Barbara Schlifer Paper
The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic of Toronto was created in memory of Barbara Teena Schlifer who was going to be a lawyer, but was brutally raped and murdered on April 11th 1980. The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic opened in September of 1985, 5 years after the incident, and was established by two women named Frances Rappaport and Patricia Ashby, who were Barbara’s friends and were going to be her future law partners, in memory of all the great changes Barbara planned on making when she became a lawyer. On April 11th 1985, Mayor of Toronto, named Art Eggleton, announced that April 11th would be Barbara Schlifer Day, in memory of the difference she was going to make throughout her career. This clinic now helps more then 4,000 women each year and has grown to a staff of over 35 people. “We envision a world where all women build lives free from violence. Women in every culture have ways of working together to stop violence. We honour these strengths”(Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic). This clinic makes a difference by helping women who have faced or are currently facing violence/abuse. They have many different professional people you can talk to about your problem, and they help abused women and girls seek professional and legal help. The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic is a professional clinic whose goals are to help women who are currently experiencing violence, and to help women cope with their past for women who previously experienced violence. They offer legal representations and professional counseling for the abused women, but this clinic also offers help in more than 90 different languages in order to accommodate to the diversity of races and cultured women who are seeking help. With a budget at nearly $3 million, they have a very wide range of over 35 different, skilled and caring staff members who help women by offering a personal and realistic, hands-on help, which allows women to
The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic of Toronto was created in memory of Barbara Teena Schlifer who was going to be a lawyer, but was brutally raped and murdered on April 11th 1980. The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic opened in September of 1985, 5 years after the incident, and was established by two women named Frances Rappaport and Patricia Ashby, who were Barbara’s friends and were going to be her future law partners, in memory of all the great changes Barbara planned on making when she became a lawyer. On April 11th 1985, Mayor of Toronto, named Art Eggleton, announced that April 11th would be Barbara Schlifer Day, in memory of the difference she was going to make throughout her career. This clinic now helps more then 4,000 women each year and has grown to a staff of over 35 people. “We envision a world where all women build lives free from violence. Women in every culture have ways of working together to stop violence. We honour these strengths”(Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic). This clinic makes a difference by helping women who have faced or are currently facing violence/abuse. They have many different professional people you can talk to about your problem, and they help abused women and girls seek professional and legal help. The Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic is a professional clinic whose goals are to help women who are currently experiencing violence, and to help women cope with their past for women who previously experienced violence. They offer legal representations and professional counseling for the abused women, but this clinic also offers help in more than 90 different languages in order to accommodate to the diversity of races and cultured women who are seeking help. With a budget at nearly $3 million, they have a very wide range of over 35 different, skilled and caring staff members who help women by offering a personal and realistic, hands-on help, which allows women to
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