Executive Director Statement

Statement from Independence House, Inc. Executive Director, Lysetta Hurge-Putnam Hyannis, MA, February 16, 2021 —According to news reports, on Monday February 7th Mashpee lost a member of their community to an act of domestic violence, and members of Ms. Taylor's...

Good Morning, Let me add my welcome to all of you as well, on behalf of all of us at Independence House. Take a look around the room. Some of our colleagues and friends in this room have been the victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence and some are...

STATEMENT BY LYSETTA HURGE-PUTNAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INDEPENDENCE HOUSE, INC. We extend our greatest empathy to the family of 35 year old Mary (Molly) Fratantonio of Cotuit as we learned of her killing at the hands of her husband on February 28.   Our hearts are...

“To reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.”    …Mahatma Ghandi By Lysetta Hurge-Putnam, MSW, LICSW (LHP), Executive Director Domestic violence is documented as far back as 753 BC. Its history and prevalence are long, and the effects...

Significant Restricted Funds Increased to Independence House will help Sexual Assault Services to Children in our Community Domestic and sexual violence are not limited to any particular ethnicity, race, religion, class or nationality. One only needs to read the...

Although acts of sexual violence are perpetrated every day in the US, April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, to draw attention to both the issue of sexual violence and the impact of sexual violence on victims/survivors and their families and friends....

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH – 2014 “On the NFL and Domestic Violence” Lysetta Hurge-Putnam, MSW, LICSW, Executive Director 10/3/2014 There has been extensive media coverage about domestic violence and the actions or lack thereof, on the part of the NFL. So what...

Connecticut Tragedy Statement from Lysetta Hurge Putnam (December 17, 2012) There are no words that can ever adequately console the parents, family, classmates, Sandy Hook Elementary School Community, and the entire community of Newtown, Connecticut as they face the...

EDITORIAL-IN MY VIEW-Submitted to The Cape Cod Times, November 2010 “In My View” Lisa Allen, the survivor of a documented “illegal strip search” in 1991 showed tremendous courage and strength by coming forward recently to share her experience from 19 years ago....