United We Move with Terri Westerfield

have paper and copy connection workshops which. Is actually talk about licensed mental health clinicians we have. Licensed mental health professionals volunteer their time and come in and actually teach healthy coping skills t.'s service members. Pre and post deployments for PT

now on their teenage years really affects them later in life even skin cancer skin cancers known to be. The number of sunburns. And exposure here and there is pulling ladder a dog off my face it skin cancer or. Is it something. It can touch literally hit you won any any sort. And that's why isn't what you're trying to

helped us get that rolling and we are specifically for people with alzheimer's disease or other dimensions and so what happens is folks come to the same terror and are there on Monday Wednesday and Friday

secure additional funding to get the distractions are and what will the building house . Is going to house as some of the charter school is also going to house all of the school commerce. And maybe

and what it means to the community. Well yes he is an adult education program that has a very simple mission we wanna give adults the math. Reading and computer skills that people need to function

And national un membership based organization of 151000 educators and advocates for adult education . And we were at a given an award for. A digital literacy outreach that we're doing at the library. We see so

system which is overseen by the Louisiana community college systems. Where it's. Adult education agencies all across the state to provide. Basic literacy like yes does to English as a second language. So when miners can

literally started my resume starting my life off. When I became a school teacher for twelve years this executive position opened up the law applied forward. An and after. A long. Six months of trying to

on him the extremely excited by the fact that. Our governor on John Edwards and his wife and his administration has really dedicated itself. To not only helping us makes me and in educating the community

uses. Liabilities from Saint Bernard that women's program here to talk about domestic violence today. We know it takes both human and an economic hole. Those caught in the grips of domestic violence often leave her home with little or no money. Can fight almost impossible to get it keep the job for fear their abuser will show up the workplace. And therefore consumed by himself just spiraling down and living in poverty. For thirty years and we have to release say thank you to all the good folks its neighbors are battered women's program because thirty years. They have been helping. Victims of domestic violence and seating lives. And get up quality receiver clap right now this week. I'd audible longest serving executive director. The other domestic violence in our state of Louisiana. Yes I am in among longevity I've been there since 1994. As the director of our program.

it usually think equipment children. But you're really embracing somebody dealing with domestic violence across the spectrum of people correct. Yes we have they enter our program in many different situations. Some hit the ground running

that outlawed IP distrust factor. I think it sometimes exhibited. In the domestic violence yes anytime there's a natural disaster or anything of that nature it does add stress to the family. And after Katrina we saw a lot of that Louisiana has always been and the top five that this past. Year where we're number two in a statement. Where I mean and the United States with domestic homicides. And that is always something that I know that you think. Trying to just stopped for years away we probably involved. Why is it that you think is part of our ports and our culture. It creates this opportunity for domestic violence . I think it's nice night out a better answer that. I think a culture has apart to do women I think. Part of it as are the gun laws got laws in poverty and everybody else probably. Yeah hate. It's everything else you know it's it's a number of factors and stress you know. When you're in a stressful situation . You know sometimes people resort to doing things that they would not narrowly do. And when you couple the fact that we