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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) turned 15 in September and Debby Tucker was on
hand to celebrate with Vice President Joe Biden and Sue Else, President, National Network to End Domestic
Violence. Vice President Biden was the author of VAWA in
1994. Debby was the founding
Chair of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and coordinated with
then-Senator Biden and many organizations to suggest the content of the original
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The National Center is a proud supporter of this important campaign to end violence against women. We hope you'll consider "saying no"!
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Concert Benefits Library; You Can Too!.................................................In
October a benefit concert was held to raise funds to place the National
Center's library into The University of Texas library system. We appreciate everyone involved in making it a success! The National Center's library is a vast collection of items on a myriad of issues related to violence against women.  As part of this effort, the National Center is establishing the Pat Cole and Nancy Flanakin National Center on Domestic
and Sexual Violence Archive at the Wom  en's Archive at the University of Houston for all historical materials. The concert was organized by Duggan Flanakin,
Nancy's husband, and several local bands donated their time to play. The
National Center is partnering with the Schools of Law and Social Work of The
University of Texas at Austin and the
Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. There's still time for you to act!
Several people who knew
these great women or support the project have made contributions. You
can too, by visiting the National Center's website. We appreciate your generous contribution!
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Greetings!
The National Center on Domestic Violence staff and Board extend our thanks to all of you who continue to encourage and support us as we seek to end domestic and sexual violence. We appreciate all you do to make a difference every day!
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National
Center Commemorates 11 Years of Service
In October 1998, Debby Tucker, MPA, and Sarah M. Buel, JD,
co-founded the National Training Center on Domestic
and Sexual Violence, renamed in 2003, the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence. Rhonda Gerson, Toby Myers and S. Gail Parr were co-founding board members (mee  t the entire Board of Directors). These long time advocates began with an ambitious
vision of an organization that
 encouraged and created unprecedented levels of collaboration among professionals
working to end violence against women. During the 11 ensuing years,
the National Center has not wavered from this vision, partnering with law
enforcement, the military, prosecutors, judges, advocates, other caring
professionals, universities, research institutions, state coalitions, national
organizations, government agencies and international groups. We accomplish our
goals through training, consulting and advocacy. In the past few months we have
worked closely with the following: Training
Colorado
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
Family Violence Prevention Fund
John
Marshall School of Law Veterans Legal
Support Center and Clinic
National
College of District Attorney's Conference on Domestic Violence
Texas Council
on Family Violence
Consulting
(with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
CDC Foundation)
DELTA (Domestic
Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through
Alliance) Program
DELTA PREP (Preparing and Raising
Expectation for Prevention) Program
Advocacy
Andy R. Klein, Advocates for Human Potential
Legal
Momentum
National Network to End Domestic Violence
and all the
organizations participating in the development of proposals for the
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act and the Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act
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Save January 10-11, 2011
Expert Witness
Conference Back by Popular Demand!
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National
Center's Website Eclipses 30 Million Visitors
More
than 30.1 million visitors have checked out the National Center's
website, since May
2003! Have you? The site is updated daily to keep it as timely as
possible. Peruse the new additions in just the last few weeks. While plans are underway to
redesign the site to make it even more user-friendly, you might acquaint yourself with these features:
- calendar of
trainings, webinars and events nationwide;
- more than 500
links in 82 different categories on a myriad of issues;
- hundreds and
hundreds of publications, articles, research studies, FAQs, reports, wheels,
safety plans and training materials in 95 different categories;
- audio
recordings of 911 emergency calls;
- resources on
prevention and intervention;
- listings of
funding opportunities and job openings nationwide; and
- military
resources and information supporting collaboration among civilian and military
agencies and professionals.
Free legal advice on sexual and domestic violence and child custody issues is now
available on the site,including 1) free, personalized legal answers &
advice, 2) legal articles, and 3) a free, nationwide lawyer search. We are
excited about this new feature and anticipate it will be helpful to our
visitors. This new feature is powered by Avvo. With such comprehensive resources on such
diverse topics, the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence can be an
outstanding resource to your organization. Just post a link to www.ncdsv.org on
your website. If you would like to include our logo, e-mail Christina Walsh.
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Here at the National Center we
certainly have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! If you are planning to send flowers
to someone for whom you are thankful, please consider supporting the National Center at the same
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Sincerely,
Debby Tucker
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
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