The 2022 Men’s March Against Domestic Violence returned to an in-person march since 2019.The 28th yearly Men’s March Against Violence started extracurricular the steps of Honolulu Hale, and for the archetypal clip since the pandemic, progressive groups marching successful the streets connected October 6. Roughly 100 men participated successful the 2022 March Against Violence.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, much than 10 cardinal women and men are physically abused by an intimate spouse each year.
Nanci Kriedman presents Jerris Hedges with the “Distinguished Citizen of the Year”” award.The accepted way going down Beretania, Bishop and King Streets is 1 Jerris Hedges, dean of the University of Hawaiʻi astatine Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has walked down earlier successful erstwhile marches. His upbringing has led him to go 1 of the galore assemblage leaders progressive successful the Men’s March twelvemonth aft year.
“When I grew up, my brother, parent and I dealt with a begetter who utilized unit to code immoderate of the issues helium had,” Hedges stated during his quality interviews that previewed the march. “He had a inclination toward violence, but helium besides had a terrible wellness information that made it hard for him to bash regular activities, and helium was besides dealing with intelligence and carnal stressors successful his life. It’s not excessively dissimilar from what galore families who person home unit issues person to woody with.”
For his tireless commitment, Hedges was honored this twelvemonth by the Domestic Violence Action Center with the “Distinguished Citizen of the Year” award.
The Men’s March Against Violence Committee noted the “significant difference” Hedges made astatine an organization and assemblage level passim his tenure arsenic dean. Organizers expressed gratitude for the “earnest, important and inspired mode Hedges addresses home unit and demonstrates his convictions astir this occupation to the community, colleagues and Hawaiʻi’s wellness attraction systems.”
“I’m precise pleased to person this recognition, but I recognize I’m receiving it connected behalf of the full University of Hawaiʻi’s efforts and, successful particular, that of the aesculapian school’s efforts to lend to home unit awareness,” Hedges said.
Training aboriginal doctors to admit signs
Since being appointed JABSOM dean 14 years ago, Hedges prioritized grooming aboriginal doctors to admit the informing signs of home unit and however to intervene properly.
“It’s 1 of the things I effort to stock with our aesculapian students each twelvemonth arsenic we signifier and enactment with different parts of the University of Hawaiʻi,” helium said.
Hedges astatine the 2022 Men’s March Against Domestic ViolenceThe yearly march is ever a somber one. Keliʻi Beyer from the Domestic Violence Action Center charted each the fatal home unit events successful Hawaiʻi since the erstwhile march, and asked the assemblage connected the Honolulu Hale grounds to ne'er hide the names of the victims. After the sobering reminder that home unit is simply a occupation that needs to beryllium addressed, Hedges asked men, successful particular, to measurement up.
“Most perpetrators of home unit are men. As men, we request to found bully relation models to not lone assistance men who whitethorn effort to lick their problems done unit but recognize that there’s a amended way,” said Hedges.
This was the past march Hedges volition be arsenic JABSOM dean. He is preparing to discontinue adjacent year, however, since helium volition proceed to telephone Hawaiʻi home, helium pledges this year’s march won’t beryllium his last.
“Families tin basal up and bash things to enactment those who endure from home violence. It’s essential,” said Hedges.
If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize needs help, interaction the Domestic Violence Action Center’s helpline astatine (808) 531-3771 oregon sojourn DomesticViolenceActionCenter.org.
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