L.B.’s Interval House Receives Excellence Award!

by Thyda Duong
INTERVAL HOUSE RECEIVES PUBLIC HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD
To be Honored At Centro CHA’s 14th Annual Nuestra Imagen Awards

LONG BEACH, Calif – Interval House Crisis Shelters and Centers for Victims of Domestic Violence will be honored with Centro C.H.A.’s 2010 Health Communities Public Health Excellence Award during it’s 14th Annual Nuestra Imagen Awards Dinner on September 16. The “Image Awards” celebrates extraordinary community  leaders who have made outstanding  contributions to improve the public health, safety and quality of life for diverse youth and families in the City of Long Beach.

“We are extremely honored to receive the Nuestra Imagen Award from Centro C.H.A., an outstanding organization that has, itself, demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to improving our community,” said Interval House Executive Director Carol Williams, a Long Beach native and nationally recognized domestic violence pioneer.

“We have long admired Centro C.H.A. for its success and dedication to enriching the lives of underserved Latino youth and families through both social and economic empowerment,” Williams added. “It is a mission that we, at Interval House, hold close to our hearts, as we have always been guided by a philosophy of inclusion and empowerment. This unique approach has helped our clients blossom into our community and our nation’s foremost cultural leaders.”

Founded in 1979, Interval House is the largest comprehensive domestic violence program serving the City of Long Beach and Orange County. Interval House’s history is characterized by a tireless commitment to pioneering innovative programs and services on behalf of culturally and ethnically diverse communities, serving as a critical lifeline to underserved victims in crisis. Interval House started the nation’s first and largest comprehensive Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, Slavic, and African American Interfaith programs for victims of domestic violence. In 1988, Interval House received the U.S. Department of Justice Award for its groundbreaking Interval House Amnesty program, which legalized nearly 2,000 individuals who were dual victims of domestic violence and financial fraud. Another tribute to Interval House’s commitment to culturally underserved communities is its overwhelming success as an early pioneer with political asylum and Violence Against Women’s Act citizenship petitions.

Interval House’s specialization in serving culturally diverse victims will culminate in this, its 30th year of award-winning service, by founding the International Institute Against Violence, which will serve as a premier forum for dialogue about violence against women. Scheduled to launch in 2011, the Institute will convene world renowned experts to provide leadership on issues of violence against women through multicultural seminars, speaker’s forums, and conferences throughout the year.

For more information about Interval House or to make a donation, please call (562) 594-9492 or visit www.intervalhouse.org http://www.intervalhouse.org .