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[Submission courtesy of the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable]
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time for our community to come together and stand in solidarity with survivors and their families. The color purple embodies peace, courage, survival, honor, and a steadfast dedication to ending the cycle of abuse. By illuminating your home with a purple light, you send a powerful message of support and hope to those affected by domestic violence. It’s a simple yet profound way to show you care.
Each October, the Sudbury-Wayland- Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable partners with First Parish in Wayland and the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We do this by illuminating public religious, and other significant buildings in Sudbury and Wayland with purple lights.
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.
Thank you to Ace Hardware in Wayland and at Aubuchon Hardware in Sudbury for stocking the purple light bulbs. These bulbs fit regular sockets.
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 https://www.domesticviolenceroundtable.org/counseling. If you are interested in volunteering, please email the Roundtable at [email protected]
