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Purple Light Campaign returns to Invermere
From November 21, for two weeks, Invermere’s main street will once again be lit by the glow of purple lights!
The main goal of this campaign is to raise the awareness of domestic violence in our community. Why purple lights? Purple is the color that symbolizes courage, survival and honour. It has come to represent the movement to end abuse.
Abuse can happen to a friend, a neighbor, your sister or mother. Any woman you know could be a victim of violence in her household, at the hand of her partner, spouse or friend.
On December 6, 1989 at the Ecole Poytechnique in Montreal, Marc Lepine entered a classroom where he separated the men from the women students. After claiming that he was “fighting feminism” he specifically targeted women; killing 14 women, injuring 10 other women and four men.
Violence happens to men too. We cannot disregard the abuses inflicted upon men, also by a partner, spouse or friend.
On December 6 the Women’s Resource Centre will hold their annual candlelight vigil to remember the victims we have lost to violence, support those who have survived abuse and give hope to those still living with abuse. The vigil will be held at Frater Landing, Invermere (Interior World courtyard) at 4:45 p.m.
– An initiative of The Family Resource Centre
