Relationship violence is a tragic circumstance that is very difficult to discuss. Please be advised that this episode contains discussions of relationship violence and the depiction of traumatic events.

On this episode of the NNLM Discovery podcast, Region 3’s Community Engagement Coordinator, Margie Sheppard, discusses a new program funded over the last year called Claire’s Community, which is trying to inform and educate the public about relationship violence. Margie interviews Shannon VanLandingham, Claire’s mother, Executive Director of Be More Like Claire.

Although this story is born of tragedy and discusses Claire’s murder, this story leads to a discussion about building healthy, respectful and nonviolent relationships. This is a positive story of hope and resilience.

For more information about Claire’s Community visit www.claires-community.org.

To listen to Region 3’s podcast series, “Health Bytes with Region 3,” which is mentioned in this episode, visit https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/healthbyteswithregion3.

The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region, with Region Four consisting of: Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

To learn more about Region 3 visit: http://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region3

All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool – until this episode. We felt the subject matter of this episode was so moving that it was best to simply present a photo of Claire.

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