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Calvin L. Corriders Announced as Honorary Chair of the 25th Annual White Ribbon Campaign

Calvin L. Corriders Announced as Honorary Chair of the 25th Annual White Ribbon Campaign

We are proud to announce Regional President, Syracuse Market for Pathfinder Bank, Calvin L. Corriders, as Honorary Chair of the 25th Annual White Ribbon Campaign. The White Ribbon Campaign is led by concerned men who invite and encourage all members of the community to join them in their efforts to raise awareness and funds to end domestic and sexual violence. Wearing a white ribbon is your personal statement to never support, commit, or remain silent about abuse.

Proceeds from the White Ribbon Campaign help fund Vera House education and awareness programs and services. The 2019 White Ribbon Campaign will take place during the entire month of March 2019 and is projected to raise over $150,000. Vera House Executive Director Randi Bregman states, “We are honored to have so many community partners, including Calvin Corriders, help us accomplish our vision – creating a world free of violence and abuse. It starts right now with all of us as a collective community. It is the conversations we have, the questions we ask, our willingness to believe survivors and our willingness to challenge people around us. We can all be a part of changing a community standard that has for too long tolerated violence and abuse.”

For information on how to participate in the White Ribbon Campaign, contact Hannah Fuller, Special Events Coordinator, at (315) 425-0818 x2271 or hfuller@verahouse.org.

The 2019 White Ribbon Campaign is made possible through the generosity of our community partners including: JPMorgan Chase; KeyBank; Kinney Drugs Foundation; M&T Bank; Barclay Damon, LLP; Bousquet Holstein PLLC; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Community Bank, N.A.; Empower Federal Credit Union; Excellus BlueCross BlueShield; Hancock Estabrook, LLP; King + King Architects; Nascentia Health; Onondaga Community College; Pathfinder Bank; Syracuse University and Wegmans.

A Message to Andrew Cuomo

“The Friends of Andrew Cuomo” spent over $300,000 to launch an ad campaign designed to paint former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as a victim of political attacks because of the sexual harassment claims against him. We cannot allow this gaslighting to continue while the ad revictimizes victims of not only Cuomo’s sexual harassment but ANYONE who has ever experienced abuse. The tactics used by Cuomo and his supporters further represent the barriers that survivors face every day that prevent them from coming forward and getting support. 

 

We at Vera House have asked Andrew Cuomo to take accountability for the harm he has caused on multiple occasions. Instead of admitting to his wrongdoings, he continues to use power and control to suppress and invalidate the truths of the survivors.  Today we released a video, produced by Solon Quinn Studios and supported by Survivors’ Network, that sends a powerful message to survivors, "I believe you."  

 

We are asking you to help us amplify the video so that survivors throughout New York and the rest of the world know that we believe and stand with them. 

 

Here’s how to get involved:  

1. Share our post on Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter  

2. Engage with our content on Instagram and TikTok   

3. Share survivor support resources from your organization  

4. Tag @verahouseinc  

 

For any questions or to request an interview with a member of Survivors' Network, please contact us at: communications@verahouse.org