Melrose to Host First-Ever White Ribbon Day Event

Please join us on Friday, March 2 for the first-ever White Ribbon Day event in Melrose! The goal of White Ribbon Day is to call upon men to stand up and be counted as allies against violence towards women.

The White Ribbon Campaign was created by a handful of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary one man's massacre of 14 women in Montreal. Today, it's a worldwide campaign in over 60 countries, and Melrose is proud to join this year. The Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign is sponsored by Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. You can learn more about the campaign at: http://www.janedoe.org/whiteribbonday. 

The brief, 30-minute ceremony on March 2 will take place at 8am outside of City Hall in Melrose. (In the event of rain, it will be held inside the Aldermanic Chambers.) It will include a Proclamation of White Ribbon Day in Melrose, young men leading a pledge of nonviolence, and raising a White Ribbon Day flag to raise awareness. The event is sponsored by the City of Melrose Mayor’s Office and the Safe Steps for Melrose project, a partnership between the Melrose Alliance Against Violence, Melrose Public Schools, Melrose Police Department and other community agencies. While the purpose of the event is to bring men together, women are more than welcome to join us.