Actress Reaches Out to Abused Women
Screen siren Halle Berry looks to help abused women turn their lives around.
Halle Berry is no stranger to domestic abuse; her mother was a victim of domestic abuse and Berry herself has admitted to growing up with self esteem issues.
Berry recently sat down in an interview with NBC Nightly News to discuss how she hopes to inspire people to leave a bad situation and that they have the capacity to turn their lives around.
"Get out. Just get out. You're so worth it, as women, as mothers, as people," was Berry's message to abused women. "If you can't do it for yourself, get out for your children, because your children deserve better."
The actress has been working with the Jenesse Center for about 10 years, which is a Los Angeles-based center that provides resources and support to battered women.
After immediate care such as shelter is given, the women are enrolled in a program that hopes to break the abuse pattern by counseling them and offering legal services. Berry has even volunteered her time with the center, working with women one-on-one, noting that they don't see her as a celebrity, but rather as a fellow woman.
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