Denver Native (Carol)
12-10-2014, 11:30 AM
Marshall supports domestic violence survivors with clothing drive
DENVER —Just as easily that trauma can bring out emotions, so can it rob survivors of them.
When Barbara Marshall and her two sons, Brandon and Marcus, fled to an emergency shelter to protect themselves after her ex-husband broke into their house, they saw the array of personal and emotional impacts that domestic violence can cause.
"I think it can make you shut down," Barbara Marshall said. "You can just totally shut down and withdraw. I did see that, too, in the shelter. There were some women, they just sat in the corner and they didn't interact with anyone."
The Marshalls spent 26 days in the shelter 16 years ago with about 30 other women and 60 children. The shelter provided food and safety, but lest they put themselves at risk, those at the shelter had to live secluded lives, unable to tell people where they were. It was an experience that stuck with all of them.
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DENVER —Just as easily that trauma can bring out emotions, so can it rob survivors of them.
When Barbara Marshall and her two sons, Brandon and Marcus, fled to an emergency shelter to protect themselves after her ex-husband broke into their house, they saw the array of personal and emotional impacts that domestic violence can cause.
"I think it can make you shut down," Barbara Marshall said. "You can just totally shut down and withdraw. I did see that, too, in the shelter. There were some women, they just sat in the corner and they didn't interact with anyone."
The Marshalls spent 26 days in the shelter 16 years ago with about 30 other women and 60 children. The shelter provided food and safety, but lest they put themselves at risk, those at the shelter had to live secluded lives, unable to tell people where they were. It was an experience that stuck with all of them.
rest - http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Marshall-supports-domestic-violence-survivors-with-clothing-drive/a37411f6-c293-4734-9363-e28b4804a1bf