For nearly 20 years, Joanne Hansen served the Juneau community at AWARE, Juneau’s domestic violence support organization. Her daughter talked with KTOO about her mom and the impact she had on the community.
For nearly twenty years, Joanne Hansen served the Juneau community at AWARE, Juneau’s domestic violence support organization, where she worked as a women’s advocate and a shelter manager.Her daughter, Roxanne Thomas, talks about who her mom was and the impact she had on the community.At one time, there were three generations of us working at AWARE, which is really a testament to her, that her granddaughter was up for the summer and wanted to volunteer there. But AWARE was really her life.
We were headed to the store one Thanksgiving for a forgotten ingredient, and there was a hitchhiker. And she pulled over to kidnap them and insisted that they come for Thanksgiving and they became a lifelong friend.She grew up in the Midwest, but I always say that her life began in Juneau. She came to Juneau a shy, quiet woman with really no confidence… She must have been right around 30.
And she came into her own and found her voice at AWARE. And I think by being a fierce defender of women, you know, she first started speaking up and finding her voice, but then she found it for herself. And honestly, my dad even had to change because as she grew stronger and wanted her rights, you know. He just went along and changed from kind of a chauvinist… And he just changed right along with her. But, so yes, she grew up there, but really, she bloomed in Juneau.
We anticipate people not having rides, so I’m going to make sure that we have rides for anybody who doesn’t have rides. And in fact, someone said, you know, probably people will come that didn’t even know her because there’s free food and rides. And they said it kind of in a bad way. And I said, you know, if people need a meal and want to come, my mom would be happy with that.
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