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September/October 2023 | Issue III | | |
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Women's Medical Respite
"Recuperative Care for Unsheltered Women"
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Greetings,
Women's Medical Respite cares for medically fragile women 24/7. Serving as the Executive Director, with a degree in Behavioral and Community health, I wholeheartedly believe our next step is to be more engaged as a community in helping those who are struggling. My emphasis and heart are in prevention education for the sake of the women we serve.
My hope is to find solutions and prevention methods long before the women arrive in need at our doors.
WMR is partnering with several compassionate public service entities to do just that! Hopefully, the phrase remains true: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." We would like to include and partner with SWMO faith partners due to their invaluable role and impact on community health in a collaborative effort.
Please join us for our first annual faith partnership event.
J. Abigail Cool,
Director, Women's Medical Respite
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Please join us for the
First Annual
Domestic Violence
and the SWMO Faith Community Collaborative
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Join us for a free, collaborative workshop to begin a community-wide discussion on how to identify and respond to domestic violence within the church and the community. Together, we will work to build effective and supportive relationships between the local faith community and local domestic violence service providers.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Fountain Plaza Room at Cox College
1423 N Jefferson Ave,
Springfield, MO 65802
Registration is free and a light breakfast is provided.
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Please share in your Church bulletin boards and announcements!
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This event is open to all Springfield and surrounding community members and clergy. We hope to see you there!
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Good afternoon,
Domestic violence is a silent epidemic that affects many families in our community, and Greene County often leads the state in reported rates of domestic violence. Domestic Violence is often a precursor to homelessness, trauma, and declining health.
Survivors of domestic violence often first reach out to a trusted faith leader when experiencing abuse, and navigating these situations can often be complex and overwhelming.
To help support our local faith leaders, the Greene County Family Justice Center, Harmony House, Women’s Medical Respite, and the Southwest Missouri Chapter of Missouri Faith Voices are working together to provide training opportunities and additional resources related to domestic and family violence.
This October, please join us as we partner with Called to Peace Ministries to host a free collaborative workshop to help faith leaders recognize and respond to domestic violence in our community, and to begin building partnerships between our local victim services organizations and faith communities. We hope that will you join us for this event at Cox College on Thursday,
Thursday, October 19th, 2023 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Fountain Plaza Room at Cox College
1423 N Jefferson Ave,
Springfield, MO 65802
Registration is free and a light breakfast is provided.
You can register for the event by clicking "Domestic Violence and the Faith Community Link below
Please RSVP by October 13, 2023
Thank you,
Abigail Cool, Director, Women’s Medical Respite, execdirector@womensmedicalrespite.org
Charity Jordan, Prevention Education Coordinator, Harmony House, charityj@myharmonyhouse.org
Kai Sutton, Community Organizer, Southwest Missouri Chapter, Missouri Faith Voices, kaisutton21@gmail.com
Jamie Willis, Director, Greene County Family Justice Center, jwillis@greenecountymo.gov
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Called to Peace Ministries will also be presenting at our community’s annual Stop the Violence conference this year. This full day event will host several nationally-known speakers as a call to action to stop domestic and family violence in our community. Registration is free for this event, and attendance is available in-person and virtually. The event will be held at Missouri State University on Wednesday, October 18th from 8:00am to 5:00pm
Missouri State University
Plaster Student Union Building
1110 E Madison St, Springfield, MO 65897
Sponsored by Abilities First and Missouri State University. To register for the Stop the Violence Conference, please click on the link below.
We hope you will join us at both of these educational events! If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to any of us below.
Thank you,
Abigail Cool, Director, Women’s Medical Respite, execdirector@womensmedicalrespite.org
Charity Jordan, Prevention Education Coordinator, Harmony House, charityj@myharmonyhouse.org
Kai Sutton, Community Organizer, Southwest Missouri Chapter, Missouri Faith Voices, kaisutton21@gmail.com
Jamie Willis, Director, Greene County Family Justice Center, jwillis@greenecountymo.gov
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Turning Abilities into Opportunities
Abilities First is dedicated to ensuring that people with developmental disabilities can experience full inclusion where they live, learn, work, and play. Inclusion benefits everyone in our society. By bringing people together, our community can be strengthened to make a greater whole.
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Missouri State University
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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The Greene County Family Justice Center provides a wide range of services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, human trafficking and child abuse in the Springfield/Greene County area. Our services are trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and non-judgmental. We welcome survivors at any point in their process.
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The mission of Harmony House is to provide shelter, advocacy and education to survivors of domestic violence and promote the principle that all individuals have the right to a life free of abuse.
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Mission: Women’s Medical Respite delivers holistic care in a safe and clean temporary home for unsheltered women who are too ill to recover on the streets.
Vision: To sustain the healthy growth of WMR by creating and delivering programs and services that help medically fragile unsheltered women flourish.
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Called to Peace Ministries (CTPM) is a nondenominational, nonprofit, 501 (c)(3) ministry dedicated to offering hope and healing to women who have experienced various forms of abuse, particularly domestic abuse, and emotionally destructive relationships.
Our twofold mission is:
- to provide advocacy, support groups, and practical assistance to individuals affected by domestic abuse and
- to help churches and other organizations better respond to these issues through education and mentoring.
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Missouri Faith Voices
“Racism, poverty, financial predation and health inequities are co-conspirators in the negative health and the extraction of wealth that exist in too many communities across Missouri, especially in Black communities and other communities of Color.”
Missouri Faith Voices believes a better and different future is possible if people of faith, act courageously together to confront the fraudulent notion of white supremacy and the systemic issues it has produced.
We have a prophetic vision for all of the Creator’s people, a future in which everyone belongs, is ensured that their humanity will be affirmed and protected, their access to democracy will not be impaired and a future in which racial equity is not an aspiration but a reality.
http://www.missourifaithvoices.org/
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SWMO Chapter
MISSION
Compelled by our faith MFV is committed to transforming the lives of ordinary individuals and families who have been historically impacted due to racism and injustice by equipping them to challenge the systems that create those conditions and inviting community stakeholders to co-create a moral vision for Missouri and engage in the prophetic action necessary to make it a reality.
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We look forward to seeing you in October! | |
For more information about Women's Medical Respite, how to volunteer, know someone who needs our services and want to help them, receive ongoing information, or are a representative of the media or other organization wanting an interview, please scan the following QR code. | |
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Women's Medical Respite
P.O. Box 385
Springfield, Missouri 65801
417.225.7409
Abigail Cool, Executive Director
816.267.1884
execdirector@womensmedicalrespite.org
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Care Providers may refer women between
10 am-4 pm
Seven days a week
417.225.7409
Women's Medical Respite
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