Welcome
Our Mission
The Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund is a non-profit corporation and was founded to honor the life of Lindsay Ann Burke, a 23 year old Rhode Island College graduate from North Kingstown, R.I. Lindsay was a compassionate, honest and trusting young woman who cared deeply for others. She was trying to break the cycle of violence when she was murdered. Lindsay was an education major and came from a family of educators. We believe she would want us to break the silence and work towards ending relationship violence through education. As such, this fund will support the prevention of relationship violence primarily through the education of teens, parents, educators, and the public.
Fall 2008 RI Health Teacher Workshop
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness
and Prevention Poster Contest
Winner: Kelly Walls,
Warwick Area Career & Tech Center
Click here to view winning poster along with other entries
Lindsay Ann Burke Act and
Rhode Island Dept. of Education:
Guide to Preventing Bullying,
Teen Dating Violence, and Sexual Violence
in Rhode Island Schools
Learn more about the LINDSAY ANN BURKE ACT
The Facts
| 1 | Girls and women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence. |
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| 2 | 1 in 5 high school girls is physically or sexually hurt by a dating partner. |
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| 3 | 1 in 3 teens experience some kind of abuse in their romantic relationships. |
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| statistics from the US Dept of Justice, AJPH, JAMA |
The Fund
The Lindsay Ann Burke Memorial Fund is a non-profit 501(c )(3) charitable corporation. All donations are tax deductible and directly support our mission of ending relationship violence through education. We have no paid staff. Our workshops to train middle and high school health teachers, school staff and parents are made possible by your donations. In addition, we provide free educational and curriculum materials to workshop participants and trained health teachers.
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For Immediate Assistance
If you or someone you know is a victim, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE or visit their website: www.ndvh.org
Teen victims can also call the National Teen Dating Violence Hotline: 1-866-331-9474 or visit their website at www.loveisrespect.org
About Lindsay
Lindsay could easily be described as the “the girl next door”. She grew up on a small street in the suburbs, knowing all the neighbors and playing with all the children in the neighborhood. They went to school together, played in the neighborhood together, celebrated birthdays together, went to extra-curricular activities together, attended religious education classes together, and sometimes, even went on vacation together. Some of her closest friends from our old neighborhood felt much sadness and pain upon hearing of her murder. Read more about Lindsay’s story.