Special Webinar for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

This year for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we are honored to feature Leslie Morgan Steiner as our speaker. At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job at Seventeen magazine, a funky New York City apartment. Plus a handsome, funny, street-smart boyfriend who adored her. But behind a façade of success, this golden girl hid a dark secret. She’d made a mistake shared by millions: she fell in love with the wrong person.

Leslie shares her story of being in “crazy love” – that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. She addresses the misconceptions many people hold about victims of domestic violence, and explains how we can all help break the silence.

Guest Speaker:

Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner is an expert on violence against women and other women’s issues. Her TED Talk about surviving domestic violence, titled “From the Ivy League to a Gun at My Head,” has been viewed by over six million people. She has served as a board member for the One Love Foundation, in honor of slain University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love; the National Domestic Violence Hotline; Liz Claiborne’s MADE council; and as former spokeswoman for The Harriet Tubman Center in Minneapolis, the country’s oldest shelter for abused women. She is a regular national television and radio guest, appearing on National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and other programs.

The time is now to invest in the safety of women & children of Halton. Your generous gift to Halton Women’s Place is an investment in the health of our community!

The time is now to invest in the safety of women & children of Halton. Your generous gift to Halton Women’s Place is an investment in the health of our community!