The Purple Postcard press conference was held on February 21 at the Capitol to talk about funding for family violence services in Texas.

TCFV received over 10,000 purple post cards from people across Texas who believe in the importance of funding family violence services and who want to urge their legislators to prioritize this funding as the budget for the next biennium is developed.

The Purple Postcard press conference was held on February 21 at the Capitol to talk about funding for family violence services in Texas. TCFV received over 10,000 purple post cards from people across Texas who believe in the importance of funding family violence services and who want to urge their legislators to prioritize this funding as the budget for the next biennium is developed.

Thanking the legislature for past support, Laura Wolf, Senior Policy Director for TCFV said, “State funding for family violence services ensures that victims of family violence in Texas have access to emergency shelter, counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy and other life-saving services. In fiscal year 2006, Texas family violence programs delivered these critical services to more than 81,000 women, children and men who were escaping family violence.”Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Lewisville) reiterated the importance of the issue of domestic violence and the need to fund programs that provide those essential services. Rep. John Davis (R-Houston) talked about the importance of raising boys to be “good men” and promised to do what he can to support the cause. The final speaker was Laura Pressley, a survivor of domestic violence, who talked about the time she spent at a Houston area shelter and how they helped her when she wanted to get out of an abusive relationship.

Members of TCFV’s Policy team delivered the 10,000 purple post cards to the respective legislators in the days following the conference.