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LAST SIZZLER OF THE SUMMER: Second Chance Employment Services held a ďŹ nal summer ing to raise awareness of the plight and career potential of abused women. This year’s gala event, emceed by WJLA’s Leon Harris, took place just a few days a er Congress passed legislation commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. Founded in 1991, Second Chance is the nation’s only private nonproďŹ t agency focusing on helping abused women gain meaningful positions with full health beneďŹ ts. TRUE BELIEVERS: Second Chance founder and president Ludy Green, gala co-chairs Janet Ochsman-Sussman and Carole Funger, board chairman Ron Perlman, Rich Massabny, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, and Jim Quiggle. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM!
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