Mary J. Blige Domestic Violence Shelter: Mary J. Blige Center for Women
Mary J Blige has stepped up her campaign to help victims of domestic abuse – by opening a refuge for battered women in New York.
The star has also been a vocal supporter of women’s charities, alleging her father often beat her mother before he walked out on the family when she was just four years old.
MJB’s organization recently teamed up with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini and several New York-based organizations to fund the opening of the Mary J. Blige Center for Women, based in Yonkers.
The singer was on hand to open the facility on Thursday.
She tells CNN: “All age ranges will be able to come to this center. Women from all walks of life, not just women from poverty-stricken areas. Whatever it is, they’ll be able to come here. There are gonna be psychologists here, doctors here, day care centers here. Anything that you need or they need to be able to better themselves is here for them.”
The Grammy Award winner says she is delighted to use her fame for a good cause: “That’s why I think as celebrities we’re given this job. We’re not given this job to just hold onto this stuff and die with it. We’re given this job to be able to touch someone and say, ‘me, too,’ because they look up to us and look to us for help and guidance and want to be able to relate to us.”
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On December 19th 2009, B in Houston wrote:
To Mary,
God has blessed you and will continue to bless you even more as you are faithful to this well needed cause “The Mary J. Blige Center”.
Thank you for all you do, your inspiration in your songs, the hope that you give so many people and sharing your life and heart with others.
From,
A desperate Mother of a Daughter, who is a mother, sister and wife, who is being abused emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually by the hands and mind of a man that legally wears the title of “Husband”.
On December 26th 2009, Taliban wrote:
Just out of curiosity, now that the singer the shelter is named after
punched her husband,
will the name of the shelter be changed, or is it a non issue, because it
happened outside
the home and is not considered domestic violence ?
Regards
On December 28th 2009, slaphappy wrote:
Well.. maybe she should have opened a domestic abuse shelter for men and their kids so the other 50% of the domestic violence victims that do not get services could have a place to go when unaccountable, violent and irrational women lose control of themselves.
Ask any Judge, Lawyer, or Cop…Women are always right, men always “deserve” the beatings they get.
No charges will be brought on her, and her husband will continue to suffer in silence.
On December 31st 2009, america the cesspole wrote:
Why do so many male judges and lawyers enjoy being beat by their wives ? Then find normal men who don’t, somehow guilty of self defense…what a moral sh*thole for men in 2009….