Violence Prevention Center Events

Join the Violence Prevention Center for our annual Brown Bag Lunch!

The Brown Bag Lunch highlights women's stories and voices during Women's History Month. This year the VPC is proud to host local author and community member Staci Drouillard. Join us on March 23rd from 12-1pm in the Blue Building on the North House Folk School Campus for Staci's talk, "She was the Cook: Food and Sustenance in Seven Aunts."

Coffee and dessert will be provided, and attendees are welcome to bring a sack lunch. We hope to see you there!

Staci Lola Drouillard is a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe. She lives and works in her hometown of Kitchibitobig—Grand Marais, on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her first book, Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe (UMP, 2019) won the Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History and the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. Her second book Seven Aunts was released in 2022 (UMP) and was nominated for a 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and Creative nonfiction. Staci works as a radio producer for WTIP Community Radio and writes the monthly column Nibi Chronicles for Great Lakes Now, a branch of Detroit Public Media.

The Violence Prevention Center hosted a local chapter of HERstory with Breth Drost, former Chair of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who currently serves her community through various roles. Beth, who grew up in Grand Portage and Cook County, has stories to share with us about her life, what she has done and what she is doing as a member of both communities.

If you want to know more about how women have shaped and improved Grand Portage and Cook County over the years, please watch the recording.

Watch the recording here!









	Dance Til There is No More	VPC marching in the Fisherman's Picnic Parade
VPC marching in the Fisherman's Picnic Parade


VPC board members!	VPC board members!	LUNAFEST
Lunafest and the VPC's 30th Anniversary Celebration with special musical guests Lake Effect

	Lake Effect at Lunafest!	Wander down to harbor park and check out our tree! The tree is lit with purple lights in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month and in honor of all those who have been affected by violence. Together we can take a stand against domestic violence!
	Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance to acknowledge October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month	Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance
Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance to honor survivors of violence, remember those who have lost their lives, and express our hope for a less violent future.	Some of our wonderful participants in this year's Dance 'Til There Is No More dance party fundraiser	VPC dancers at our 2016 Dance 'Til There is No More dance party fundraiser
	VPC's booth for Dance 'Til There Is No More at WTIP's 2016 Radiowaves music festival	Dancers had a blast and raised support and awareness for VPC services and programming at WTIP's Radiowaves music festival
The VPC float at the 2016 Fisherman's Picnic Parade	The VPC team and supporters march in the 2016 Fisherman's Picnic Parade	VPC parade marchers acknowledge 30 years of VPC programming

LUNAFEST is a traveling film festival that features films by, for, and about women. 2015 was the VPC's 5th annual hosting of the event!	The Candlelight Vigil of Hope and Remembrance happens each October, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. During the Vigil, we take time to remember all who have been touched by domestic and sexual violence	2015 was the first year for our dance party fundraiser held at WTIP's Radiowaves music festival. Fun was had by all and dancers tore up the dance floor, gathered pledges, and raised awareness about the importance of ending domestic and sexual violence
VPC staff, board members, volunteers, and supporters marched in the Fisherman's Picnic parade in August	VPC at the Fisherman's Picnic Parade