Multimedia Seattle

... " Children First "

MULTIMEDIA SEATTLE IS HONORED TO WELCOME INTERNATIONALLY ESTEEM PEDIATRICIAN

dR. ANNIE SPARROW

TO MULTIMEDIA SEATTLE'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE

(January 18, 2011 - Photo by Brendan Smialowski Getty Images North America)

Kenneth Roth (L), executive director of Human Rights Watch, and Annie Sparrow (R) arrive at the White House for a state dinner in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are hosting resident Hu Jintao for a state dinner during his visit to the United States.

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN,

CRITICAL CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE TRAINED PEDIATRICIAN

DR. SPARROW’S WORK IN THE DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN CREATED A VOICE ACROSS OUR GLOBE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAD SURVIVED THE GENOCIDE AND FOR THEIR LOVED ONES WHO HAD PERISHED.

"Dr. Sparrow's work has served as a catalyst to ease suffering in the world".

WHAT WE DO

Multimedia Seattle provides outreach and educational resources to ensure the most vulnerable members of our global community are given an opportunity to achieve their full potential as individuals, earn as full and equal partners of society and provide for their families.

Recognizing the devastating generational, social and economic repercussions of domestic violence in individual families and society, Multimedia Seattle developed its Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Program to raise local community awareness of the devastating effects of child abuse and domestic violence, the critical need for effective interventions and the available domestic violence programs in our local community.

WORKING TO END
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE
IN OUR COMMUNITY

Since its inception, Multimedia Seattle’s Western Washington Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Program has strived to increase awareness and access to our communities critical Domestic Violence Shelters and Advocacy Programs through our educational Domestic Violence Outreach television Public Service Announcements, Multimedia Seattle’s Online Western Washington Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Directory, community engagement and our work through the Clinton Global Initiative.

During the 2012 program year, Multimedia Seattle is proud to expand its Western Washington Domestic Violence Outreach through the implementation of the “A Bear for Me?” Program, to provide Infant and Toddler Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter Arrival Bags to vulnerable children entering Domestic Violece Shelters with their mothers.

During the first year of “A Bear for Me ?” Program implementation, Multimedia Seattle is working to bring 600 Infant and Toddler Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter Arrival Bags to 600 of the most vulnerable children in our community, as they flee from violence in their homes.

The goals of Multimedia Seattle’s Western Washington Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Program are to:

Reduce infant and childhood mortality by physical violence and neglect.

Reduce homicide deaths by violence against women.

Reduce generational recurrences of violence against women and children.

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Multimedia Seattle’s Western Washington Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Program is highlighted by the airing of the educational Domestic Violence Public Service Announcement raising awareness of Multimedia Seattle’s Online Domestic Violence Outreach Directory and the life saving advocacy services and Domestic Violence Shelters in our region.

The Domestic Violence Outreach Campaign strengthens public awareness of the silent crisis of domestic violence and its impact on women and children through publications and local public speaking engagements raising awareness of the devastating generational effects of Domestic Violence on women and children, the critical need to provide effective interventions and the availability of local life-saving emergency housing, counseling, safety planning and advocacy services.

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Multimedia Seattle is honored to work in partnership with our critical community partners, including Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Auburn Regional Medical Center, King 5 NBC and KOMO 4 ABC, who have made the breadth of the outreach of Multimedia Seattle’s Western Washington Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Program possible through their generosity and commitment to our community.

REACHING 16 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Multimedia Seattle is to:

• Reduce infant and childhood morality by physical violence and neglect.

• Reduce homicide deaths by violence against women and adolescent girls.

• Reduce generational reoccurrences of violence against women, adolescent girls
and children.

REACHING 16 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE

Given the strategic partnership of broadcasting the Educational Domestic Violence Prevention and Outreach Public Service Announcements through the KOMO 4 News Network on ABC and KING 5 News Network on NBC, the critical message bringing awareness to the devastating generational effects of Domestic Violence and the need for effective intervention reaches

16 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN WASHINGTON:

King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Lewis County, Whatcom County, Chelan County, Douglas County, Thurston County, Pacific County, Grays Harbor County, Mason County, Jefferson County, Clallam County, San Juan County, Kitsap County and Skagit County.

How You Can Help

HELP SUPPORT

MULTIMEDIA SEATTLE'S

" A BEAR FOR ME ? " PROGRAM

PROVIDING INFANT AND TODDLER
EMERGENCY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER ARRIVAL BAGS

DONATE SECURELY THROUGH

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Proud Member of the Clinton Global Initiative

MULTIMEDIA SEATTLE is registered in the United States of America as a 501(c)(3) organization.

Gifts are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.