Join us October 10th (4:00-9:00 pm CT) in Austin, TX, for a benefit concert to raise funds to commemorate the work of two amazing women and their monumental efforts to build an exemplary collection of materials on domestic and sexual violence.
 
Nancy Flanakin built the collection from the ground up while she was the Librarian for the National Center.  From 2005 until her death in 2007, Nancy continued to build the library as the Librarian for The University of Texas School of Social Work.  Dr. Patricia Cole, who served as the Associate Director of the National Center until her death in 2001, assisted Nancy to get this going and provided guidance for the library.  On its 10th Anniversary in October 2008, the National Center donated the collection to The University of Texas in cooperation with the Schools of Law and Social Work.      [More...]

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After nearly four years, the Evaluation of the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Grant Program Special Initiative: Faith-Based and Community Organization Pilot Program report was published this summer.  The National Center's Debby Tucker and Christina Walsh worked on the project with Andrew Klein, Advocates for Human Potential; Mitchell Brown, Auburn University and Institute for Community Peace; Mark Small, Clemson University; and Robert Fischer, Case Western Reserve University.  The National Institute of Justice funded the evaluation project.