S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Program
Silent Witness Ceremony
October 2, 2006
SC State House Grounds

The Keynote speaker for the annual memorial ceremony for South Carolinians who were victims of Criminal Domestic Violence was an MSW student, Andrea Mullins.  With courage and dignity Andrea stood before a large crowd including family members and media and told her own story.  To bring attention to one of the most horrendous crimes (statistics put South Carolina at the top of the charts as the state with the greatest number of CDV deaths) the SC Attorney General’s Office hosts this remembrance each year.  This year there were 32 wooden silhouettes on the stage representing the victims killed in 2005.  Frazier Jordan Wilson, a recent graduate of the MSW program who went to work recently for the Attorney General’s Office, was instrumental in making the arrangements for the ceremony. written by Carole Crolley

Margaret Brackett (left) and MSW student, Hazel Clark (right) . Click here to see more Photos

A note from Mrs. Andrea Mullins:

Thank you for your support, inspiration, and encouragment. Thank you for taking the time to include the Silent Witness Event in your day and giving attention to it. Here is a link to the speech that I presented at the Silent Witness. When you have a chance, I hope that you will take a look at it, if you were not able to hear all at the event.

http://web3.scetv.org/silent-witness-06.wmv

I also want to remind all of you that on October 22, 2006 ETV will begin its week of focus on domestic violence, and the REMEMBER MY NAME CAMPAINGE. On October 22, 2006, at 7:00pm there will be an ETV Forum: Remember My Name Update. It is a pre-taped event hosted by Beryl Dakers. The forum includes several COSW graduates, including Frazier Wilson and Vicki Bourus. I, an MSW student, and many others, including: victims, advocates, law enforcement, and prosecutors to update the community about South Carolina's problem with domestic violence and abuse and seek solutions for what can be done to help prevent it from happening in the future.