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Ladies Arm Wrestling group raises funds for Office on Violence Against Women

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Yuni Borja A’ 2016 signs up for phone bank to call her elected officials. New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling held an action night to urge Louisiana congressmembers to keep the Office on Violence Against Women funded on Feb. 7, 2016. Photo credit: Alliciyia George

The New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling group held an action night at Twelve Mile Limit Bar to stop cuts to the Office on Violence Against Women.

The local Ladies Arm Wrestling group hosts performance-based competitions aimed at empowering women and providing monetary support for women-focused projects. The office provides funding for our nation’s domestic violence and crisis centers, sexual assault services, transitional housing programs for survivors of abuse and more.

The event held on on Feb. 7 featured speakers, writing over 100 letters to Louisiana, gathering supplies for New Orleans Family Justice Center Care Kits for sexual assault survivors and organizing a phone call bank to call congress members. The program raised over $600 for the New Orleans branch of the Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response Center through the sales of Twelve Mile Limit drink specials.

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Alliciyia George is the Video Producer for The Maroon and Maroon Minute. Previously, she worked at The Maroon as Senior Staff Photographer and as a contributing reporter. She is a senior mass communication major with a track in journalism and minors in latin american studies and entrepreneurship. After graduation, she will pursue a certificate in software development and coding. She hopes to pursue a career as a TV producer before starting her own production company. In her spare time, she likes to travel, cook, watch Scandal and read novels. Contact: [email protected] or @alliciyiag

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