In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a statewide, town-hall meeting will be held to discuss issues pertaining to domestic violence.

Rep. Leonard Boswell (D)will host the meeting and will have Bonnie Campbell, former Iowa Attorney General and current director for the Violence Against Women Office at the U.S. Department of Justice, as a guest.

The meeting will be held Friday, Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. in Room 203 of Drake University’s Meredith Hall. The meeting will be available throughout Iowa via the Iowa Communications Network. At Iowa State, the meeting can be seen in Room N147 of Lagomarcino Hall.

Other experts from around the state, including Beth Barnhill from the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, will also attend the meeting.

She said the meeting will discuss domestic abuse and highlight the federal funds used throughout the state that help educate and make aware the seriousness of domestic violence.

Marti Anderson, director for the Iowa’s Crime Victim Assistance Program in the Attorney General’s office, said the meeting is a good chance for Iowans to see what organizations throughout the state are doing to help curb domestic violence.

She said the meeting will be a chance for the citizens of Iowa to see what efforts are going on in Iowa to stop domestic violence.

“People will be talking about what they are doing to stop domestic violence,” Anderson said. “And they will be talking about what they wish was being done.”

The meeting will also focus on solutions to domestic violence problems.

“It is always good for people working on an issue to talk with each other to search for solutions to the problems,” she said.

Domestic violence advocates, law-enforcement officials, attorneys and health-care professionals will be attending the event, Anderson said

In a recent press release, Boswell said, “Domestic violence is an issue about which I have been quite concerned and have worked to find ways we can join together to curb this horrible crime.”

The public is invited to attend.