D A V I D P A T R I C K CO L U M B I A reply. “Jacqui Lividini,” she repeated. “She did it.” WIN was founded in 1983 by Rita Zimmer. Zimmer was simply looking for a workable solution to the problem of women and children, victims of domestic violence who needed shelter and food. There was a lot of it the problem then, and there is even more of it now. Ritz Zimmer couldn’t get municipal organizations to do it, so she decided to do it herself. I met Rita Zimmer on this night. She’s quite unimpressed with herself and unassuming about her great achievements. Her eye, it
not to mention brutalized— mentally or physically or both. The housing they provide are family units. WIN operates almost 600 of these family units in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. These are units of solace, especially for the children. It’s a leg up and often provides inevitable mobility. Kayce Jennings presented the Peter Jennings Prize: A Child’s View to Taliq, age 11. There were also three finalists and two honorable mentions: Diamiles, age 11, Fatoukmata, age 13, Ronell, age 9; and Karesse age 12 and Michael, age 9, all graced by the efforts
seems, is always on the future. She told me about her newest project with a controlled living environment for women who are in prison, so that they can live with their children. She has set up the first facility of its kind in Brooklyn with the assistance of D.A. Bruce Hines, who is himself a child of domestic violence. WIN provides transitional housing to more than 2,500 people each night. 1,800 of them are children. Every one of those children are deeply aware of the uncertainty of their own days. Children know they can get thrown away,
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children. This year’s benefit was at the Waldorf. A thousand men and women filled the grand ballroom and balconies for dinner. I can’t remember the last time I was at an event where there were a thousand people. Maybe Evelyn Lauder’s Breast Cancer Research Hot Pink evening. I was seated between Gillian Miniter and Susan Rudin. I asked Susan how they pulled it off—a thousand guests is a great number any time, economically speaking. At this time it is a miracle. “Jacqui Lividini,” was Susan Rudin’s