1982
The Centerfor the Poclflc.Aslon Fomlly,
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HARRISON GRAY OTIS, lN2't9r7 HARRY CHANDLER,, 19171911 NORMAN CHANDLER, I94.IM OTIS CHANDLER, I%OIfl)
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for themselves. For half the women, Rlmonte eaid, battering started iri thelr native country, where it . was consldered acceptable to diectpllne one,e wlfe. arrive on its Hollywood doorstep frequently epeak Once a couple moved to this country, the man little or no English, they do not know that wlfemight be forced to take a lower-statuJob. Hie wife beating is a crlme, and they may be undergolng a mtght work, too, and thege changee added to{pd8tdifficult cultural adJustment to a new country qutte lng tenelons. apart from the violence inflicted on them. Rlmonte said the center also encounters unique The center began as a rape-hotllne seryice but, problems fn trying to help place the worqen inJobe, as executive director Nilda Rimonte e:elained, because programs helping Asians here are geared the staff quickly reallzed that the needs of Los towsrd men, who have been the tradlilonal Angeles' growing Asian communltj were much provlders. The women often are afraid to go to broader. For example, she said, many Astan training progf,amE anyway becauge they may run \yomen were unaccustomed to the telephone, and into thelr husbande, who are atso seeking work. certainly to discuEsing rape on the telephone with The center opened last year, and faceg the same strangers. Women who were referred to €dlUng qnanglat problemr ol other goclal.gcrvlce agen. shelters found no one who spoke thelr langUage or 9!es, Tlte pmgrsm has a S76,000 grant from the understood their culture, and the tood war dlfferU.S. Department o, Heelth and Human Servlces, ent, "These are basic needsi if you can't eat and . but the money rnay be cut off tn June. While the you can't communicate, where ate you?" Rlmonte ARCO Foundatlon and the Nattonel Councll of asked. Jewbh Women hevc provlded gtants, Rlmonte ts The Hollywood center can hour€ l3 trrnlller et . eomtantly on the lookout for an ,,angel', to help .ylth fund-raldng, cspqpially lf the federal money one time. In addition to provldlng r secure hevcn for the women, the gtatf worke to help'them , drlec up. understand their victimization and make declrlons It ls q 8ad story, heard all too often in 1982. a
ehelter for battered women and their children, but it is a center with a difference. The women who
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Poclflc-Aslon Rope & Botteang Unc Nollnoc, ASfrelter
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10
Parf ltlFriday, March 26,1%2
llosAngeles @lmes
TOll JOHI'FON Pubtlsher and
Chg fucutttc Ofis
MNAU)
PuNishers
HARRISON GRAY OTIS, lN2't9r7 HARRY CHANDLER,, 19171911 NORMAN CHANDLER, I94.IM OTIS CHANDLER, I%OIfl)
F. WRIGHT and Cht{OpGTatlnS
t&nt
WIIIIAM F. TIIOMAS Edlwstd Exrgdyc VE VANCB
L
Ln ll*''' E
tr
Olfs
tr7d.'a4
Ncnt
STICXAU.
Mtg
fuudvc Vb
Mart dr,t
I,
JAMES D. BGWRT CH RTBS C CIIASB,
Vb M* hploye Rebtunr Yb &aiy'cnt,Owatbs
nOEnT L n!./lIilNBS, Vkv Wat and AsdEtant to tl|a Puilhh({. & cRIDEn, vb Went,l?/vdlttt,pa nolEnr c. u)BDBIJ, Yb PrcldentendGasal cotttlg,l
lefs OIIS
CHANDLER,
Ait*inohkl,
Tima Mlrror
INL
GBORGB J.
COruAf,, Mana&tt
AMHOI{Y DAY, Eltlw
JBAN
{
drc
$lAfl.BY TAYII)R'
&llw
WdA PaF
A,,pctea
&llw
A Center With aDifference The Center for the Pacific-Asian Famlly ls
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for themselves. For half the women, Rlmonte eaid, battering started iri thelr native country, where it . was consldered acceptable to diectpllne one,e wlfe. arrive on its Hollywood doorstep frequently epeak Once a couple moved to this country, the man little or no English, they do not know that wlfemight be forced to take a lower-statuJob. Hie wife beating is a crlme, and they may be undergolng a mtght work, too, and thege changee added to{pd8tdifficult cultural adJustment to a new country qutte lng tenelons. apart from the violence inflicted on them. Rlmonte said the center also encounters unique The center began as a rape-hotllne seryice but, problems fn trying to help place the worqen inJobe, as executive director Nilda Rimonte e:elained, because programs helping Asians here are geared the staff quickly reallzed that the needs of Los towsrd men, who have been the tradlilonal Angeles' growing Asian communltj were much provlders. The women often are afraid to go to broader. For example, she said, many Astan training progf,amE anyway becauge they may run \yomen were unaccustomed to the telephone, and into thelr husbande, who are atso seeking work. certainly to discuEsing rape on the telephone with The center opened last year, and faceg the same strangers. Women who were referred to €dlUng qnanglat problemr ol other goclal.gcrvlce agen. shelters found no one who spoke thelr langUage or 9!es, Tlte pmgrsm has a S76,000 grant from the understood their culture, and the tood war dlfferU.S. Department o, Heelth and Human Servlces, ent, "These are basic needsi if you can't eat and . but the money rnay be cut off tn June. While the you can't communicate, where ate you?" Rlmonte ARCO Foundatlon and the Nattonel Councll of asked. Jewbh Women hevc provlded gtants, Rlmonte ts The Hollywood center can hour€ l3 trrnlller et . eomtantly on the lookout for an ,,angel', to help .ylth fund-raldng, cspqpially lf the federal money one time. In addition to provldlng r secure hevcn for the women, the gtatf worke to help'them , drlec up. understand their victimization and make declrlons It ls q 8ad story, heard all too often in 1982. a
ehelter for battered women and their children, but it is a center with a difference. The women who
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