The Way Out Recovery SCV started a conversation this week about the recent Women’s March 2018 with Linda Davies, the senior division director of the new Domestic Violence Services of the Child and Family Center.

Davies participated in the march this month in L.A., which was the biggest in the nation with 500,000 women, men and children present.

Bob Sharits, program director at The Way Out Recovery SCV and host of “The Way Out Recovery Hour” on KHTS, recalled hearing activist Jackson Katz speak in Santa Clarita several years ago about women’s issues and violence against women truly being men’s issues, too.

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“We show our kids stuff about violence and manhandling and all these roles that men have that really need to change so that there truly is equality when it comes to women, and now men’s, issues,” Sharits said.

Davies seconded that, adding, “(Katz) has this thing where he says, it used to be, ‘Mary was beaten by John. John beat Mary and then somehow Mary becomes a battered woman and Mary is a victim of domestic violence, and where did John go?’ We take the guy right out out of the picture and we don’t hold them responsible.”

She continued that a lot of the Women’s March was centered around the belief that, “We’re all responsible for what’s happening and we’re all responsible to make the world a better place.”

Another big component of the Women’s March was the need to vote on political issues related to women’s rights and domestic violence, according to Davies.

“People have to get out there and vote if people want to see things change, if people want to see what they value to be happening,” she said. “So that was a big push. They had places to sign up to vote if you needed to. It was very inspiring. It made me feel good … about the work we do.”

Formerly the Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley, the newly formed Domestic Violence Services of the Child and Family Center has worked over the years to bring victims of domestic violence in Santa Clarita out of what Davies called “hiding.”

“That’s what domestic violence is about, it’s about silence and about no one knowing,” she explained. “Having a place where people can actually walk in and get help, when they’re not sure, ‘Am I in a domestic violence relationship, am I not, what is this?’”

Davies continued, “So we really wanted to have that be a place where we could give that information in a safe way for people, but in a way that they felt empowered and hopeful, and that’s, I feel, what our job is. Our job is to keep their stories and to give them hope.”

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