Third Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk and Candlelight Vigil Thursday, October 24, 2013


October 24, 2013 Starting at the Vance County Courthouse Steps

5:30PM: Walk begins

6:00 PM: Candlelight Vigil

The activities include:

Welcome-  Antonia Pedroza, Jr., Director of Vance County  Department of Social Services

Prayer-  Sheriff Peter White

Proclamation-  Mayor James D. “Pete” O’Geary

Statistical Data-  Lt. Irvin Robinson, Henderson Police Department

Commitment and Balloon Release-  Jacquetta Bullock, Executive Director of New Direction Ministries

Explanation of the Purple Shoe Display- Cassandra Hart, Vance County Department of Social Services

Survivor Testimony-

Message of Hope-  The Honorable Judge Carolyn J. Yancey

Lighting of the Candles- Kanika Turrentine, Founder and CEO of Infinite Possibilities, Inc.

Song- South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church Youth Choir

Moment of Silence- Dorian Locklear, Structured Family Interventions, LLC

Closing Prayer-  Sheriff Peter White

ADJOURNMENT