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Latino Men Speak Out Against Domestic Violence public
awareness event held on April 26, 2005.
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Front, left to right, Commissioner Yolanda
Jimenez, from the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence;
Moises Perez, Executive Director, Alianza Dominicana; Michelle Hinkins,
ATRIA Books; and Mario Bosquez, CBS News 2 anchor and reporter
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Adelita M. Medina, Executive Director
of Alianza, told the audience that “we want men to know that
DV is not just a woman’s issue; they too can and should play
a role as advocates and role models… every one in the community
needs to get involved.”
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NYS Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat
said he has introduced several pieces of legislation to help victims
of domestic violence
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Commissioner Yolanda Jimenez from
the NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat DV helped organize the event.
She and Victor Rivers are featured in PSAs produced and aired by
Univision in the weeks following the event.
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Mario Bosquez, CBS News 2 anchor and
reporter, whose mother was a victim of domestic violence, told the
audience: “I am not a survivor of domestic abuse. I live it
everyday in my head; it’s not over."
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Victor Rivers read a moving passage
from his book,
A Private Family Matter.
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Rossana Rosado, Publisher and CEO of El
Diario/La Prensa and Antonio Martínez, Univisión 41,
anchor and reporter, were the MCs.
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Victor Rivers, signs one of his books
for Zenaida Mendez, Alianza Board Member.
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(Left to right) Mario Bosquez, Victor
Rivers, Commissioner Guillermo Linares, Joe Semidei, and Antonio
Martinez, pose for a group shot after the luncheon.
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