S.A. Troy writes for the Vermont Guardian in a series of articles that examine the complex nature of domestic abuse. This week, the criminal justice system is at the center of attention.
The criminal justice system has three primary responsibilities, according to Judge Amy Davenport, chief administrative judge for the state: Keeping victims and communities [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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African Americans seeking rentals face discrimination and fewer accommodations, a study finds.
By Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS — African Americans seeking rental housing in the New Orleans metropolitan area face significant discrimination and fewer accommodations to choose from since Hurricane Katrina, a report released Tuesday found.
In 6 out of 10 transactions, African Americans [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Rep. Deborah Pryce of Columbus is a lead co-sponsor
Eric Resnick writes for GayPeoplesChronicle.
Washington, D.C.–Congress is again considering a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The most recent version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act was introduced in the House of Representatives April 24 [...]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Susan Finch reports in The Times-Picayune about how the DV victims are being advised to take precautions electronically.
For women who manage to escape from violent relationships, staying safe means knowing how to keep from becoming victims of high-tech stalking at the hands of the tormentors they left behind, an official of the National Network [...]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A Southern Illinois University professor is contributing to the cause of raising awareness about domestic violence. Lindsay Stuart reports in The Alestle.
For SIUE professor Valerie Vogrin, it’s Rivers on Thursday and Ravens Saturday.
Words On Purpose is having a reading at the Black Bear Bakery in St. Louis to benefit RAVEN, a program treating male family [...]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Bob Reynolds reports for WNEP
A group that fights domestic violence in Schuylkill County has found an unusual way to raise money.
A new shop known as The Grateful Thread is a business set up by Schuylkill Women in Crisis, a group that helps domestic violence victims. Some of the workers there are victims of abuse. They [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Rotary helps fund kids domestic violence book
Five Longmont-area Rotary clubs joined together yesterday to provide funding to the Longmont Ending Violence Initiative (LEVI) in their efforts to publish a children’s book on domestic violence. A check in the amount of $4,000 was presented to LEVI by members of these Rotary clubs during a Longmont St. [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Joe Burns warns of the consequences that silence causes, in a Harwich-based paper
When is enough and what is enough? That is what a jury may one day have to decide should Dr. Ann Gryboski be brought to trial for killing her husband.
The Barnstable physician, her face badly bruised from the previous night’s beating, shot her [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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SARA REED for The Coloradoan reports:
A bill that would allow vic-tims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking to shield their addresses from their attackers is one step closer to passage by the state Senate.
The bill, which would cre-ate an “address confidentiality program†to allow victims to be assigned a substitute mail-ing address that would [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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An April 23rd letter to the editor of the The Nation
MY NIRVANA MOMENT
Brooklyn, NY
It’s 1:30 Wednesday, the last day of January, and I’ve just gotten off the Staten Island ferry to take the Brooklyn-bound R train. The subway’s closed, streets are blocked off, police cars everywhere. Oh God no! It can’t… Then I remember Bush [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
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