National Domestic Violence Awareness Month continues for October and Brown County is supporting the effort to make the public aware of issue and work to understand how domestic violence threatens the fabric of society.

Brown County Commissioners approved a county proclamation today to recognized National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Sherry Ornelas from the ARK read the proclamation to a packed commissioner’s court meeting today.  It read in part:

“Brown County declares October to be National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and urge all of our citizens to actively participate in scheduled activities and programs that work toward improving victim safety and holding predators of domestic abuse accountable for their actions against individual victims in our society as a whole.”

The ARK kicked off the month with a free sausage wrap lunch last week and will have a Candlelight Vigil at Girling Center for Social Justice – Tuesday October 27th  7pm.

For more information about the ARK and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, CLICK HERE.