Help Light the Town Purple to Commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month

This is a profoundly distressing time both for people who are being mistreated by
their intimate partner and for the local programs that are supporting them. Major
cuts in both Federal and State funding have had a serious impact on agencies
providing services to those affected by domestic violence.
Adding to that already difficult reality, anticipated reductions at the federal level
in the country’s safety net programs AND the ripple effects of ICE’s activity
throughout Greater Boston are greatly increasing the anxiety of many of our
already vulnerable neighbors who are navigating life with an intimate partner – or
ex-partner - that mistreats them.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time for our community to
come together and stand in solidarity with survivors and their families. Once
again, the Roundtable cordially invites community members to shine purple lights
in their neighborhoods by adding purple lights to indoor lamps, porches, or
outside house lights. Invite your friends and neighbors to join you and shine a
light in the darkness. Won’t you join our efforts! Together, we can create a sea of
purple lights that symbolizes our community's commitment to fostering safety
and healing.
For your convenience, purple light bulbs will be available at Ace Hardware, 70
Andrew Ave., Wayland, and Aubuchon Hardware, 505 Boston Post Road (Shaw’s
Plaza), Sudbury. The bulbs fit regular sockets. Thank you to Ace Hardware in
Wayland and Aubuchon Hardware in Sudbury for stocking the purple light bulbs.
The traumas of domestic violence are harmful and long-lasting, and the
Roundtable continues to seek community support in building awareness of the
signs and causes of relationship violence and sources of possible support and
safety. We continue to work toward the creation of a more caring and equitable
society that does not tolerate violence or any person’s domination of another, be
it in relation to gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, geographic region, or

economic status. If you are concerned you or someone in your life might be
experiencing relationship abuse, local support can be found on the Roundtable
website at domesticviolenceroundtable.org. If you are interested in learning
more about the Roundtable and volunteering opportunities, please email the
Roundtable at infodvrt@gmail.com