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Pulitzer Prize winner from Oak Ridge the featured speaker at YWCA event

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Ellen Reid (Photo by James Matthew Daniel)

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, an Oak Ridge native, will be the featured speaker at a YWCA event next week.

It’s the second Talk and Toast for the YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley, and it will be on Thursday, October 10, in honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public is invited, a press release said.

Networking will begin at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday, and the program will start at 6 p.m. at the Grove Theater at 123 Randolph Road in Oak Ridge.

A $40 seat will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer or wine, and an intimate discussion with Reid, the press release said.

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YWCA receives funding to advocate for domestic violence victims in Anderson, Roane, Loudon

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The YWCA building is pictured above on Oak Ridge Turnpike. (Submitted photo)

Note: This story was updated at 1:50 p.m.

The YWCA has received funding that will expand its victim advocacy services to families with a history of domestic violence and who work with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services East Region in Anderson, Loudon, and Roane counties.

The award—$179,795 during a three-year period—was received by YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley.

The DCS liaison victim advocate will be co-located at the YWCA’s Oak Ridge location and the DCS East Region site in Anderson County, a press release said.

YWCA is one of only four organizations across the state to receive Victims of Crime Act funding from the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs, the press release said.

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YWCA Knoxville, Tennessee Valley celebrate renovated YWCA building

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The YWCA building is pictured above on Oak Ridge Turnpike. (Submitted photo)

The YWCA building is pictured above on Oak Ridge Turnpike. (Submitted photo)

 

YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley are celebrating the opening of the renovated YWCA building in Oak Ridge with a ribbon cutting and open house today (Monday, October 29).

The celebration is scheduled from 4:30-7 p.m. at the YWCA building at 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Assisted by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, the ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m. with brief remarks by District Attorney General Dave Clark, Pastor Derrick Hammond of Oak Valley Baptist Church, Ridgeview Behavioral Services Chief Executive Officer Brian Buuck, Katatra, a representative from Leadership Oak Ridge, class of 2018, and YWCA representatives, a press release said. Building tours will be offered following the ribbon cutting, and light refreshments will be served. [Read more…]

CWU presentation to focus on domestic violence

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Church Women United will meet Friday, February 2, at United Way of Anderson County, located at 728 Emory Valley Road in Oak Ridge. The meeting will initiate the 2018 Blankets+ Campaign to collect bedding and support for those who have lost their homes locally and worldwide, a press release said.

In addition, Rachel Thompson, domestic violence victim advocate for Knox and Anderson counties, will be the guest speaker in a public program, the press release said. Thompson is a culturally specific domestic violence advocate for the African American community. She will talk about domestic violence, how it impacts victims in the African American community, and resources offered through the YWCA for victims of domestic violence, the press release said. [Read more…]

New name for expanding services: YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley

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Starting September 14, YWCA Knoxville was officially known as YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley.

The new name better reflects the geographical region that the YWCA now serves, including Oak Ridge and Anderson County, a press release said.

“This name change reflects our current growth and future expansion plans,” says Marigail Mullin, chief executive officer of the YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley. [Read more…]

Clearance sale on clothing, toys, household items at former YWCA on Saturday

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There will be a clearance sale on clothing, toys, and household items at the former YWCA building on Oak Ridge Turnpike on Saturday.

The sale started Friday, March 4, and continues from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

The former YWCA building is located at 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]