{"id":17417,"date":"2021-11-15T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/?p=17417"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:21:46","slug":"landmark-event-in-campaign-against-dfv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2021\/11\/15\/landmark-event-in-campaign-against-dfv\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark event in campaign against DFV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Oxenham OAM, who has spent her life advocating for those who have suffered from domestic and family violence (DFV), is celebrating the creation of a special <em>Place Of Courage<\/em> monument at Christies Beach to acknowledge those\u00a0affected by DFV.<\/p>\n<p>Helen&#8217;s journey as a public advocate began when she enrolled in the inaugural Women&#8217;s Studies topic at Flinders University. Helen, and her friend Peggy Robinson, were instrumental in the establishment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2019\/12\/09\/leaders-in-dv-services-in-the-south\/\">Women&#8217;s Shelter at Christies Beach in 1977<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Helen, who is now in her 90s, has dedicated her life to ensuring safety and support for women and children who are suffering from DFV. Her long-held dream has been to open a dedicated place where she can go to grieve, honour and share the stories of those affected by DFV, making it a special place for women and children to come and heal.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit of Woman and the City of Onkaparinga are making this dream a reality, with the launch of their first Place of Courage <em>Ripple<\/em> site &#8211; a public art space designed to acknowledge the impact of domestic and family violence in the community, which will provide a safe space for people to reflect, grieve, connect, and heal.<\/p>\n<p>The official opening of <em>Place of Courage &#8211; Ripples<\/em> will be on Thursday 25 November, from 10am to 12.30pm at Rotary Park, Christies Beach. For registration to attend the event, click <a href=\"http:\/\/eventbrite.com.au\/e\/the-place-of-courage-ripples-across-south-australia-rotary-park-tickets-171739857537\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide City Council has agreed to establish a central Place of Courage in Bonython Park. If you would like to support this initiative or find out more about how you can be involved, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritofwoman.com.au\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Oxenham OAM, who has spent her life advocating for those who have suffered from domestic and family violence (DFV), is celebrating the creation of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4182,"featured_media":17418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25164],"tags":[35177,14878,35176,14883],"class_list":["post-17417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-domestic-and-family-violence","tag-helen-oxenham","tag-place-of-courage","tag-womens-studies"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}