The Liberty Bell Award
The Liberty Bell Award is presented annually to a non-lawyer or non-legal organization engaged in public service activities enhancing the local community. The 2006 recipient is Woman's Place in St. Louis. Woman’s Place provides a safe place for women who have experienced domestic violence, sexual abuse, or the violence of gender discrimination.
Woman's Place is not a shelter but a safe place where women can talk, be heard, and be understood. By offering instruction, support groups, wellness and life skills classes, Woman's Place also serves as an educational resource for churches, businesses and the community at large.
Woman's Place offers:
- hospitality and companionship
- mentoring for personal enrichment, self empowerment and healthy living
- support groups for: domestic violence, spirituality, addictions
- life skill classes (budgeting, reading, writing, etc.)
- woman's issues workshops
- stress management sessions
Woman's Place advocates for non-violence and justice. Woman's Place is a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary. Its mission is to be a place where women accompany one another with compassion in the Franciscan Sisters of Mary tradition of Hospitality.
Accepting the 2006 Liberty Bell Award are the co-directors of Woman's Place, Jeanne Meurer, FSM, and Irma Kennebeck, FSM.
Woman's Place hours:
Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Address:
7372 Marietta Avenue
Maplewood, MO 63143-3102
Phone:
(314) 645-4848
Fax:
(314) 645-4683
Visit Woman’s Place web site:
www.womansplacestl.org
Past Recipients of The Liberty Bell Award from 1987 to Present| Year | Recipient | | 1987 | Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault | | 1988 | Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) | | 1989 | The Court Watch Coalition | | 1990 | St. Andrew's School - Tipton | | 1991 | Lucy S. Webb | | 1992 | The Law and Citizenship Education Unit of St. Louis Public Schools | | 1993 | Project Kids, Inc. | | 1994 | Sherwood Forest Camp | | 1995 | Ecumenical Housing Production Corporation | | 1996 | Mid-America Teen Challenge | | 1997 | Linda Riekes: Program Director--St. Louis Internship Program; St. Louis Public Schools; BAMSL LRE | | 1998 | James Blaine, M.D. | | 1999 | Jefferson City Rape and Abuse Crisis Service, Inc. | | 2000 | The Progressive Youth Cente | | 2001 | Sue Moore: Former Dir. of Educ., Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial (Arch) | | 2002 | Kansas City Harmony | | 2003 | Colleen Coble, Executive Director, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence | | 2004 | Detective Ken Nix, Clayton Police Department and Sgt. Joe Laramie, Glendale Police Department | | 2005 | Lee Chiaramonte, Senior Minister of the Independence Boulevard Christian Church, 606 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri | | 2006 | Sr. Jeane Meurer and Sr. Irma Kennebeck, Woman's Place |
The Young Lawyers,
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