FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                       VAW
 MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1995                         (202) 616-2771
                                              TDD (202) 514-1888
 
         DIRECTOR OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S VIOLENCE AGAINST
     WOMEN OFFICE TO TOUR PROVIDENCE WOMEN'S SHELTER ON TUESDAY
 
        Media Availability At The Statehouse To Follow Tour
 
      Washington, DC -- Bonnie Campbell, in her first trip as
 director of the Department of Justice's Violence Against Women
 Office will tour the Women's Center of Rhode Island on Tuesday,
 April 18, at 1:00 pm, as Congress ponders cutting funds for the
 Crime Bill and its Violence Against Women Act. 
      She will be joined on the tour by Congressman Jack Reed
 and Mary Trinity, the Executive Director of the Rhode Island
 Coalition Against Domestic Violence. There will be a limited
 opportunity for media inquiries at the shelter immediately
 following the tour.  
      After touring the women's shelter, Ms. Campbell will then
 proceed to the Statehouse where she will hold a media
 availability from 3:15-3:30 pm, with Congressman Reed and R.I.
 Attorney General Jeff Pine.  Ms. Campbell's schedule is as follows:
 
 Tuesday, April 18
 
 1:00 - 2:00 pm           Tour Women's Center of Rhode Island
                          Address available through DOJ Office
                          of Public Affairs at(202) 616-2771
 
 2:15 - 3:10 pm           Meeting with R.I. Violence Against     
                          Women Act Satewide Planning Group,         
                          Congressman Reed and Attorney General         
                          Pine in the Statehouse, SenateLounge
                          (open to the press)
 
 3:15 - 3:30 pm           Media Availability in the Statehouse   
                          Rotunda
 
     The Violence Against Women Office was created to lead the
 Administration's effort to implement the Violence Against Women
 Act, along with the Department of Health and Human Services. 
 Ms.Campbell oversees the Justice Department's efforts to
 combine new federal criminal laws with assistance to states and
 localities to fight violence against women.                     
            
    Note: The location of the women's shelter is not for public
 release but can be obtained for your planning purpose
 only,through the DOJ Office of Public Affairs at (202)616-2771. 
                                  
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