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The YWCA Wraps Up Successful ‘Week Without Violence’ The YWCA PasadenaFoothill Valley wrapped up another successful year of Week Without Violence events in and around Pasadena. This is the 18th year the organization has participated in the campaign, which was launched as a grassroots movement in 1995 and has since spread to all 50 states and more than 30 countries. The YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley hosted and assisted with events every day of this nationally recognized week, October 15th – October 19th. October has been proclaimed by Mayor Bogaard and the Pasadena City Council as Bullying Prevention Awareness Month in the City of Pasadena. “The Women for Racial Justice Breakfast brought the city together to promote racial justice. It was a great start to a very
successful week of events. We were delighted to have the Mayor and other city officials in attendance. The turnout was proof that people want change and we here at the YWCA are doing what we can do to make sure change happens,” says Tamika Farr, YWCA Executive Director. During this year’s Week Without Violence, the YWCA PasadenaFoothill Valley focused its attention on practical, sustainable non-violent alternatives each day: Monday-Women for Racial Justice Breakfast honoring Dolores Huerta, President of Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-Founder of United Farm Workers, at the Pasadena Hilton and three workshops at the Institute for Girls Development hosted by IFGD and Peace Over Violence;
Tuesday-Wells Fargo Financial Literacy Workshop for Domestic Violence Survivors hosted by TV Land actress Niecy Nash at the YWCA; WednesdayCampus Takeover Anti-Violence Pep Rally at Washington Middle School; Thursday-International Conflict Resolution Day at Western Justice Center; Friday-Youth Want Comedy Also Expo at the YWCA and an Anti-Bullying discussion panel at La Pintoresca Park. “We were delighted that so many community partners got on board to make sure this week was successful. We are so thankful for the relationships that we have with other organizations as we could not have done this without their help,” says Karen Draine, Program Manager.
Sierra Madre Halloween Happenings for 2012 The Community Services Department is hosting its annual Halloween Happenings on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Halloween Happenings’ activities include the downtown trick-o-treating sponsored by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce, as well as the costume parade and costume contest, supported by the Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club. Downtown trick-otreating will take place from 3:30pm-5:00pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2011. The costume contest registration will be available at Kersting Court from 4:00pm-5:00pm. All
youth must pre-register in Kersting Court to be able to participate in the costume contest. Prizes will be given out in each of the five age categories: walking to 2 years, 3-4 years old, 5-7 years old, 8-10 years old and 11 years & up. The costume parade will depart from Kersting Court at 5:00pm and will be led by the Sierra Madre Fire Department, with the Sierra Madre Police Department bringing up the rear. Once the parade arrives at Memorial Park, the costume contest will begin at approximately 5:30pm at the Memorial Park Bandshell. All prizes for the costume
contest are provided by the Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club. The judges for this year’s contest are: Kiwanis members Pat Birdsall, Susan Henderson, Clem Bartolai, Joe Pergola and Judy Webb-Martin; Senior Community Commissioner Jacquie Pergola; Kiwanian wife Shirley Anhalt; and Captain Rich Snyder from the Sierra Madre Fire Department. All activities for the Sierra Madre Halloween Happenings are free! For more information please call the Community Services Department at 626355-5278.
911 Caller in McDade Shooting Will Not Be Charged Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Officer Involved Shooting Team, the County’s Office of Independent Review Group, the FBI and the Pasadena police’s Internal Affairs Bureau investigated the shooting death of Kendrec McDade which immediately followed erroneous reports by Oscar Carrillo that he had be robbed at gunpoint by McDade and another suspect last March. Pasadena Police De-
partment initially said it was Carrillo’s 9-1-1 call on March 24 that set off the series of events that led to McDade’s death. Pasadena officers Newlen and Griffin caught up with McDade shortly thereafter and shots were fired after the suspect appeared to go to his waistband. According to initial reports. Tuesday’s report from the D.A. reads that “it cannot be established that
the 9-1-1 call is proximate to the cause of death” and that McDade’s “subsequent flight from the police and decision to run at the officer’s vehicle were significant intervening factors that were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of Carillo’s 9-1-1 call. The D.A. Justice System Integrity Division is weighing whether to file criminal charges against Newlen and Griffin.
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