Glendale, California
City of Glendale, Commission on The Status of Women & Glendale Unified School District
The Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project® was adopted as the
Signature Anti-Violence Program of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW)– March 2005
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Glendale Unified School District re-energizes the Purple Hands Pledge® in All 30 Schools(K-12)
through their partnership with the City of Glendale Commission on the Status of Women.
♥ The Commission began providing funding to the Glendale Unified School District for Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting® Official Support Materials to implement & sustain the Purple Hands Pledge® during Yellow Ribbon Week, in January 2006.
♥ Over 22,000 children, across all grades, took their own personal
Purple Hands Pledge® during the first year of implementation!
♥ In 2010 the CSW was able to successfully help implement the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project’s® program with 100% participation throughout Glendale Unified School District’s 29 schools. This includes 20 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 5 high schools.
CSW Community Connections
♥ The Purple Hands Pledge® was an integral part of the Take Back the Night Rally and March to raise awareness about sexual assault and rape.
Virtually every participant took the Purple Hands Pledge® of non-violence!
♥ The Commission has featured our interactive program at events across the city from Public Works Day to Unity Fest to the Armenian Relief Society Annual Festival to the Gathering of Sisters.
♥ The program was well received and featured in the Local Paper,
the Glendale News-Press.
Commission on the Status of Women
“To promote the development of healthy relationship skills to the children of our city, the Commission helped underwrite the cost of materials to implement our signature anti-violence program,
Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting®, throughout the school district.” — Karla Kerlin, Chair
During the 2011-2012 School Year, Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director, traveled to Glendale, CA, and completed
10 assemblies at 6 different schools in the Glendale Unified School District!
The 6 schools include: Verdugo Woodlands Elementary, Balboa Elementary, Abraham Lincoln Elementary,
Thomas Edison Elementary, Rosemont Middle School, and Glendale High School.
Thomas Edison Elementary School
Thomas Edison Elementary Displays their Purple Hands Pledges
Students and Teachers give Purple Hands Pledge Bear a High Five!
Edison Elementary's Main Office covered in Purple Hands!
Purple Hands Everywhere!
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary student's show off their static cling window decal!
Lincoln Elementary proudly displays our Official Pledge Banner
Balboa Elementary School
Students show off their Purple Hands Pledges!
Rosemont Middle School
Students gather outside for a presentation by Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director
“Gathering of Sisters” Community Event – Glendale Commission on the Status of Women
Over 65 community service & support organizations, city departments as well as five local artists participated in the first annual Gathering of Sisters. At the Gathering, a "bazaar" featured local women artisans and vendors.
The CSW hosted an interactive table for their signature anti-violence program, Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting®.
City of Glendale Mayor’s Commendation
Glendale, California
“With appreciation for your distinguished leadership and dedication as Founder of the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project®. This project helps to educate students and their families about their moral and legal right to live free of abuse and violence. I highly commend your outstanding efforts to make Glendale a safer, healthier place to live and work.”
– Laura Friedman, Mayor January 17, 2012
