Witney’s Lights would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to Lynn Rosenthal on her appointment to the
White House as an Advisor on Violence Against Women. Lynn Rosenthal has the distinct pleasure of serving
in a newly created position at the White House, dedicated specifically to advising the President and Vice
President on domestic violence and sexual assault issues. In this new position, Ms. Rosenthal will be a liaison
to the domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy community; coordinate with the Department of Justice’
s Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) on implementation of Violence Against Women Act programs;
coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services on implementation of Family Violence
Prevention Act services (including the National Domestic Violence Hotline); coordinate with the State
Department and USAID on global domestic violence initiatives; and drive the development new initiatives and
policy aimed at combating domestic violence and sexual assault with advocacy groups and members of
Congress. In addition, we look forward to Ms. Rosenthal actively supporting and encouraging the
participation of grassroots organizations such as Witney’s Lights and others in her plans to eradicate
violence against women.
A special thanks to Vice President Biden , White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and White House
Advisor Lynn Rosenthal for placing Violence Against Women at the top of the White House Agenda as well
as for the invitation to participate in a roundtable discussion to prioritize the immediate needs to combat
domestic violence and sexual assualt. A healthy dialog occurred between The Vice President, Ms. Jarrett and
Ms. Rosenthal as well as with other national violence against women organizations, advocates, White House
officials and yours truly.
Witney’s Lights is looking forward to a long, productive partnership with Ms. Rosenthal. Please join me in
congratulating and supporting our new White House Advisor on Domestic Violence, Ms. Lynn Rosenthal!
For more information about Ms. Rosenthal please click on the link below.
www.whitehouse.gov
Quincy Lucas
President/Founder
Witney's Lights, Inc.
| Witney's Lights supports Vice President Biden's selection of Lynn Rosenthal as White House Violence Against Women Advisor |
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