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The Sheila Wellstone Institute
Several months ago, a big media splash occurred around Jill and Kevin's wedding video on YouTube. In the unlikely event that you managed to miss this viral event, or their appearance on The Today Show, there'll be a link to their site in a moment.
The music they and their wedding party danced to was Chris Brown's "Forever." A truly great piece of dance music, to be sure, but Chris Brown was the star of a very public case of domestic violence. Jill and Kevin chose to take the sudden, unexpected popularity of their wedding dance and turn it into something positive. They linked their site to The Sheila Wellstone Institute, which fights against domestic violence, and asked people to donate.
Although the Institute is happy to have collected approximately $27,000 to date, the video has had tens of millions of hits on YouTube. I hope some of the visitors to this site will add even a little bit towards this excellent cause, in honor of Valentine's Day and next month, Women's History Month.
I'm making another donation, in the name of my friends who have been victims of domestic violence themselves: Loretta, Cynthia, Pamela. I shouldn't know so many. Please help the Institute in its work to end violence against women around the country.
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