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Las Vegas, Nevada - October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will present the "Peace Begins at Home" Girl Scout Domestic Violence Merit Patch at the Girl Scouts of the Frontier Council Headquarters, 2941 Harris Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2009 at 10 am.

"Eliminating domestic violence requires collaborative prevention efforts," said Attorney General Masto. "My office has been involved with the creation of this patch for the last year. Almost 36,000 victims in Nevada contacted agencies in 2008 for assistance. Over 13,000 of these victims were children. Engaging Nevada's youth to discover the qualities of healthy and respectful relationships will help break the cycle of violence."

The Peace Begins at Home Domestic Violence Merit Patch Event's speakers include:

• Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney General,
• Sue Meuschke, Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence,
• LaDeana Gamble, Assistant Court Administrator, Las Vegas Justice Court
• Wendy Wilkinson, President of the Southern Nevada Domestic Violence Task Force
• Honorable Frank Sullivan, and
• Kevin Janison , Channel 3 Meteorologist.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month was created in 1987 to promote increased rights and services for domestic violence victims; to educate the public about the crisis of domestic violence and the prevalence of this epidemic in all of our lives; and to encourage involvement and support from our community for domestic violence victims and those who serve them.