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Announcements
and Events of Note
For MA area
residents: James Carroll, author of American Requiem and
Constantine's Sword and, more recently, a panelist at 2002 VOTF
Convention, will be will be speaking at Governor Dummer Academy
Performing Arts Center, Byfield, MA on Sunday, April 6 at7pm. Event
is open to Public. Please contact the Academy for more details.
Thanks to Mo Donovan of the VOTF Seacoast Affiliate, MA for passing
this along.
For MA area residents: On Friday evening, March 21, 2003,
at 7:15, Mary Jane England, MD, President of Regis College, will
discuss the Commission for the Protection of Children in the Archdiocese
of Boston at St. Elizabeth Seton's Church Hall, North Falmouth.
All are welcome. Call for directions or further information - 508-563-5217
For CT area residents: Friday, March 28 - Sunday, March 30,
2003, Yale University. Two-day conference exploring the challenges
& opportunities facing the church in our time. VOTF president Jim
Post a panelist on Saturday with Kathleen McChesney from the Office
of Child and Youth Protection, USCCB. For registration and other
information, visit http://www.yale.edu/stm/programs/govInfo.html
Major Regional
Conference - Metro New York Survivors Support Conference co-sponsored
by VOTF Greenwich, CT and Survivors First. Saturday, March 22,
1-5 pm, Christ Church, 254 E. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT. Contact:
Tom Malarkey at tomalark@aol.com
or call 914-946-7315; Anne Barrett Doyle at barrett.doyle@attbi.com
or call 781-944-7010
New England
Tri-State GOAL #1 Forum co-sponsored by VOTF-NH, VOTF-ME and VOTF
National Survivor Support Working Groups. The Tri State Meeting
is at St. Thomas More Church in Durham, NH on March 29, 1-5 p.m.
Bear left in front of the church and there is a parking lot 50 yards
on the right. For details, contact Andrea Johnson at andreajohnson@attbi.com
or call 781-237-2417.
Conference,
Boston, MA - Taking Action to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: Strategies
for YOUR Community. Saturday, April 5, 8:30am-5pm, John Hancock
Conference Center, Boston, MA. VOTF is a partnership member of the
Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership, which has
organized this conference. See additional details under Protecting
Our Children or visit our Web site at www.votf.org. Additional
info available at www.masskids.org.
In the Boston, MA Archdiocese, VOTF members will join other
groups for a peace-filled "Silent Watch" that will mark the sorrow
felt by so many on behalf of the survivors. Organizers have also
spoken of their hope for a just honesty in acts of repentance. The
watch will take place at the Chancery, the seat of the Boston archdiocese,
from noon to 3 p.m. throughout the forty days of Lent. Other affiliates
around the country are planning similar actions. If you are interested
in signing up for a day, please contact Andrea Johnson (Survivors
Support working group in Wellesley) at andreajohnson@attbi.com.
VOTF's magnificent
logo was designed by Healys' Graphic Ark. Please visit their Web
site, http://www.healysgraphicark.com/VOTFlogo.html,
where you can purchase many items bearing the VOTF symbol.
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