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Recently, President Barack Obama signed the proclamation designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, recognizing the remarkable work being done to address domestic violence and the distance that remains to combat it. On September 22, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden opened their home for a night dedicated to ending violence against women. It was a night to mark the 16th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and to ask Americans to recommit themselves to ending sexual abuse and domestic violence. Social Action Commissioners Marcella Maxwell and Rosie Blackwell attended as invited guests and participants.
Please take time to view the video from this event on the link below. Featured in the video are remarks from soror Victoria Phifer of Alpha chapter who spoke passionately about domestic violence efforts on Howard university's campus that the chapter is involved in to end domestic violence. Her remarks were made at a briefing with White House representatives earlier during the day of the reception. The video will remain on the Ending Violence Against Women page of the www.whitehouse.gov website.
The link to the video is: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/05/ending-violence-against-women
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