WOMEN’S COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE 25th ANNIVERSARY MARCH 19

The

Somerville Health Department and the Office of Somerville Commissions announce

that this year's award recipient for "Woman of Excellence" by the

Somerville Commission for Women will be former Alderman-At-Large Helen Corrigan

who has contributed to the City as an Alderman, a member of the Board of

Health, and as a member of various Somerville nonprofit organizations. Helen

also served on the Board of Aldermen when City Ordinance created the Women's

Commission. The "Best Service Provider to Women" award recipient

is the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC).

Awards

will be presented at the reception honoring Women's History Month and the

Commission's Anniversary.  

"This is a time for us to remember all that past and

present commissioners have accomplished over the past 25 years, share current

projects, and work together to determine the next steps we can take as a

community," said Sonja Darai, Director of the Office of the Somerville

Commissions. 

Women's History Month is celebrated in March, dating to

the first International Women's Day on March 26, 1911. In 1981, Congress

passed a resolution making Women's History Week a national holiday, and legally

expanded the observance to an entire month in 1987.

Past award winners include the CASPAR, Somerville

Community Partnership for Children (SCPC), Police Department Family Services

Division, Special Education advocate Debbie Higgins, and affordable housing

advocate Mary Louise Daly, Librarian Marylin Eastwood, among others.

For more information, contact Office of Somerville

Commissions Director Sonja Darai at 617-625-6600 ext. 2406, or SDarai@somervillema.gov.