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Brighten the Holidays and Every Occasion with Flowers; Order Today!
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Gorgeous flowers are the ideal gift and a special touch for festive occasions. Order from Touched by Flowers and 50% of the profits benefit NCDSV!
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A National Center partner, Pepperface.com, is having a terrific holiday special. Check it out. At Pepperface.com innovation and style converge with social responsibility ~ reinventing the vital topic of personal safety. Now being fashionable can save your life ~ seriously.
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Upcoming Trainings of Note
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Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence Presents Final Findings, Recommendations to Attorney GeneralAttorney General Eric Holder's Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence presented its final report and policy recommendations earlier this month gathered from public hearings held across the country over the past year. The task force report includes 56 recommendations and highlights the importance of identifying children who are victims or witnesses of violence and providing support and services to help them heal. It focuses on developing programs to help children access supportive and non-violent relationships with trusted adults in their homes and communities. The task force also calls for all children who enter the juvenile justice system to be screened for exposure to violence. Read the Executive Summary, the Full Report and about the Task Force.
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The National Center hopes you have a wonderful holiday season and happy new year!
 This year the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence is celebrating its 14th Anniversary ~ we opened our office in October 1998. We contribute to the movement to end violence against women and all forms of domestic and sexual violence through consulting, training and advocacy.
Read a brief summary of our contributions to the movement.
As the year draws to a close, we're remembering the friends, projects, challenges, campaigns, efforts, collaborations and lessons of the past 14 years. We're thankful for your ongoing support and hope you'll continue your support for our future!
We urge you to make a financial contribution to the National Center ~ $14 for 14 years of training, consulting and advocacy services. A donation of just $14.00, or more, from you and all our friends will make such a big difference for the coming year.
We rely on contributions from individuals, organizations and corporations. Please join us in making a difference with a year-end donation. Consider these contribution levels:
Advocate $14 Backer $54 Colleague $114 Donor $514 Endower $1,014 Friend $____ (you set the amount)! Thank you for your generosity!
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Establishing Expertise as an Ethical Expert Witness Conference Postponed
After decades of effective advocacy, policy changes, and direct service provision, myths about violence against women and victim blaming persist and impact the effectiveness of the criminal justice system's response to victims and survivors. Research indicates that advocates and law enforcement offers are effective expert witnesses, and that they and court personnel can affect change regarding the perceptions of these crimes. This conference aims to address that gap by providing training to increase the use of expert testimony in domestic violence cases.
The presenters are comprised of advocates, attorneys, practitioners, and researchers. The conference is a collaboration of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, School of Social Work and the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.
Early registration is $300. After April 19, 2013 it is $325.
Register online.
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Kim A. Gandy is NNEDV's New President
The Board of Directors of the National Network to End Domestic Violence selected national women's rights advocate Kim A. Gandy as NNEDV's new president and CEO.
 Many of you may be familiar with Kim's work in helping to pass the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. However you may not know that since serving two terms as president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), she has been vice president of and general counsel of the Feminist Majority and the Feminist Majority Foundation, where she led a successful campaign to change the FBI definition of rape. During her work with both organizations, Kim was also a guiding force in many landmark cases and legislative gains such as the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Because she shares a passion and energy for the cause that is already well-established among our staff and membership, we are confident that Kim is the right leader at the right time. We ask you to join us in welcoming her into the family as we work toward the day when domestic violence against women no longer exists.
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Memo to the Media
We join the families in Newton, CT, and across the nation, who mourn for the children and adults killed in another dramatic use of mass violence. It has gripped us and those we are close to, as well as many allies in the movement to end violence across the country and around the world. Our hope is that with Vice-President Biden's remarkable leadership with gendered violence and skill in building coalitions the task President Obama has given him of developing a plan for preventing gun violence will include the pivotal discussion of gendered violence.
We appreciated a recent article, "Memo to Media: Manhood, Not Guns or Mental Illness, Should be Central in Newtown Shooting," written by our good friend Jackson Katz. It puts the spotlight on the context of manhood, helping to clarify that if we want to end violence we must look beyond guns and mental illness to consider that the vast majority of these acts are committed by men, what that says about how we view men in our society and how central to ending violence is a recognition of the underlying beliefs too many men still adopt.
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Wishing you a successful and happy new year!
 
Debby Tucker Christina Walsh National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
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