The 18th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Candlelight Vigil will be held October 9, 2012 at the Brazos County Administration Building, 200 South Texas Avenue, in Downtown Bryan. The event will include a keynote address; reading of the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Proclamation; presentation of the Bob Wiatt Award and Voices Against Violence Award; and lighting of the candles in memory of those killed as a result of domestic or dating violence. For more information, please send an email to info@bccadv.org.

On this free 45-minute call, several national organizations, governmental agencies, local domestic violence programs, advocates, allies, survivors and their family and friends will gather via conference call to connect and refocus our efforts for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Click on the following link to register: http://dvam2012nationalcallofunity.eventbrite.com/