Recap of JPC’s Trip to Washington with our winning Shero!

Shero Selected to Travel to DC: Lisa Miller Baldwin

There is so much to tell you and time has moved so swiftly we hardly had time to stop and blog about it!

Johnson Products’ signature brand Gentle Treatment,^® launched an initiative about Domestic Violence three years ago. The past two years we have been selected Sheros who were nominated by friends and co-workers.

This year, we selected one Shero to travel with us to Washington DC. Her name is Lisa Baldwin Miller, founder of the Wonderfully Made Foundation in Oklahoma City, OK. We were going to Washington DC to sponsor and testify before a Congressional Hearing –the first of its kind on the effects Domestic Violence has on children, in coordination with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Makers of Memories Foundation. Our CEO, Eric Brown spoke for the company and lauded Lisa for her work with her DV shelter, her public outreach to bring awareness to this issue which we learned at the hearing that there is only 2% public recognition about this issue! We’ve got work to do!

Congressman John Conyers was present as was Congresswomen Gwen Moore and Sheila Jackson-Lee. The panel consisted of many survivors, including celebrity spokesperson Norwood Young, April Hernandez Castillo, 14 year old Ariel Berrean and Jennifer Collins.

The following day, Lisa accompanied Renee Brown, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Bethany House of Northern VA where they toured their shelter and presented them with a $25,000 five-year grant.

Lisa says she was treated like royalty. She ate at fine restaurants, including B. Smith’s at Union Station, then went to the King Memorial.

You can hear Lisa’s story as well as other excerpts of testimonies on Sunday Morning-Live Oct. 16. If you are reading this after that day, still click the link as the show posts immediately after airing: http://tobtr.com/s/2352699. You can also fast forward to the second hour of the show to hear these testimonies. They are powerful.

Here are selected photos from the Congressional Hearing and other parts of the trip. Enjoy! Click to View Photo Recap

To view Bethany House Check Presentation, click here.

Rita Smith, NCADV, Lisa Miller Baldwin, JPC Shero, Renee Brown, JPC and Norwood Young. NCADV