Melrose White Ribbon Day

The following was submitted by the Melrose Alliance Against Violence and Men4MAAV.

On Thursday, March 5th at 7:00pm at the VFW on 428 Main Street Melrose, Melrose will host its 2nd Annual White Ribbon Day event to call upon men to stand up and be counted as allies against violence towards women. The White Ribbon Campaign was created by a group of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary one man’s massacre of 14 women in Montreal. Today it’s a worldwide campaign in over 60 countries.

The brief, 45-minute ceremony on March 5th will include a Proclamation of White Ribbon Day in Melrose, keynote speakers Anthony and Eric McGriff, remarks from city and community leaders, young men from Melrose High School leading a pledge of nonviolence, and raising a White Ribbon Day flag to increase awareness. The event is sponsored by the City of Melrose Mayor’s Office and Men4MAAV, an initiative launched by the Safe Steps for Melrose project, a partnership between the Melrose Alliance Against Violence, Melrose Public Schools, Melrose Police Department and other community agencies.

While the purpose of the event is to bring men together, women are more than welcome to attend. The Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign is sponsored by Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. More information about the campaign is at: http://www.janedoe.org/whiteribbonday.

For more information visit www.maav.org or contact MAAV at 781-662-2010.