The St. Landry/Evangeline Task Force met again on August 9th at the New Life Center in Opelousas.  The agenda was set to discuss many different items. The group had decided that while participating in many different activities throughout the year, the annual project would be to create a comprehensive community effort towards curbing domestic violence and an increased media outreach campaign for combating violenceand providing an outlet for information on violence prevention. The networking between law enforcement, DA's, judges, and the volunteers and agencies represented at the SLE meetings was determined to be paramount to acheive our goals. The task force is also attempting to create a court watching program, following the guide of other existing programs. The group created an internal board that will allow the group to become more of a sustainable, solid organization. Positions filled are Chairman - Paula Manuel, Vice Chairman - Toni Guillory, Media Outreach - Jackie Cochran (of the Daily World), and Secreatary - Kendra Alpough. A flyer will also be created and more phone numbers and email addresses will be gathered in an attempt to draw more community leaders, agencies,  and volunteers into the group. With a growing membership and a determined focus, this group is set to bring serious positive action to their communities. 

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