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Nov 29, 2020 · Anna Strout. Yet on March 8, 2019 on International Women's Day, one street in downtown Bloomington at the intersection of South Washington and East Second Street was named Toby Strout Way. Strout ...
Jul 10, 2020 · Photo by Ben Weller. by JANET MANDELSTAM. The principal character in Jesse Eisenberg’s new movie When You Finish Saving the World is the director of a domestic violence shelter in a small midwestern city. That’s not surprising when you know that the Oscar-nominated actor is the son-in-law of the late Toby Strout, who led Bloomington’s ...
Feb 28, 2017 · Former Middle Way House Executive Director Toby Strout, who had been ill, has died. She was 71. An announcement from Congregation Beth Shalom, of which Strout was a member, said Strout died Monday ...
Toby Strout is the executive director of Middle Way House, a national model domestic violence program in Bloomington. Annually, the emergency shelter provides safe housing to approximately 500 families from six counties in south central Indiana, serving more than 2,000 people. The center works to end structural and interpersonal violence for ...
Mar 22, 2017 · The Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women will no longer be handing out a Lifetime Contribution Award. Longtime community servants will instead be honored with the Toby Strout Lifetime ...
Jun 12, 2020 · Toby Strout sees the big picture. In her 20 years as executive director of Middle Way House, a domestic violence shelter and advocacy center, she’s learned that domestic violence doesn’t exist in a vacuum. “It makes no sense to treat domestic violence as just an individual issue, because it’s nearly everywhere,” she says.
On Friday, March 8, the portion of South Washington Street that runs in front of properties owned by Middle Way House, was named to honor the legacy of Toby Strout, who served as executive director of the nonprofit agency for 30 years. Strout died in February 2017 at the age of 71.
