Sunday Salon series raises funds for domestic violence survivor services

More than 90 percent of domestic violence survivors seeking services in Ohio will not go to a shelter; but at Women Helping Women, non-residential services like court and law enforcement advocacy, in addition to support groups, are provided to more than 12,000 survivors each year.
 
To help fund these services throughout Hamilton and Butler counties, WHW is hosting its Sunday Salon series for the 18th year. 
 
“The salons run from socially conscious to just plain fun,” says Kendall Fisher, Women Helping Women’s executive director. “What’s kind of neat about them is they mirror the way the agency was formed—it’s a small group of community members coming together to make a difference—so you really get a chance to interact with the speaker.”
 
Speakers range in specialty from historians and zoologists to nationally renowned Holocaust educators.
 
“We just hope participants will get some raised awareness and consciousness about what is going on in their own community, and some inspiration on how each individual can make a difference,” Fisher says.
 
Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking are issues that Fisher says have, in all likelihood, impacted someone we all know. But they’re also topics, she says, that can be “intimidating” and “a little bit scary” for some people.
 
Sunday Salons, however, are a way for individuals to join together to make a difference in an unintimidating environment.
 
“It’s a simple, fun, engaging and nonthreatening way to make a real difference for survivors in our community,” Fisher says. “And people can get involved in any way they’d like.”