Melanie Hooker has been with the Do
mestic Violence Coalition of Van Buren County since 2009. In October 2015, she went from victim advocacy to Executive Director. During her tenure with DVC she has added sexual assault services, migrant outreach services with a bilingual advocate, an emergency response team, LGBTQ+ and teen programming, offender programming, and is looking at Human trafficking services. She is a leader for several committees and community partnerships, volunteers for the Victim Service Unit for both Van Buren and Allegan Counties, and recently graduated with a BS in Criminal Justice which she hopes to use to further help victims of violence.
Melanie Hooker, Executive Director of the Paw Paw-based Domestic Violence Coalition will tell us about their programs, how they help others, and why this work is so rewarding.
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