‘Stop violence end silence’: Eastern suburbs residents join annual Walk Against Family Violence
Dozens of eastern suburbs residents created a procession of orange during the annual Walk Against Family Violence at the Lillydale Lake.
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More than 150 eastern suburbs residents marched around Lillydale Lake to raise awareness for family based violence on Tuesday morning.
The procession of orange walked around the lake, pausing to remember the more than 80 women and children lost to family violence in Australia so far this year.
The march, organised by the Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service, was held as part of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Boorndawan Willam chief executive Adam Frogley said the eastern suburbs community needed to stand together to solve this problem.
“We are here for a reason,” he said.
“We need to stand up as a community and make sure we are putting our best foot forward to ensure family violence remains a focus for government and for community.”
Mr Frogley also encouraged attendees to sign a petition pushing for a national royal commission into family and gender-based violence.
Crowds help up large signs that read slogans like “free is equal” and “stop violence, end silence”.
The walk comes after thousands of Victorians marched from Birrarung Marr to Treasury Gardens on Friday following the deaths of Isla Bell and Bayswater woman Vicky Van Aken.
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