Lauren s Kids Walk in My Shoes 2010 April 2 April 20

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1 Lauren s Kids Walk in My Shoes 2010 April 2 April 20

2 Agenda Event Description Route Maps Stop Descriptions What Centers Can Expect Center Input on Events Group Discussion on Next Steps How FCASV Can Help

3 Event Description Lauren s journey will begin at an Aventura house (where her abuse first occurred) on Friday, April 2nd She will be making stops along her route to highlight rape crisis center services and deliver messages about sexual violence to communities She will end at the Capitol Building on Tuesday April 20th Upon her arrival at the Capitol, her foundation, Lauren s Kids, will host a rally to encourage and support passage of all pending legislation to protect children from sexual assault.

4 Table of Leg Dates, Start Times/Lines, Start Finish Times/ Lines, Mileage Leg Day Date Time Start Start Line Finish Finish Line Miles Leg 1 Friday April 2 7:30 AM Aventura Aventura Mall Deerfield Beach Deerfield Beach City Hall 27.5 Leg 2 Saturday April 3 7:30 AM Boca Raton Boca Raton City Hall Riviera Beach Lantana Shopping Center 17.4 Sunday April 4 OFF Leg 3 Monday April 5 7:30 AM Jupiter Jupiter City Hall Stuart Martin County Court House 23.2 Leg 4 Tuesday April 6 7:30 AM Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie City Hall Vero Beach Vero Beach City Hall 26.1 Wednesday April 7 OFF Leg 5A Thursday April 8 7:30 AM Melbourne Hilton Melbourne Rialto Rockledge, FL Sinai Walk In Clinic 18.2 Leg 5B Friday April 9 7:30AM Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach Hilton Titusville The Children's Center 22.8 Leg 6 Saturday April 10 7:30 AM Orlando Crowne Plaza Airport Orlando Festival Bay Mall 27 Sunday April 11 OFF Leg 7 Monday April 12 7:30AM Plant City Plant City City Hall Tampa IKEA 24.7 Leg 8 Tuesday April 13 7:30AM Tampa Alpha House Tampa Target North Superstore 17.4 Wednesday April 14 OFF Leg 9A Thursday April 15 7:30AM Ocala Ocala City Hall Gainesville Alachua County Courthouse* 23.8 Leg 9B Friday April 16 7:30AM Gainesville U of Florida Gainesville U of Florida Leg 10 Saturday April 17 7:30AM St. Augustine St. John's Govt. Center Jacksonville Avenues Mall 21.1 Sunday April 18 OFF OFF TBD Leg 11A Monday April 19 7:30AM Perry Hampton Inn-Perry Town of Capps Hwy 27 & Hwy Leg 11B Tuesday April 20 5:30AM Tallahassee Leon County Apalachee Park Tallahassee front steps to Capitol 8

5 Event Description Lauren invites people to walk with her during her journey At each stop, Lauren and her team will be distributing literature featuring Top 10 facts, statistics, and other information about sexual violence Lauren will be stopping at rape crisis centers on the way. In some cases the RCC will be at the beginning of her day and sometimes at the end. Other times, Lauren will be taking a detour from her walk to visit a rape crisis center location.

6 Leg 1: Aventura to Deerfield Beach

7 Leg 2: Boca Raton to Riviera Beach

8 Leg 3: Jupiter to Stuart

9 Leg 4: Port St. Lucie to Vero Beach

10 Leg 5: Melbourne to Rockledge

11 Leg 6: Cocoa Beach to Titusville

12 Leg 7: Across Orlando

13 Leg 8: Plant City to Tampa

14 Leg 9: Across Tampa

15 Leg 10A: Ocala to Reddick

16 Leg 10B: Gainesville

17 Leg 11: St. Augustine to Jacksonville

18 Leg 12: Perry to Capps

19 Leg 13A: Tallahassee

20 Leg 13B: Tallahassee

21 Stop Descriptions Lauren will be stopping each night at designated locations and will be taking a few days off. Her stops during the walk are dependent on the wishes of the rape crisis centers. Lauren is willing to speak to the media and any audience members at each stop location. Crisis centers are free to build their own events around Lauren s stop. Examples include: recruiting walkers to join her during part of her walk, hosting her for a media event, having her there to help kick off a rape crisis center event, etc.

22 What Centers Can Expect Lauren will be walking and will be followed by a caravan that includes a bus She will be blogging, taking video and photos, and viewers will be able to follow her progress on her website Media will be present. Lauren has a a communications team that is working on various media outlet exposures. Lauren will be tired! She is excited about visiting centers and spreading the word, but will also need rest. She can speak at centers for about 20 minutes and participate in other activities as requested.

23 What Centers Can Expect Centers can expect to be contacted by a member of Lauren s team individually to discuss the details of events. Centers will be asked to provide information on their events including location, nature of the event, and any help they need from Lauren s team to set up. Lauren s team will provide them with information such as when to expect Lauren in town, etc. Centers can expect to receive media attention about their services. They should be prepared with statements, literature, and a contact person.

24 What are Crisis Centers Planning?

25 What Information Do Centers Need to Proceed with Planning? Next Steps: FCASV will be sending you a questionnaire asking you specific questions about your participation in the event. Please get this back to us ASAP so we can get your questions answered. FCASV Intern Brittany Gideon will be contact for all Walk questions and coordination. Contact her at intern@fcasv.org Look at for more official information about the walk.

26 Thank You! We could not do this without you!