Fully immersed in writing book No.3, here’s what I did from February to early June in between looking at old photos, reading old journals, scratching out timelines, writing chapters, half chapters, one liners that would eventually *be* chapters, editing, writing some more, deleting whole chunks of text, re-writing, re-writing, re-writing 😉 Grateful for each and every opportunity …
After school seminar at Wilson HS for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Fantastic kids and great questions!
Skyping Dr. Danielle Slakoff’s “Domestic Violence” class at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. Slakoff is a skilled facilitator which made working with this large group of students easy. What a fun couple of hours 🙂
*Lunch ‘N Learn* hosted by The Family Violence Intervention Project, sponsored by The Niagara County Sheriff Dept. Victim Assistance Unit – “Surviving Life AFTER DV: It Is Possible!” at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
Interview with Claudine Ewing, Channel 2 News. Topics ranged from why I decided to write “Leaving Dorian” to the proper verbiage one ought to use when speaking about abuse. I think we sat and talked for maybe … forty-five minutes …? Remainder of interview will be aired at a later date. Thankful for that unique and important opportunity. Most fun moment was doing extra footage with the cameraman on the exterior grounds. Thank you, Cameraman Bob, for your kind words and for helping to make that weird extra segment less awkward!
Teen Dating Violence Awareness classes for 9/10 graders at Hamburg HS. Hamburg, NY, played an important role in my survivor story, so being able to give back to the community by spending the day working with their kids is something that I’m always happy to do.
71st class, Niagara County Law Enforcement Academy. It’s interesting to work with LE students because the nuggets that they focus on from “Leaving Dorian” are very different than any other group of students that I work with. This group was also genuinely curious, extremely compassionate, and particularly eager to learn about DV and related topics. A joy to work with.
Linda Dynel 
Linda
I cannot begin to say how proud I am of you and all you have accomplished since writing Leaving Dorian. This book and the article in the Niagara Gazette allowed me the opportunity to meet you and to hear your story at my Zonta Club’s meeting.
You have served as a reminder of how important advocacy against DV is.
As always please be reminded of how important the work you do is
Take care
Thank you, my “Zonta Mom”! The Club will always be close to my heart:)