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A Newsletter for Members and Friends of the YWCA of Salt Lake City
Inside this issue:
YWCA Centennial
Legacy Bridge
2
Campus Expansion
Update
2
Why Does She Stay?
3
Donor RecognitionMarch - June 2007
4
Volunteer Information Insert
YWCA Upcoming
Events
Insert
&6
Who was Sojourner Truth?
(c.1797 – 1883)
The YWCA of Salt Lake
City’s newsletter is named
Sojourner, in honor of
Sojourner Truth’s advocacy
for women’s rights and
elimination of racism. Born
into slavery in Ulster County,
New York, Isabella
Baumfree was freed by the
New York State Emancipation Act of 1827. In 1843,
Isabella changed her name to
Sojourner Truth, stating that
she felt God had given her a
new name and she was to
travel and preach about
abolition. Sojourner belonged
to an active group of black
women abolitionists and
became an advocate for
women’s rights, attracting
large crowds whenever she
spoke. Tall, gaunt, and
commanding, her homely
eloquence and native wit
disarmed hostile crowds. She
continued to be a strong
advocate for human rights
until her death in 1883.
Summer 2007
Utah’s First Family Justice Center Opens its Doors
Wrapping Services around Victims of Family Violence
Utah’s first Family Justice
Center opened in Salt Lake
City on Thursday, May 3,
2007 in the garden level of
the YWCA Lolie Eccles
Center. Currently, the Family
Justice Center is open
Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. Beginning Monday,
August 13, the Center will be
open Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. As funding
becomes available, the Center
hopes to open full time in the
fall. The Family Justice
Center, which served a total
of 87 visitors in its first two
months of operation, brings
specialized services together
in one place. This new and
promising model aims to
address family violence by
wrapping services around
victims of family violence to
strengthen their safety and
increase offender
accountability. Family
violence is at the heart of
public safety and health: it
devastates families, strains
public and private resources
and reaches across
generations.
The Family Justice Center has
served an average of eight to
nine new visitors per week
since opening in May,
bringing the total visits to 87
as of the first week in July.
Thirteen of those have been
repeat visits, with visitors
returning one or more times
for additional services. The
Family Justice Center will
hold its Grand Opening on
location on Friday, August 17
at 10:00 a.m. and tours will be
available until 1:00 p.m.
The Family Justice Center is
the result of collaborative
efforts and the hard work of
many public and private
agencies and groups,
including the Safe at Home
Coalition, and planning
Family Justice Center
visitors are given the
opportunity to:
● Report a crime to the police
● Check the status of a police
report
● Obtain assistance with
protective orders
● Speak to a victim advocate
● Contact a prosecuting attorney
to learn about the criminal
process
● Contact a prosecuting attorney
to discuss a pending criminal
case
● Obtain shelter and housing
assistance
● Find support groups
● Gain access to employment
and job training services
(Continued on page five)
YWCA Volunteer Spreads the Message of Hope
Ellen Eichenblatt was named
“Volunteer of the Year” at the
YWCA’s Annual
Membership Meeting in June.
Jan Smith, YWCA volunteer
coordinator, presented Ms.
Eichenblatt the award for her
outstanding service to the
Women in Jeopardy Program.
Ms. Eichenblatt volunteered
in the crisis shelter as a
volunteer shelter advocate for
four years, contributing 1,255
hours of service. She
supported residents and staff
by answering crisis calls,
conducting intake interviews,
preparing rooms for new
residents, and taking the time
to care and listen. Her talents,
Ellen Eichenblatt and Jan Smith
(Continued on page five)
YWCA of Salt Lake City: A voice for women. A force for change. A place for hope. For 100 years.
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Board of Directors
Lori Teske Hudson
Board President
Barbara Bearnson
Rebecca Chavez-Houck
Kaye T. Jorgensen
Jana Laney
Nicole Larson
Jackie Lalor
Jennifer Mackintosh
Julien Puzey
Peggy M. Stone
Beth Strathman
Cindy Yamada Thomas
Lynn Trenbeath
Constance B. White
Denise M. Winslow
Sabina Zunguze
Elaine Weiss
Honorary Board Member
Community
Advisory Board
Susan O’Donnell Flaim
Chair
Pamela Atkinson
Dave Buchman
Gladys Gonzalez
Eric Jergensen
Paula Green Johnson
Dave Jones
Crystal Maggelet
Mary Schubach McCarthey
Chieko Okazaki
Dinesh Patel
Stormy Simon
R. Steven Taylor
Shelley Thomas Williams
Lynnie Zimmerli
SOJOURNER—YWCA OF SALT LAKE CITY
Summer 2007
YWCA Campus Expansion Update
In Fall 2005, the YWCA
launched a Centennial
Capital Campaign to
fund Phase I of its long
term master plan,
including a new
domestic violence
Crisis Shelter and
Residence for Women
and Children, and a
confidential walk-in
Center for Families. The
YWCA estimates that
the new Crisis Shelter
and Residence will
increase the number of
beds available in its main
building by 50% and
2,000 individuals will be
served in the Center for
Families. To date, the
YWCA has raised nearly
$14 million in private
charitable gifts to
support Phase I, and is
working diligently to
raise the final funding
needed to cover
escalating construction
costs. In early 2007, a
design team was formed
with ajc Architects to
design the new buildings
in the expanded campus.
A site survey, soils
investigation, and Phase
I environmental
assessment are now in
progress. The YWCA
Design Steering
Committee reviewed and
updated the architectural
master plan completed in
2005, and obtained
updated cost estimates
for the new Crisis Shelter
and Residence totaling
$15 million. The YWCA
plans to break ground in
Spring 2008. Together
we are creating lasting
social change for
generations to come—
thank you!
If you have questions about the Centennial
Capital Campaign or would like make a
donation to the campaign, please contact
Carrie Romano at 801.573-3372 or
[email protected].
YWCA Centennial Legacy Bridge
A Gift from Women in this Century to Women in the Next
Anne Burkholder
Chief Executive Officer
Helen and Mary Jane Jarman
One hundred remarkable women—
honored with the YWCA Centennial
Women’s Legacy Bridge—will create a
lasting legacy for generations to come.
In May 2007, the YWCA launched a new YWCA
Women’s Centennial Legacy Bridge Campaign.
The YWCA is seeking one hundred charitable gifts
of $10,000 each to create a meaningful, unrestricted
endowment to support and sustain the life-changing
work of the YWCA in its next century of service.
Charitable gifts for the YWCA Women’s
Centennial Legacy Bridge can be made by
individuals or families in the name of, honor of, or
memory of a mother, wife, grandmother, daughter,
sister, aunt, friend, or oneself. Gifts can be paid in
full or pledged and paid over a three to five year
pledge period. The names of 100 women will be
permanently engraved on the YWCA Centennial
Legacy Bridge within the YWCA’s newly expanded
campus, where family and friends can visit, honor,
remember, and celebrate.
Contact Beth Ehrhardt, YWCA Chief Development
Officer, at 801.537.8614 or [email protected]
with questions, to schedule a tour of the YWCA, or
to attend a presentation on the Women’s Centennial
Legacy Bridge.
YWCA of Salt Lake City: A voice for women. A force for change. A place for hope. For 100 years.
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SOJOURNER—YWCA OF SALT LAKE CITY
Why Does She Stay?
What barriers get in the
way of a woman leaving a
violent relationship?
Leaving is a process, and
many women may be using
active strategies to
maximize their safety and
the safety of their children
long before they actually
leave. Women who are
victims of domestic
violence are sometimes
blamed for being abused,
exposing their children to
abuse, or not leaving a
batterer. This blame ignores
the fact that most battered
women care deeply about
their children’s safety and
they work hard to protect
them both from physical
assaults by an abusive
partner and from the harm
of poverty and isolation that
may result from leaving.1
The most frequently cited
reason for staying in an
abusive relationship is
financial dependence. There
are other barriers to leaving
- hope that things will
change and that the abuse
will stop, fear that leaving
will result in death, and fear
that the children will be
taken away. There is also a
great deal of familial,
cultural and religious
pressure to keep the family
together.
Elaine Weiss, an author and
survivor, explains the
complexity of leaving an
abuser: “You might assume
that when abuse enters a
relationship, love
1
immediately exits. To some
extent this is true. However,
like much of domestic
abuse, it is more
complicated than that.
Many abused women
ultimately stop loving the
man who is abusing them,
their love eroded by his
deliberate attacks on her
mind, body, and spirit. It
can take substantial time,
though. If you want to help
a family member or a friend
who is being abused, you
must never forget that she
might still love him…After
all, every single one of us
has been in an intimate
relationship with someone.
Did we pick someone we
hated? Of course not. We
picked someone we loved.
So did she.”2
Women of color, immigrant
women, and refugees face
additional barriers to
leaving violent
relationships. There can be
communication problems
based on language and
cultural differences; a lack
of familiarity with law
enforcement, judicial,
immigration, and other
systems; a lack of
knowledge about their
rights and how the law can
protect them; perceptions of
bias in the criminal justice
system and lack of
confidence that service
systems will protect them
and their children; fear of
police and other authorities
based on experiences in
Safe from the Start: Taking Action on Children Exposed to Violence,
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000.
2
Elaine Weiss, Ed.D, Family and Friends Guide to Domestic Violence:
How to Listen, Talk, and Take Action When Someone You Care About is
Being Abused (Oxford, CA: Volcano Press, Inc., 2003), 33.
3
Weiss, 2, 35.
4
Weiss, 9-10.
their native countries; a
lack of legal residency
status, resulting in isolation
and dependence on their
partner; social and cultural
isolation; and social stigma.
The underlying question
remains, “Why doesn’t she
just leave?” Although
commonly heard, this
question implies that the
victim is to blame for the
abuse. The more sensitive
question would be “What
keeps her in this abusive
relationship?” and the most
important question is “Why
don’t these abusers just
stop?”
It is important to realize
that abused women do
leave. Ms. Weiss explains,
“They leave all the time.
Against all odds, often at
enormous risk, they leave…
Generally, leaving slowly
with a plan is safer and
more successful than
running out the door in a
panic. The women who get
away safely, the women
who don’t go back, are the
ones who have already
grown strong inside.”3
Summer 2007
Association Nominating
Committee
Frances Battle
Chair
Cheryl Coffin
Trish Dahl
Colette Herrick
Nicole Larson
Michelle Thompson
Ze Min Xiao
Young Women’s
Leadership Board
Joelle Whelan
President
Miranda Barnard
Jamie Bowen
Sarah Brown
Ashlee Christofferson
Erin Farr
Frances Johnson
Holly Martak
Tristen McDonald
Jessica Turner
Jen Wallace
Tiffany Wharton
If you or someone you know
needs help, please contact the
YWCA at 801.537.8600, the
Utah Domestic Violence
Hotline at 800.897.LINK or
the National Domestic Violence
Hotline at 800.799.SAFE.
“For an abused woman, leaving the relationship is never a single act.
It is always a process.
The process of escaping from domestic abuse is one of quiet
strengthing.
It can happen so silently, over such a long period of time,
that you will be unaware of it.
You may even feel frustrated, because your words and actions
seem to be having no impact.
It seems as though nothing is happening.
She looks as though she is a passive participant in her life,
willing to swallow whatever her abuser dishes out.
But don’t be too sure of that.
There is a parallel in the insect world.
Substantial energy is required for a moth to lift itself in flight.
The wing muscles must reach a certain critical temperature
before they can move the wings fast enough to let the moth fly.
Until that temperature is reached, flight is impossible.”4
-Elaine Weiss
YWCA of Salt Lake City: A voice for women. A force for change. A place for hope. For 100 years.
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Summer 2007
Utah’s First Family Justice Center Opens its Doors
(Continued from page one)
discussions first began at the
YWCA in late 2004. The five
“cornerstone partners” for the
pilot Family Justice Center
are the Legal Aid Society of
Salt Lake, the Salt Lake City
Police Department, the Salt
Lake City Prosecutors Office,
Utah Department of
Workforce Services, and the
YWCA of Salt Lake City.
For information on
volunteering at the Family
Justice Center, please see the
Volunteers Welcome! section
of the insert, or contact Jan
Smith at 537.8601/
[email protected].
“Victim safety and successful prosecution go hand in hand.
Wrapping services around victims of family violence will
strengthen victim safety and increase offender
accountability. A safe victim is much more likely to
prosecute her offender than a victim who fears for her life
and the lives of her children, and faces poverty and
homelessness if she leaves home.”
Sim Gill, Salt Lake City Prosecutor and
Safe at Home Coalition Chair
Family Violence Statistics
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A recent study showed that 10% of all women treated in the local emergency department of LDS Hospital had been physically
assaulted by their partner in the past year; 40% indicated that they had in their lifetime, and no differences were found with
regard to race, religion or socioeconomic status (Todd Allen, M.D. et al, LDS Hospital, October 2002).
Last year there were 28 domestic violence–related deaths in Utah with 16 children present at seven of the deaths (Utah Domestic
Violence Council, 2007). Although the number of deaths related to domestic violence did decrease from 2005 to 2006, the data
overall demonstrate a steady upward trend in the number of deaths since 2000 (United Way of Salt Lake 2007 Needs
Assessment).
Statewide, there were more than 44,000 crisis calls last year and requests from over 1,900 families could not be met by Utah’s
sixteen domestic violence shelters because they were full when victims called or arrived. 3,626 women, men and children were
sheltered in the state of Utah last year (DCFS, 2006 Annual Report).
According to the Utah Point in Time count conducted on January 23, 2007, over 33% of the sheltered homeless families were
homeless due to domestic violence, and nearly 11% of the sheltered individuals were victims of domestic violence (Salt Lake
Homeless Coordinating Council, 2007).
The National Center on Family Homelessness reports 92% of homeless mothers have experienced severe physical or sexual
assault during their lifetimes. Homeless children have also been exposed to violence at extremely high rates – 62% of formerly
homeless, extremely low-income children have been exposed to violence, and for children over age 12, the rate of exposure is
83% (National Center on Family Homelessness, “Homelessness Families and Trauma-Basic Facts,” www.familyhomelessness.org).
YWCA Volunteer Spreads the Message of Hope
(Continued from page one)
of Salt Lake City fulfilled Ms.
experience, and personal
commitment to the YWCA’s
Eichenblatt’s long-time desire
mission of eliminating racism
to serve in a domestic
and empowering women
violence shelter. Talking
helped to restore hope to the
about her experience working
local women and children at
with women at the YWCA,
the shelter with whom she
Ellen explained: “By the time
came into contact.
these women call and come to
Volunteering with the YWCA
the shelter, all I can see is the
beginning of hope and a new
life. While the statistics are
not always in their favor, I
focus on the HOPE. With
hope in our lives, everything
else is possible. We either
make ourselves miserable or
we make ourselves strong –
the amount of energy is the
same. The capacity for hope
is the most significant fact of
life. It provides human beings
with a sense of destination
and the energy to get
started.”
Juneteenth… is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the enslaved in Galveston, Texas received word of their
freedom. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation which had become official January 1, 1863. Juneteenth is a day where we can all take one step closer together to better utilize the energy wasted on racism. (www.juneteenth.com)
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Monday, August 13th - Family Justice Center extends hours; open Monday,
Tuesday, & Thursday from 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Friday, August 17th - Family Justice Center Grand Opening; 10:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Tuesday, September 18th - “Successitea” — Young Women’s Leadership Board
Friday, October 5th - 19th Annual YWCA LeaderLuncheon
Saturday, October 13th - Friday, October 19th - Week Without Violence
Please visit www.ywca.com or call 801.537.8601 for more information on our upcoming events.
This newsletter is published quarterly for
members and friends of the YWCA of Salt
Lake City. Please call 801.537.8619 with
comments or questions regarding this
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Beth Ehrhardt
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errors, please call 801.537.8603. Thank you!
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the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and
values. Strengthened by diversity, the Association draws together
members who strive to create opportunities for women’s growth,
leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace,
justice, freedom, and dignity for all people. The Association will thrust
its collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists
and by whatever means necessary.
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The 4th Annual Sinclair Golf
Scramble raised more than $33,000 for the
YWCA. Thank you to the following
individuals and corporations for their
generous contributions of time and resources!
* Pictures from YWCA Week Without Violence 2005
Acosta Nestle Waters
Admiral Beverage Corporation M&M Distributing
Ballet West
Bell Brothers
Blackett Oil
Cardwell Distributing
Carlson Distributing
Charshaw
Christensen Oil Company
ConAgra Foods
Condord
Coremark
Dats Trucking
Enterprise
Robert G. & Mignon J. Ervin
General Credit Forms
General Distributing Company
Gilbarco
Hale Oil Company
Hardy Enterprises
Harmons
Haycock Petroleum
Holiday Oil
Hone Oil
Innospec
Jenkins Oil
Kellerstrass Oil
Kellogs
Kenneth L. Hennefer & Associates
Kraft Foods Global
Kustom Kanopies
KUTV 2
Link Snacks
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Little America - SLC
Mansfield Oil Bob & Christine Clingan
Maverik Country Stores
Morgan Stanley Bank
Mountain View Marketing
Mountain West Sports West
O.C. Tanner
Pepsi
Petroleum Equipment Company
Pierce Oil
Premium Oil
Qwest
Revolution Mountain Sports
Thomas & Mary Schubach McCarthey
Simons Petroleum
Swire Coca-Cola
United Diesel Service
Verifone
Vision Sign
Wasatch Distributing Company
West Winds TS
Western Petroleum
Westgate Hotel
Wind River Petroleum
WPMA
Wright Express
Thank you to Sinclair Oil for their gift
of $7,500 in addition to hosting this
wonderful event!
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sponsorship opportunities or
tickets, please contact Elizabeth
at 537.8619/ [email protected].
Phoebe Eng
Phoebe Eng is a national
lecturer, strategy consultant,
and author of Warrior
Lessons, a memoir-based
account of race, empowerment, and leadership in a
rapidly changing world. She
is said to “empower audiences
with her uplifting message of
the individual’s ability to
create social change.” She has
worked with a broad
Vote! Vote! Vote!
Why young women need to get out and vote
and what issues are affecting you most
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
7:00 p.m.
The TAO
900 East 2030 South
Please RSVP to Jan
801.537.8601 / [email protected]
The YWCA thanks the TAO and the Tea Grotto for their
generous support.
spectrum of institutions —
ranging from government
agencies, to Fortune 500
companies, to universities —
helping them to understand
the complexities and
challenges of providing
access and opportunity in a
multicultural society, and to
develop communications
strategies to enhance the
participation of underrepre-
The “Successiteas”
discussion series, hosted
by the YWCA Young
Women’s Leadership
Board, was created to
encourage dialogue
among young women
regarding a variety of
issues — leadership
development, economic
empowerment, political
advocacy — in a
welcoming, comfortable
environment that fosters
mutual respect, support,
and friendship.
The Young Women’s Leadership Board provides guidance and direction to
the YWCA of Salt Lake City in its efforts to engage young women under 35
through membership, special events, programming and outreach.
Volunteers Welcome!
The Family Justice Center
is looking for volunteers to
join Laura, Marcella,
Marian, Tammy, and
Wendy - The Fabulous
Five! Family Justice Center
volunteers provide
hospitality, childcare and
most importantly, assist
with visitor intakes.
The YWCA is looking for
mature women volunteers for
the Teen Home, the Women in
Jeopardy program, and the
Residential Self-Sufficiency
program.
Please contact Jan Smith at
537.8601/ [email protected]
regarding these
opportunities.
Please consider including the YWCA of Salt Lake City in
your estate planning. One simple method is to make a
bequest (provision) in your last will and testament. Your
financial advisor or attorney can help you create the
bequest. Please call Beth Ehrhardt, Chief Development Officer, (801)537-8614 if you have any questions.
YWCA of Salt Lake City: A voice for women. A force for change. A place for hope. For 100 years.