Thursday, February 08, 2007

 

Proclamation targets dating violence

If you can work up the courage to go over and talk to her, she'd tell you she's really shy — and a victim of dating violence. "I attracted those kinds of guys," she said. "They made me feel like I was nothing." Searle is among the one in five young women believed to be a victim of dating violence. She lent her voice to a campaign to increase awareness in high schools across Utah about dating violence, singing a song she wrote, titled "He Loved Me Not." On Wednesday, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 5-10 "Dating Violence Prevention Week." "Dating violence is one of the fastest growing and most serious violent crimes in Utah today," the governor said as he signed the proclamation.

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