(www.respectwomen.ca)
Starts November 25, 2013 ERCAV will be giving out Purple Ribbon Magnets and Pins to the Community and Government Departments and Tim Horton's drive Thru.

September 17/13 There will be a Community walk Against Violence in Arnold's Cove at 6:30pm leaving from the Fire Station. All are Welcome!! Remember Community+Awareness=Change

Violence in our community affects us all!
ERCAV is having our annual walk Sept 12/13. We will be leaving from Youthtube at 6:00pm. Members of the community of all ages are encouraged to attend.

June 19/13 there will be a Community Walk Against Violence in Bonavista. We will be leaving from the Vista Family Resource Centre at 6:30pm and walking to Matthew Elem. Everyone Welcome. We need to raise awareness within our communities on violence. "Community + Awareness= Change"

May 28/13 there will be a skit on Elder Abuse performed by our seniors and youth of our communities at Elizabeth Swan Chalet. The Skit was sponsored by ERCAV in partnership with Youthtube. They will perform it again June 6 at Youthtube at 3:00pm and again June 12 at Clarenville Retirement Centre at 3:00pm. All are welcome.

Throughout February month there will be ads in The Packet talking about the different types of violence. You can check these ads out online at ThePacket Clarenville. Take a look at upcoming events for this month.

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women December 6, 2012
December 6, 2012 at 12:15pm in room 119 there will be a Remembrance Day Vigil for the Students, Teachers and Staff of the Clarenville's College of the North Atlantic.
Also December 6/12 at 10:30 am Bonavista's College of the North Atlantic will have a Remembrance Day Vigil for the Students, Teachers and Staff. Both of these Vigils will be hosted by the Students of the College of the North Atlantic.

November 26,2012 ERCAV had their third annual Respect Women Campaign. Forming a partnership with Women and Resource Development we passed out purple ribbons and pins at Robin's Donuts drive thur. This is a very important campaign and along with the community + Awareness = Change.