CLEVELAND - Yvonne Pointer, Cleveland-based anti-violence activist, author, motivational speaker, philanthropist and member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, speaks to about 225 federal employees during the Women's History Day Seminar at the Anthony J. Celebrezze federal building here on the last day of Women's History Month, March 31, 2011. Pointer spoke on the theme "Our History is Our Strength" and shared how she is making history by spreading anti-violence messages following the abduction, rape and murder of her oldest daughter in 1984. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)