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Red Bank Luminaries to Shine a Light on Children Affected by Domestic Violence
The month of April is nationally recognized as Child Abuse Prevention month. During this time, many organizations spread awareness of children’s needs and the importance of services designed to meet these needs. The Amanda’s Easel Creative Arts Therapy Program of 180 Turning Lives Around is spreading the message of healing [...]
12th Annual International Transgender Day of Visibility
The 12th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility (ITDOV) created by transgender advocate Rachel Crandall, takes place on March 31, 2021. ITDOV recognizes the many contributions, accomplishments, and victories of people within the transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse communities. It is also a time for raising awareness of on-going physical and emotional [...]
Amplify our voices & stand with the Asian American Pacific Islander Community
Dear Friends of 180, We were profoundly saddened and outraged about last week's murders in Georgia that took eight lives, six of whom were Asian American women. This targeted, hate-driven, and violent act was fueled by violence against women and racism. Beyond denouncing anti-Asian violence, civil rights advocates both at [...]
Lifting the Voices of the Transgender & Nonbinary Community
In recognition of Women’s History Month, 180 Turning Lives Around honors and lifts the voices of Transgender and Nonbinary folx. We recognize that Trans womanhood is womanhood, as there are many ways to exist in the mosaic of gender. Trailblazers such as Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Roberta Elizabeth [...]
Black History Month: What you may not know about Rosa Parks.
Dear Friends of 180, Most of us remember Rosa Parks as an iconic woman in the civil rights movement for her refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her brave act was a catalyst for change. What you may [...]
Cindi Westendorf – Forever in our Hearts & Forever Present in Our Mission
Cindi Westendorf Program Director 180's Amanda's Easel Creative Arts Therapy Program Forever in our hearts Forever present in our mission to end domestic violence Dear Friends of 180, We recently lost a treasured member of the 180 family - Cindi Westendorf, Program Director of 180's Amanda's Easel Creative Arts Therapy [...]