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(DALLAS, Texas) – Nearly 20 people are physically abused by
an intimate partner per minute in the United States. In honor of National
Domestic Violence Month in October, the City of Dallas is preparing for several
events to raise awareness. Paint the Town Purple is the awareness movement
hosted by the City of Dallas’ Domestic Violence Taskforce during October.
The Taskforce has created a Calendar
of Events for the public to raise awareness of domestic
violence and resources available to victims. The Task Force is asking citizens
to “Paint The Town Purple” as a way to come together as a community to help end
domestic violence in Dallas. Citizens can showcase support by wearing a purple
ribbon on their lapel for the month of October, wearing purple to work or
painting one fingernail purple.
At home residents can
show solidarity to survivors of domestic violence by tying a purple ribbon
around a tree or front door. There is a list below with details on where the
public can pick up a complimentary purple ribbon at one of thirty convenient
locations throughout Dallas, while supplies last.
Visit Dallas Love Field
Airport’s Art Gallery and Dallas City Hall Lobby to view the Clothesline
project. The clothesline project allows each of us to bear witness to the
violence taking place in our community as shirts created by survivors from
local Dallas shelters hang on clotheslines. The goal of this project is to heal
and to educate while honoring survivors and memorializing victims.
More information
regarding the City’s initiatives and resources may be found on Twitter
(@DallasDVTF), Facebook (Dallas Domestic Violence Awareness Month) or Instagram
(@dallasdvtf). Be sure to use the hashtags: #PaintBigDPurple and #BigDEndsDV.
With your support and engagement, we will end domestic violence in Dallas.
Where to pick up a free purple
ribbon:
District 1:
• Kidd Spring Recreation Center, 711 W Canty St., Dallas, TX
75208
• Martin Weiss Recreation Center, 1111 Martindell Ave, Dallas, TX
75211, (214)
670-1919
District 2:
• Grauwyler Park Library, 2146 Gilford St. Dallas, TX 75235, (214) 671-1447
• Samuel Grand Recreation Center – 6200 E. Grand Ave. Dallas,
TX 75223
District 3:
• Arcadia Recreation Center, 5420 S. Arcadia Dr. Dallas, TX 75211, (214) 670-1909
• Thurgood Marshall Recreation Center, 5150 Mark Trail Way Dallas, TX 75232, (214) 670-1928
District 4:
• John P. Phelps Recreation Center 3000 Tips Blvd. Dallas,
Texas 75201, (214)
670-7525
• Cummings Recreation Center 2976 Cummings Dallas, Texas 75216, (214) 670-6876
District 5:
• Prairie Creek Branch Library, 9609 Lake June Rd. Dallas, TX 75217, (214) 671-0410
• Pleasant Grove Library, 7310 Lake June Rd. Dallas, TX 75217, (214) 670-0965
District 6:
• Bachman Lake Library, 9480 Webb Chapel Rd. Dallas, TX, (214) 670-6376
• Mattie Nash-Myrtle Davis Park, 3710 N Hampton Rd, Dallas, TX 75212, (214) 670-6194
District 7:
• White Rock Hills Branch Library -9150 Ferguson Rd. Dallas, TX
75228, (214)
670-8443
• MLK Center, 2922
MLK Jr Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215, (214)
670-8418
District 8:
• Tommie M. Allen Recreation Center, 7071 Bonnie View Rd. Dallas, TX
75241, (214)
670-0986
• Singing Hills Park, 1909 Crouch Rd. Dallas, TX 75241, (214) 670-7550
• Janie C. Turner Recreation Center, 6424 Elam Rd. Dallas, TX 75217, (214) 670-8277
• Kleberg Riley, 1515 Edd Rd, Dallas, TX 75253, (214) 670-8648
District 9:
• Lochwood Branch Library, 11221 Lochwood Blvd. Dallas, TX 75218, (214) 670-8403
• Ridgewood Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Dallas, TX 75214, (214) 670-7115
District 10:
• Lake Highlands North Recreation Center, 9940 White Rock Trail, Dallas, TX
75238, (214)
670-7794
• Willie B Johnson Recreation Center, 12225 Willowdell Dr. Dallas, TX
75243, (214)
670-6182
District 11:
• Churchill Recreation Center, 6906 Churchill Way Dallas, TX 75230, (214) 670-6477
• Fretz Rec Center, 6950 Belt Line Rd, Dallas, TX 75254, (214) 670-6203
District 12:
• Timberglen Recreation Center, 3810 Timberglen Rd. Dallas, TX 75287, (214) 671-0644
• Campbell Green Park and Recreation Center, 16600 Park Hill Dr. Dallas, TX 75248, (214) 670-6314
District 13:
• Preston Royal Library, 5626 Royal Ln. Dallas, TX 75229, (214) 670-7128
• Marcus Recreation Center, 3003 Northaven Rd, Dallas, TX 75229, (214) 670-6599
District 14:
• Lakewood Branch Library, 6121 Worth St. Dallas, TX 75214, (214) 670-1376
• Oak Lawn Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Rd. Dallas, TX 75219, (214) 670-1359
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