COLMA, Calif.—A new generation of outreach workers has joined ALLICE, Alliance for Community Empowerment, in calling for action against domestic and dating violence.
Students from Daly City’s Jefferson High School were among 150 people who attended “Free from Violence,” a domestic violence prevention outreach and resource fair staged by ALLICE in collaboration with Seton Medical Center and Thomasians USA Oct. 28 at the Colma Community Center. Led by 2010 student body president Bea Delacruz, the “Jeff” students flexed muscle throughout the entire event, setting up the site, staffing registration and refreshment tables, ushering guests, and listening intently to speakers San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier, ALLICE member, event chair and Colma Mayor Joanne del Rosario, and domestic violence advocate Clara Tempongko.