Chicago's biggest DV booster happens to be our mayor!
December 3, 2013 at 3:45pm
Those
of us in the domestic violence community already know that Mayor Rahm
Emanuel feels passionately for its victims. Earlier this year, he was
instrumental in seeing that a $1.8M settlement the city received from a
recently resolved legal battle with a strip club would be earmarked for a
new domestic violence shelter. The dedication and groundbreaking,
attended by Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Dick Durbin took place
last month for the first shelter to be built in Chicago in more than a
decade.Now comes word that he is creating a intergovernmental task force to specifically address domestic violence. His office will be partnering with the police department, Cook County State's Attorney's office, the department of Family and Support Services and other advocacy groups in a collaborative effort to save lives.
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