Rakshas grabs Hope for Tomorrow Award
Atlanta sources added that recently Raksha’s Executive Director, Aparna Bhattacharyya was given the Hope for Tomorrow Award at International Women’s House’s 10th Annual Night of New Beginnings Gala in recognition of her work for women and children in the community.
Accordingly
Ms. Bhattacharyya represented Raksha on the steering committee to start International women’s house in the late 1990s and served on its Board of Directors. Meanwhile
After receiving the award, Ms. Bhattacharyya talked about the history of International Women’s House, which was started after a Vietnamese woman was shot by her husband after she got her divorce. Moreover Ms. Bhattacharyya went on to share her hopes for a new tomorrow which included her hope around youth throughout the nation who have been taking stands to address gun violence and access to mental health in their schools, and that survivors don’t have to worry about making three times their income in order to get an apartment for themselves and their children, that survivors don’t have
live
in one room hotels with their children for years before they can afford an apartment, and that ultimately that we will have collectively have found a solution to end violence in our homes, schools and
communities.