It’s Prevention of Violence Against Women Week and to build awareness the Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society has released a video, filmed in Revelstoke, about how to spot a healthy relationship.
Video: What’s a healthy relationship?
“This is a new type of format for us so we’re excited to reach people and hopefully get the message across in a different way,” executive director Lynn Loeppky said. “Education about healthy relationships is important as it impacts future generations. For our youth, it shapes how they view relationships throughout their lives.“
Shelter staff and local videographer Francois Desrosiers of FD Productions created this five-minute film in February. It features an emotionally abusive relationship and highlights how both men and women can be victim to this type of confusing relationship. It also interviews local counsellors and even takes to the streets of Revelstoke to get residents to share their candid thoughts on the topic.
Prevention Of Violence Against Women Week, this year from April 11 to 17, is usually a week of activities that educates local communities on the issue of domestic violence. This video focuses on the precursor to domestic violence, emotional abuse, and for those struggling within a similar relationship, this video may bring perspective to their experience. Not all violence is physical and the impacts of emotional abuse can be as harmful.
Columbia Basin Trust funded the project after a successful grant application. The video is aimed at all ages, genders and relationship types and encourages people to learn more and get help if needed through private counselling or utilizing free therapy such as the shelter’s ten free sessions for women and men.
“So many of us grew up in relationships that weren’t particularly healthy and we weren’t taught these kind of things,” Melanie Parkin, from Ascent Psychology Revelstoke says in the film. She along with other Revelstoke counsellors Talia Camozzi and Terri Forester were featured in the video.
To find out more about the local women’s shelter and its women’s and men’s programs visit the website at www.revelstokewomensshelter.com. The 24-hour crisis line is 250-837-1111.
To organize free counselling sessions through the women’s shelter email Terri at [email protected].
About the Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society:
The Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society educates on healthy relationships and provides resources for those in need of support. Women and their children fleeing abuse can stay at the shelter. The shelter also offers the women’s group Moving Forward, which offers free yoga and art classes via Zoom during COVID-19 times. There is also a separate men’s program called Moving Mountains that offers virtual campfire chats and more.
To connect with our Moving Forward women’s program coordinator, email [email protected]. The men’s outreach program coordinator can be contacted at [email protected].
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