Helping to “lead the change” needed to prevent violence against women and girls by promoting respectful relationships is at the heart of an event in Wodonga next week.
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The Community Walk Against Family Violence will be on Wednesday as part of the international campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
Supported through a grant from Border Trust, the walk has been organised by Junction Support Services, the Salvation Army and the Department of Human Services.
Junction families and children’s specialist services manager Tahlia McCulloch said the walk would allow people to “come together” to lead that change.
She said Junction saw the impact of family violence – a significant cause of homelessness – and its lifelong impact.
Salvation Army Captain Christine Abram encouraged people to join the walk to show support for people experiencing family violence and to help promote respectful relationships.
“The Salvation Army in Wodonga supports people who are homeless because of family violence,” she said.
“We see people who have used drugs and alcohol to ‘wipe themselves out’ because it is hard to get out of an abusive relationship and they lose hope.
“And we also see the terrible effect family violence has on children. Family violence is terrible. And it is happening in our community.”
Speakers at the walk will include the region’s top ranking police officer Acting Superintendent Joy Arbuthnot and Business Wodonga president Graham Jenkin.
It will then head down High Street, finishing with a free barbecue in Junction Place at noon.
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