March Against Domestic Violence

"Hundreds of women dressed in wedding gowns hit the streets of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx Wednesday, for the seventh annual March Against Domestic Violence.

Participants said they marched to raise awareness of domestic violence and let victims know there is a place to turn for help.

“We have to bring it more out to light so that people are not embarrassed to come out,” said Julie Ann Dominguez of Latinas Against Domestic Violence. “You'd be surprised that domestic violence does not see economic, color, race, it could happen to anybody. So the more that we bring it out to the public, the more people might come out.”

Many were dressed in wedding gowns in tribute to Gladys Ricart, who was killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend on the day she was to be married to another man." |Read more|