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The table below is a history of successful Silent Witness events held around the country. Feel free to hold an identical event or to modify a plan to your liking. If you would like more information please contact us or the listed event coordinators. If you have an event of your own that you would like to share with us, let us know and we will add it to this list. |
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Who has held this event before |
Ideas
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| Memorial vigil |
Used along with workshop presentation in CT; also, at Cathedral of St. John, Providence, RI |
Jan Fuhr, Connecticut, Nancy Rafi/Melanie Martin, Rhode Island |
Bagpipers lead Witnesses into church, light candles in memory of loved one, purple ribbons with SW names attached to wear on lapel |
| Take Back the Night rally | Providence College, Bryant College, University of Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University | Silent Witnesses of Rhode Island | Use Witnesses in college/university campus marches, set them up in student unions, use speakers at the rallies, connect to Women’s Centers on campuses. |
| Use music with Witnesses | Lake County, Ohio | Dorothy Lemmey, Ohio | Have a church member write a song with SW names |
| Radio presentation | California | Casey Gwinn, San Diego, CA | present information about SW on local rdio call-in forum. |
| Present Witnesses at your state Capitol | Montana | Jerri Miller, Montana | Get your Witnesses sponsored by the Lt. Governor of your state |
| Present the Witnesses at High School Assemblies | California | Joanne Coghill, LA Jr. League | Use the Witnesses during a high school or middle school assembly - use videos, speakers, have local radio station with music, tables set up with info. |
| Use Witnesses at local companies to increase awereness of DV in the work place | Ohio | Kim Lust | Used Witnesses to line hallways at State Farm Insurance Company |
| Display Witnesses at local outdoor fairs in the summer | Rhode Island | Nancy Rafi | Used at a Women Sharing Strength arts / crafts fair in Wakefield, RI |
| Use Witnesses in the windows of stores, schools, etc. | Rhode Island | Nancy Rafi | Used in the windows of the University of Rhode Island, backlit at night. |
| Use Witnesses in a vigil sponsored by men | Maine | Susan Fuller | Used by men in Portland, Maine along with other events they sponsored. |
| Have your Governor declare October 18th Silent Witness Day | Michigan, Rhode Island | Nancy
Mooney Nancy Rafi |
Have done this each year by calling Governor's office. |
| Have bagpipers lead your march or play in honor of a SW | Rhode Island | Nancy Rafi | Called the RI Highlands Bagpipers to ask for their support - one of their players was a SW from 1994. They always play in honor of her memory at no cost. |
| Use Witnesses at local conferences | Connecticut | Jan Fuhr | Used Witnesses at an all - day educational conference |
| Use Witnesses in police department lobbies | Ohio | Patrick O'Donnell | Have Witnesses in the lobby of local police departments. |
| Display Witnesses at local government buildings | Montana, Arkansas, Washington | Jerri
Miller, MT Kerri Bangert, AK Bonnie Linscott, WA |
Displayed at the Malmstrom Air Force Base and also at Little Rock Air Force Base, and Seattle Naval Air Station. |
| Give "retired" shields to family members at a ceremony. | Wyoming | Sharon Montagnino | Made felt envelopes for each of the "retired" shields and give to family members as "new" Witnesses are made. |
| Use Native American drummers in a ceremony | Wyoming | Sharon Montagnino | Use drummers as part of a ceremony, along with dances of various cultures |
| Use the "clothesline" project along with the Witnesses | Illinios, Rhode Island, Alaska | Debra
Mize, IL Nancy Rafi, RI Marcia McKenzie, AK |
Used at a library in Illinois, and on college campuses in RI, at a Federal building in Alaska |
| Have a church sponsor a play | Illinois | Debra Mize | Have a local church produce and perform a play, and have a candlelight vigil afterwards |
| Display the Witnesses on the front lawn of a church | Ohio | Dorothy Lemmey | Displayed SW on the front lawn of a church on a local highway. |
| Use plastic dry cleaning bags over Witnesses when there's inclement weather | Maine | Wayland Linscott | Asked owner of a dry cleaning store to supply bags for Witnesses to be seen outside on a rainy night. |
| Display Witnesses in a Dr's office | Iowa | Sharon Boulden | |
| Use the Witnesses at Medical conventions | Indiana | Jimita Pottter | Witnesses were displayed at Indiana Medical Association state convention |
| Bring Witnesses to local hospitals for display | Maine | Susan Fuller | Used at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine at an educational meeting for the staff |
| Display Witnesses at local malls | Maine, Rhode Island, Minnesota | Susan Fuller, Nancy Rafi, Melanie Martin, Judy Nelson | Displayed in Maine Mall in Portland, and in Warwick Mall in Rhode Island, and at the Mall of America in Minnesota |
| Pass out buttons and stories of Witnesses for attendees at conferences | Michigan | Nancy Mooney | Had SW pins and stories of several Witnesses at each seat |
| Have your local police department declare a "day of arrest". | Mississippi | Pat Davenport | Have your PD concentrate on arresting all delinquent cases of DV |
| Use the Witnesses on Mother's Day | Minnesota | Dotty Heydinger | Used the Witnesses in a St. Paul church service |
