Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Hairstylists in Hispanic community enlisted to help fight domestic abuse

When there is no one else around, no reason to fear sudden rage crashing down without warning, the dark secrets pour out inside Antonia Medina's tiny beauty salon.

She listens in her quiet way, snipping hair inside the Little Village shop as clients tell her over the chatter of a Spanish radio station about busted ribs, broken hands or the unborn baby that was lost after a tumble down some stairs. Each time, they tell her, it's because of "him."


Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/01/3243175/hairstylists-in-hispanic-community.html#ixzz1cYsCvqKf

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