{"id":42031,"date":"2017-10-05T00:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=42031"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T20:54:27","slug":"love-shouldnt-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/love-shouldnt-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Shouldn\u2019t Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her name was Mary Heather Spencer<\/strong>. She was one of my closest friends. The last time she texted me was on the morning of 9\/11\/07. She was brutally murdered by her boyfriend that night. It has been 10 years, but the memories of her and of that day will never be forgotten. \u00a0Please remember her name. <\/span><\/p>\n

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month<\/strong>.\u00a0Family Crisis Services<\/strong> wants to get the city of Oxford<\/strong> ready to show their support by wearing their purple. Mayor Robyn Tannehill<\/strong> and the Board of Aldermen<\/strong> signed a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the month of October, Family Crisis Services will have many ways to get the community involved with the awareness. Both the Oxford Police Department<\/strong>\u00a0and Lafayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong> will be wearing their purple on their uniform or a purple ribbon placed on their vehicle. Family Crisis Services will be set up on the Courthouse<\/strong> lawn distributing domestic violence awareness information and resources one day, we\u2019ll also be set up one afternoon on campus. In addition, Family Crisis Services will have Love Shouldn\u2019t Hurt yard signs all throughout Oxford during the month. When you see any of these displays of awareness know it represents the ones who cannot speak for themselves anymore, for the ones that have survived and spending every day putting their life back together and for the ones who suffer in silence. <\/span><\/p>\n