Education & Prevention

Center for Women in Transition welcomes the opportunity to speak with area businesses, organizations, churches, schools, and professional groups on a variety of topics. Prepared presentations on domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and others are available.We offer classes including parenting, adjustment to divorce, and financial planning for women. Please contact us for information on scheduling presentations and group class locations/dates/times.

The Banner Project Center for Women in Transition has created a series of banners in English and Spanish promoting awareness of services to victims of crime. Let your community know that “There is no place for violence in our community.” Banners will be provided to your community free of charge and can be loaned for up to one month.

Support Groups Various support groups are held throughout the week at the Center for Women in Transition.

Educational Classes starting in February 2003, Center For Women In Transition will present various informational and educational mini-seminars at the program center, 411 Butternut Drive, Holland. Every Tuesday, from 6:00 – 8:00 pm an expert from the community will come and share his/her knowledge with you.

The Clothesline Project of Ottawa and Allegan counties is a visual display of shirts with written messages and illustrations that graphically demonstrate the impact of violence against women. These shirts are designed by women survivors of violence, their families or friends. The purpose is to educate, to mourn those who have died as a result of this violence, and finally to bear witness to a woman's courage to survive and heal.

The Silent Witness Project: In 1990, an ad hoc group of women artists and writers, upset about the growing number of women in Minnesota being murdered by their partners or acquaintances, joined together with several other women's organizations to form Arts Action Against Domestic Violence. They felt an urgency to do something that would speak out against the escalating domestic violence in their state, something that would commemorate the lives of the 26 women whose lives had been lost in 1990 as a result of domestic violence.

The DELTA Project is a national program funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dedicated to helping communities address primary prevention of domestic violence. Locally, the Ottawa County coordinating council Lakeshore Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (LAADSV) is one of 80 councils nationwide working hard to prevent domestic violence and sexual violence in relationships before it starts. Additionally, the DELTA Project has been integrated into the Ottawa County Building Restorative Communities project to address family conflict issues through primary prevention. Together we can create culturally competent community-wide standards that do not condone domestic violence or sexual assault in our community.

http://www.autowares.com/ - A new nationwide program that helps victims of domestic violence and abuse gain their freedom through the donation of refurbished cars has been launched by Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper. This unprecedented vehicle gift program is sponsored by the warehouses, parts stores and certified service centers flying the Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper flags.

Services: Sexual Assault Services, Legal Advocacy, Children & Adolescent Services, Domestic Violence Services, Women's Support Services, Girls On The Run & Girls On Track, Education & Prevention