Strongsville Women's League Takes Aim at Domestic Violence

In a room of 50 people, at least two to four are victims of domestic violence or know persons who are victims of some form of domestic violence.   

That's the incentive for the Strongsville Women’s League to try to shed some light on the subject with informational displays in high-visibility locations around town. 

Through April, you can see the displays at the , (near Brookstone) and at near the Media Center.

According to Strongsville Women's League, one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime; one in four  teens reports verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse each year, and about one in five high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.  One in nine people over the age of 60 has experienced some form of elder abuse. 

The purpose of the displays is to offer awareness to victims that help and hope is available for them through the Cleveland Domestic Violence Center and also to create an awareness in the aggressors of the sorrow and suffering they inflict on their victims.

In addition to the displays, the league has initiated several other activities are being done in Strongsville.

• Pastors of the Strongsville churches/temple have been asked to address domestic violence from their pulpits and in their parish newsletters and to ask their parishioners to donate old cell phones which can be reprogrammed with only a 911 number that can be used by victims in an emergency.

• Domestic Violence Awareness book covers for teenagers were given to the high chool for distribution to the students.

• The Strongsville Food Bank will include informational brochures and wallet cards with the food bags which it distributes and on a table in the lobby.

• A domestic violence tear-off phone number poster was displayed at “Strongsville Weighs Less” registration day and will be displayed at Strongsville Women’s League functions.

• Domestic violence information and contact phone numbers for the Domestic Violence Center are posted on the Strongsville Women’s League website:  www.strongsvillewomensleague.org.   

The 24-hour Domestic Violence Center confidential help-line phone number is 216-391-HELP (216-391-4357).