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Honorary Chair Announced!

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Communities of Light 2018 Honorary Chair: Pam Mount

We’re excited to announce that Pam Mount, owner and operator of Terhune Orchards, will serve as our 17th Annual Communities of Light™ Peace Begins At Home Honorary Chair. Pam is an avid conservationist and agrotourism leader in New Jersey. Womanspace is thrilled to be working with Pam, a longtime supporter of Communities of Light and active member of the Mercer County community.

In addition to her role at Terhune, Pam has served on numerous state and local councils and boards, including the Lawrence Town Council, New Jersey Agricultural Society, Sustainable Jersey, and the Lawrence Community Foundation- just to name a few. Pam also served as mayor of Lawrenceville, and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the South Pacific. Pam was honored by the New Jersey Society of Women Environmental Professionals (NJSWEP) for her efforts to promote environmental sustainability in the local community and beyond, and has been honored for her Sustainable Jersey work. Pam has three children and nine grandchildren.

The Communities of Light campaign occurs every October in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness month. Beginning with our launch event on October 23, we encourage businesses, neighborhoods, and community organizations to purchase luminary kits, raise awareness of Womanspace’s services, and spread the message that “Peace Begins at Home.” The campaign concludes with a countywide luminary lighting on December 3, which serves as a powerful symbol of hope for those impacted by domestic and sexual violence in Mercer County.

Please join Womanspace for a free reception on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the D&R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton, New Jersey at 5:30 PM. All are welcome, but space is limited. Be sure to register by calling 609-394-0136 or emailing eat@womanspace.org.

Click here for sponsorship opportunities and more information on Communities of Light.

 

 

Save the Date! Barnes and Noble Book Fair

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Womanspace’s annual Book Fair at Barnes & Noble (Princeton Marketfair) will be held on Thursday, December 13 from 9 AM-10 PM. You can also support through online purchases! Please see flyer below for more details.

Peace Begins at Home

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Help light up the community with Womanspace for our

17th Annual Communities of Light™ Event

December 3, 2018

Link up – Illuminate- Light

 

During the winter solstice in December, Communities of Light™ (COL) candles line the streets of central New Jersey – a powerful symbol of hope for men, women and children impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking in our community. Communities of Light raises awareness of the services available to help those victims in Mercer County. The candles come from luminary kits which help spread our important message that Peace Begins at Home.

December 3 Municipal Lighting Information

East Windsor: Lighting will be at 5PM at East Windsor Municipal Building followed by refreshments. 16 Lanning Blvd. East Windsor, NJ, 08520
Ewing Township: Ceremony will be held at 5PM at the Ewing Township Municipal Building. 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ, 08628-1544.
Hamilton: Lighting at Dan Benson’s office 4:15-4:30PM. 3691 Nottingham Way, Trenton, NJ 08690
Hightstown: Proclamation and lighting at 4:30-7:30PM in front of the Hightstown Public Library. 148 N Main St Ste 2, Hightstown, NJ, 08520-3249
Hopewell Township: Municipal Building lighting at 4:30PM.  201 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560
Lawrence Township: Main Street Association: Weeden Park at 4:30PM
Pennington Borough: Lighting at Town Hall. 30 N Main St, Pennington, NJ, 08534-2203
Princeton: 4:30PM-5PM  SHARE lighting up Washington & Harrison Streets: Lighting, Post lighting reception: 5:30-6:30PM. Jammin Crepes reception (invite only)
Robbinsville: 4:30-5:50PM at the Municipal Building, light refreshments by Friendly’s.
Trenton: Lighting at 5-6PM Trenton City Hall. 319 East State Street Trenton, NJ 08609.
West Windsor: West Windsor Township: 5PM at the Municipal Building and Police Department. 271 Clarksville Rd, West Windsor, NJ, 08550-0038.

Community Lightings:
Rider University
The Lawrenceville School
Allentown Business Community Association
PASH
Princeton University- SHARE & Eating Clubs
Heavenly Havens Creamery- Allentown
Willamenas- Allentown
Palmer Square
Trenton Social

Click here for information about our Communities of Light Launch Event on October 23!

 


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Communities of Light Retail Locations to Purchase Kits

Please note: kits will be available at retail locations by late October/early November. Please contact retailers for kit availability.

Amerikick, 2901 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Casa Aziz, 4 Hulfish St., Princeton, NJ 08542

Chance on Main, 34 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534

DiverseStyle Salon, 3371 Brunswick Pike US Hwy 1, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

Domain Computer Services, Inc., 1 Corporate Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512

Doctor’s Express Urgent Care, 2222 Route 33, Suite H, Hamilton, NJ 08690

ERA Central Realty Robbinsville, 20 Main St., Robbinsville, NJ 08691

Everson’s Karate and Cardio Kickboxing, 2330 Hwy 33, Suite 102, Robbinsville, NJ 08691

Flip Body Fit, 2103 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619

Greater Eldridge Park Neighborhood Association (GENPA), 78 Meriline Avenue, Lawrence Twp., NJ 08648

Hamilton Horizons Federal Credit Union, 3535 Quakerbridge Road, Ste. 600, Hamilton, NJ 08619

Hamilton Washery, 121 Graffam Ave, Hamilton Township, NJ 08610

Heavenly Havens Creamery, 33 South Main St., Allentown, NJ 08501

Investors Bank, 160 Lawrenceville Pennington Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Karl Weidel Insurance, 23 South Warren St., Trenton, NJ 08610

Lawrenceville Home Improvement, 2821 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

McCaffrey’s Food Market- Princeton, 301 N Harrison St, Princeton, NJ 08540

McCaffrey’s Food Market- West Windsor, 335 Princeton Hightstown Rd, West Windsor Township, NJ 08550

Mrs. G TV and Appliance Store, 2720 US-1 BUS, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

Optique Boutique, 3371 US Hwy 1, Unit 154 Mercer Mall, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

Pennington Quality Market, 25 Route 31 South Suite X, Pennington, NJ 08534

Princeton Center for Yoga and Health, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman, NJ 08558

Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

Tony’s Farm and Garden Center, 1369 Route 130, Windsor, NJ 08561

Weidel Realtors, 190 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

Wilhelmina’s Gift Shop, 6 Church Street, Allentown, NJ 08501

 

Click here to download a flyer.
Click here to download a Retailer Participation Form. 

 

To read about our Honorary Chair, click here!

 

Get Involved today by purchasing a sponsorship and/or luminary kits!
Please note, luminary kits can be purchased at retail locations or on our website. If you purchase a kit on our website please visit our office (1530 Brunswick Ave., Lawrenceville NJ). We do not offer shipping.

 

 

Self-Defense Class to Benefit Womanspace

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Join us on Saturday, November 10 from 1-2:30 PM for a self-defense class benefiting Womanspace at Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in North Princeton. Please see flyer below for more details.

Communities of Light Launch 2018

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Womanspace invites the public to celebrate the launch of the 17th Annual Communities of Light on Tuesday, October 23, from 5:30-7:30 PM at D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ. The launch will include a free reception and a speech presented by the Communities of Light Honorary Chair. There will also be food and drink donated by D’Angelo Italian Market, Terhune Orchards, Pennington Quality Market, and Terra Momo Restaurant Group, and music by young artists Sahil Navani and Dillon Schindler.

This annual event marks National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October). The campaign will culminate in the Communities of Light Luminary Lighting Event on December 3, 2018, which includes hundreds of individual participants and community groups throughout the 12 municipalities in Mercer County. To RSVP for the Launch Event please call 609-394-0136 or email eat@womanspace.org. 

Designer Bag Auction

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The Women’s Council of Realtors will be holding a designer bag auction to benefit Womanspace on October 18 from 6-9 PM at the Mercer Oaks Country Club. Please see more details below.

Annual Meeting

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Please join us for our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 16 from 12-2 PM at the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton (2030 Old Trenton Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550). The Annual Meeting is your opportunity to exercise your membership rights. The meeting includes the annual report on the state of the agency, and recognition of Womanspace staff. This year we will also be recognizing Board Members who have served Womanspace for over 20 years. Advance registration is required and the cost is $35 per person. Please call 609-394-0136 to RSVP or register below. 

 

Art Show to Benefit Womanspace

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Please join us on October 12 and 13 for an art show benefiting Womanspace. More details below.

Art Exhibit by Agata May’kowska
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37 N. Main St
New Hope, PA 18938

Short Artist Bio and Statement

Agata May’kowska was born and raised in Poland. She immigrated to Mercer County, New Jersey in 2005, where she has lived ever since. Agata survived extended periods of sexual and psychological abuse, leading her to become homeless.  She has recovered fully from these difficulties and has now spent years volunteering in online support groups and with a local “street church” ministry that helps the homeless in Trenton. She has gone on to create a successful small business and become a very happy single mother to her beautiful teenage daughter.  In late 2017 she decided to use her work as a platform to bring awareness to psychological abuse and provide victims with a visual form to express their struggle and the power and beauty of their healing.

Working with acrylics and mixed media such as paper, broken mirrors and fabrics, she has been dedicating her work mainly to inspire others to appreciate the complexity and beauty of emotional healing and to live their lives wholeheartedly.

The artist is donating 10% of sales from her art to support non-profit organizations in preventing abuse, educating people and helping victims recover.

Volunteers Needed for Home School Tutoring Program!

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POSITION SUMMARY: Provide educational instructions under a home-schooling model to resident children of the Emergency Services.

REQUIREMENTS:  A time commitment of at least 6 months, with at least 4 hours scheduled per week.  Experience in teaching, or related degree preferred.

SPECIFIC DUTIES: Meet Monday through Thursday morning with children who are participating in the Home Schooling Program. Provide instructional lessons utilizing NJ Education Curriculum. Document all interaction.  Work either as a head tutor or assistant.  Maintain communication with Educational Coordinator.

TRAINING:  Womanspace volunteers are expected to complete trainings on the following topics: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Effects of Domestic Violence on Children.  Training related to the home schooling program activities is also expected.

SUPERVISION:  Weekly or bi-weekly meetings with Educational Coordinator.

Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Susan Adams at saa@womanspace.org or 609-394-0136 for more information.

24th Annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award Dinner Recap

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Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our 24th Annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award Dinner, held on Thursday, May 24 at the Westin in Princeton. Womanspace was proud to honor L.Y. Marlow, founder and CEO of Saving Promise, a national domestic violence prevention organization. Ms. Marlow left a successful corporate career to start Saving Promise, motivated by her own family’s experience of five generations of domestic violence. Saving Promise “advances evidence-based strategies, cross-sector collaboration and front line engagement to prevent intimate partner violence.”

Ms. Marlow graciously accepted her BBS Award and spoke to the audience of nearly 300 about the importance of family in overcoming abuse. The gratitude and love that L.Y. expressed for her step-father, a man who treated his family like gold and endeavored to “do the right thing” was particularly moving. Womanspace Executive Director, Pat Hart, Board President, Dr. Danielle Coppola, and Barbara Boggs Sigmund family members Stephen and Ruby Sigmund echoed Ms. Marlow’s words, reiterating the familial and community support that has sustained Womanspace for over 40 years.

This night would not have been possible without our sponsors, volunteers, and staff members. Thank you again for your generosity and support in our mission to end domestic and sexual violence in Mercer County.

Please be sure to check out our Summer 2018 Newsletter for more pictures! Coming soon to your mailbox.

BBS Event Committee and honoree L.Y. Marlow.

 Honoree L.Y. Marlow addressing the crowd.

Guests enjoying the dinner and presentation.

Volunteers assisting at registration.


Guests Jan Noonan, Landy Eaton, and friends.

 
Event Co-Chair Jigna Rao and friends.


Board Member Kristin Keller and her husband, Howard Keller.

Board Member Michelle Bajwa and husband, Rashaad Bajwa.


Development Director Lauren Nazarian and husband, Rony Nazarian.

Board Members Denise Taylor and Joanne Barlow with Denise’s daughter and honoree L.Y. Marlow.

Board President, Danielle Coppola, with son Max Kilbourne and honoree L.Y. Marlow.


Members of NJ’s Deaf Advocacy Project.

Sponsor and longtime supporter Cyndi Ricker and guests.

Board Member Charles Walker and guests.

Sponsors Mathematica.

 
Sponsors NJM Insurance.

Board Member Kristin Keller and sponsors Spur Marketing.


Executive Director, Pat Hart, with Raffle Winner Maeve Cannon.

 Guests enjoying the cocktail reception.


Sponsors Sleep and Wellness Associates.

Presenting Sponsors Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

 

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