(EDISON, NJ) -- Being Brave 2025, an evening of advocacy and support for survivors of domestic violence, will take place on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Pines Manor in Edison. The event begins at 6:00pm.
The evening will include a cocktail hour and a silent auction for Town Clock Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit that provides supportive services and permanent, affordable, and safe housing for survivors and their children. Social Impact Partnership Leader at Johnson & Johnson, Tom Lobben, will be the masters of ceremony, announcing the inspiring community awards, including Church & Dwight Co. Inc., Cypress Missions LLC, Ruth Anne Koenick, and Carolina Moratti & Promesa Project. Musical performance is by David Caldwell-Mason & Band and soprano Susana Leiva.
This powerful evening will also include other special presentations, such as #TheMemorialMoment and #TheManStand. The Memorial Moment presents the life of a victim of domestic violence who was killed by her intimate partner. Barbara Alston & F. “Butch” Webb will present the life of their daughter Tayeesha Harris-Webb and unborn son Nadir. For #TheManStand the stage will fill with men pledging to take a stand against domestic violence in their own lives and communities. Leading #TheManStand will be Keith Da Costa, the Executive Director of Caresparc Community Connections Inc.
All proceeds will fund programming offered to their resident survivor families living at Dina's Dwellings and the Barbara Littman House. For tickets and further details, please click here. Pines Manor is located at 2085 Lincoln Highway in Edison, New Jersey.
Town Clock Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization. Their mission is to provide long-term, safe, affordable homes and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence and their children.
One of their beloved residents summed up the organization's mission and their goal: “With help from the gracious Town Clock folks, I don’t have to worry about where to live. I’ve been here a year and things are so much better. Now, I can make plans toward a good future for me and my children. We are safe now.”
'We are safe now.' That is the ultimate goal at Town Clock.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. It can include physical and sexual violence, psychological abuse and financial control. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence finds that 57% of homeless women cite domestic violence as cause of their homelessness, and 33% of women have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.
The Childhood Domestic Violence Association cites that children of domestic violence are six times more likely to commit suicide, 50% more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, 74% more likely to commit a violent crime and three times more likely to repeat the cycle of abuse in adulthood.
