Treat yourself to lunch and join the Cherokee County DV Task Force at Dos Margaritas for an end of year social.
12/9/11 12:00-1:30
Dos Margaritas
1558 Riverstone Parkway
Canton, GA 30114
Hope to see you there!
Mission Statement
The Cherokee County Domestic Violence Task Force’s vision is to strengthen and sustain the coordinated community response to family violence in Cherokee County, Georgia.
The Cherokee County Domestic Violence Task Force will accomplish this by:
• Increasing perpetrator accountability
• Enhancing victim safety
• Promoting systemic change by providing ongoing and evolving education and awareness to the community at large.
The Cherokee County Domestic Violence Task Force will accomplish this by:
• Increasing perpetrator accountability
• Enhancing victim safety
• Promoting systemic change by providing ongoing and evolving education and awareness to the community at large.
Meeting Information
- Meetings take place on the second Friday of each month at the Historic Courthouse in Canton, Georgia.
- Networking begins at 12:00
- Meeting begins at 12:30
Contributing Members
Community Resources
Counseling Resources
- Choice Counseling Center
- Cherokee Center for Change
- Focus Counseling & Training
Law Enforcement
Legal Resources
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- General Information
- Chair: Niki Lemeshka
- Vice-Chair: Chastity Warren
- Secretary: Jessica Benenati
- Fatality Review Chair: Tommie DeGonzague
- Events & Outreach Co-Chair: Lisa Williams
- Events & Outreach Co-Chair: Heather Carter
- Education & Training Co-Chair: Rebekah Shelnutt
- Education & Training Co-Chair: David Simmons
Community Partners
- Cherokee CASA for Children
- MADD Cherokee
- Drug Free Cherokee
- McStatts' Printing
- Ahimsa House
- Georgia Meth Project
- Cherokee FOCUS
- United 4 Safety
Teen Dating Violence Information
December 6
September 29
September 12
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We had a great meeting on 9/9/11. Those that attended dusted off their arts and crafts skills and put the final touches on our awareness activity for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. Task Force members will be asking local businesses to post a notice that they support ending domestic violence for the duration of October. These will be available for pickup the last week of September.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for our next meeting on Friday 10/14/11. The meeting with feature a presentation by Amy Economopoulos of the Anna Crawford Children’s Center.
August 12
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Thanks to everyone who came out for today’s networking lunch. We had a great group, received some exciting news from a very special guest, and made some new connections with our allies. We are already looking forward to our next meeting on September 9th!
August 10
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Please Join us for an Extended Networking Session
Treat yourself to lunch and
Get to know your colleagues
Discuss pressing issues
Review upcoming Task Force events
August 12, 2011 12:30-1:30
Dos Margaritas
1558 Riverstone Parkway
Canton, GA 30114
Bringing a friend and/or coworker is encouraged.
August 7
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We would love to put a group together of Task Force members interested in attending this training. Send an email to CherokeeDVTaskForce@gmail.com if you have registered and would like to carpool.
Meeting Reminder for 7/8/11
July 7
Task Force members,
We recognize that getting to meetings during the summer can be a bit of a challenge, but want to encourage our regular members to attend tomorrow’s meeting. There will be no speaker, but we will be holding a discussion on the recent tragic death of a local victim, Shannon Lawrence. Tommie DeGonzague, our Fatality Review Committee Chair, will be leading the discussion about the systems involvement in this particular case. While this case is not yet appropriate for a traditional fatality review, we feel strongly that there are valuable insights into how we all work that can come out of this terrible event, and hope to engage in a discussion, rather than a review, on the matter.
The meeting will take place on Friday 7/8/11 in the 2nd floor of this Historic Courthouse in Canton. Networking and (bring your own) lunch will begin at 12:00 and discussion will begin at 12:30. Guests are welcome to participate in the discussion. We look forward to seeing you!
Meeting Reminder for 6/10/11
June 9
Don’t forget, tomorrow is the second Friday of the month (6/10/11)- DV Task Force Meeting. We are pleased to have Stan Hall, the Director of the Gwinnett County Victim Witness Assistance Program speak to us.
To learn more about Stan, please visit his website.
Meeting will be held in the Historic Courthouse in downtown Canton, 2nd floor, from 12:00-1:30. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Bring your lunch if you’d like.
Meeting reminder for 5/13/11
May 12
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Please Join us for our Monthly Meeting Featuring a special presentation from Susan Roberts of the YWCA of Northwest Georgia. Susan will be discussing myths and facts about sexual assault as well as local resources for victims.
May 13, 12:00-1:30
Downtown Canton, Historic Courthouse, Second Floor
April 11
Thanks to everyone that came out for the Tree Planting Ceremony for Crime Victims’ Rights Week! We look froward to seeing you at the rest of our events this week.
