Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick to Keynote Verizon Event on Oct. 14 to Aid Domestic Violence Victims

Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick to Keynote Verizon Event on Oct. 14 to Aid Domestic Violence Victims

15 Massachusetts Nonprofits to Receive Grants Totaling $165,000

BOSTON - Massachusetts First Lady Diane Patrick will be the keynote speaker at an event on Thursday (Oct. 14) to raise awareness of domestic violence and recognize support for victims.

The event, for 200 invited nonprofit, business and community leaders, is being organized by Verizon and WGBH-TV, and will be held at the WGBH-TV studios. Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, will participate.

At the event, Verizonwill announce its 2010 Domestic Violence Solutions Award grants that are being given to 15 Massachusetts nonprofit agencies that support domestic violence prevention and service programs.

The event also will include a preview of "Telling Amy's Story," a documentary about a Verizon employee who lost her life as a result of domestic violence. A panel of public safety officials and domestic service providers will discuss how they are collaborating to help high-risk victims, and reduce the domestic violence homicide rate in Massachusetts.

WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: WGBH-TV Studios
1 Guest St., Boston

WHO: Diane Patrick, first lady of Massachusetts
Donna Cupelo, Verizon region president for Massachusetts
and Rhode Island

Mary Lauby, executive director, Jane Doe Inc.

Panelists:

Diane DeAngelis, grant administrator for Massachusetts
Executive Office of Public Safety, panel moderator

Deirdri Fishel, narrator of "Telling Amy's Story" and
lead investigator and case manager of homicide
investigation at the State College, Pa., Police
Department's Victim Centered Intensive Care Management
Unit

Kourou Pich, executive director of HarborCov

Suzanne Dubus, executive director of Jeanne Geiger
Crisis Center

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month throughout
the U.S. Verizon has a long history of supporting
domestic violence prevention and awareness through the
Verizon Wireless Hopeline(R) phone recycling program and
through the Verizon Foundation. In the past five years,
the company has awarded approximately $1 million to
nonprofits that focus on domestic violence in
BACKGROUND: Massachusetts.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Phil Santoro, +1-617-743-4760, philip.g.santoro@verizon.com, or Stephanie Lee, +1-617-743-5440, stephanie.s.lee@verizon.com

/PRNewswire -- Oct. 8/

SOURCE Verizon

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