National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
 
  August 2016  

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In This Issue
September 5-11 is National Suicide Prevention Week
Two New Hotlines Available
Mark Your Calendar
Featured Article
Long-time Friend Co-Authors Book
Highlighted Resources on NCDSV's Website
 
August 26 is Women's Equality Day. "At the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971 the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as "Women's Equality Day." The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world's first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York," according to the National Women's History Project.  

September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month and everyone is thinking about campus safety ~ the media, parents, students, and the higher education professionals working to create healthy and safe campus environments each and every single day. The Clery Center for Security on Campus and the  National Alliance of Victims' Rights Attorneys & Advocates. are offering special webinars this month.  Check out the National Center's documents and links that you may find helpful. 
 
September 5-11 is National Suicide Prevention Week. Download media and information kit and graphics. 
 


September 27 is National Voter Registration Day!  VoteRiders created state-by-state voter ID information cards that can be downloaded. 
  
Two New Hotlines Available

The National Street Harassment Hotline is a 24-hour, toll-free hotline. Anyone in the USA can call (855-897-5910) for support, help and advice about street harassment. People can find emotional support, get advice for how to deal with harassers, learn what their legal rights are, and more. The service is available in English or Spanish. An online option (through secure IM) is also available. Stop Street Harassment is partnering with Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network and Defend Yourself. 
   
VictimConnect is a new national hotline from The National Center for Victims of Crime. It provides help for victims of any crime nationwide, and can be reached 1-855-4VICTIM (1-855-484-2846) or by online chat. This hotline has Spanish-language capacity. The chat service is open between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm ET, Monday through Friday. The telephone service is available between 9 am and 6 pm ET, Monday through Friday and is FREE. 
Mark Your Calendar  
September 14 is 2016 Census: DV COUNTS Day, National Network to End Domestic Violence. Note: Local DV organizations contact your state coalition for more information on how to participate. See previous Census reports.
October 23-26
NCADV's National Conference ~ Voices United in Chandler, AZ
October 27-28
Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) 2016 National Conference in South Padre Island, TX

November 2-4

BISCM 21st Annual Conference ~ Reflecting Forward in Dearborn, MI. Note: NCDSV is a co-sponsor and NCDSV's President, Debby Tucker, is a speaker.
January 12-13, 2017
NO MORE: National Anti-Violence Summit in Vancouver, WA 


The National Center is a proud supporter of the NO MORE campaign.

 
Visit PreventIPV.org, a collection of prevention tools for change.  The IPV Prevention Council's website is ever growing and you'll want to subscribe to the eNewsletter to learn about the latest developments.  

Debby Tucker, NCDSV President, is a co-founder of the IPV Prevention Council and serves on the Steering Committee. Rus E. Funk, Secretary of NCDSV's Board of Directors, also serves on the Steering Committee. He has been a dedicated preventionist and currently is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and serves on the Board of the Association of Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA). He also sits on the Global Steering Committee of Mobilizing Men for Violence Prevention, and on the Steering Committee of the North American MenEngage Network.
  
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The Tsunami Effect: Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives
A recent novel, Oregon Tsunami, explores the deeper issues in domestic violence in the context of a 9.2 earthquake and tsunami hitting the Oregon Coast. Four families escape to higher ground. What awaits them in the wilderness, however, challenges their personal relationships at the deepest levels, as well as their ability to survive in the temperate rain forest in spring. "The tension created is akin to the best of the Southern writers like Welty and O'Connor. I couldn't put it down," says reviewer Brett Glidden. The book is available at Amazon.com.

The pressing issue of an imminent Cascadia earthquake and tsunami affecting communities from Washington to Northern California, and the equally pressing issue of domestic violence drove the author, an academic and poet, to write a novel that would reach a wider audience on both issues. The story, written under the pen name Drift Creek, explores the way that crises can expose domestic violence to others outside the family, as well as provide an impetus for change. "Drift Creek scoops us up with the devastating earthquake and tsunami, bringing together neighbors and friends to survive its aftermath . . . and helps us to see how those who use violence against their spouses and children can remain hidden from view until circumstances reveal their choices in a crisis," writes NCDSV President Debby Tucker. "The unpredictable chaos of nature is the backdrop for a compelling story of a woman's awakening recognition that her husband's use of violence against her and her children cannot continue."  

The novel and accompanying book discussion questions can be used in support groups.
In addition, the book is part of the author's development of an actual organic flower and vegetable farm offering survivors of domestic violence part-time work on a farm with free room and board as well as health services for three months, to extend supported time as they transition to new lives. The author welcomes questions about the book or the farm, at driftcreek2@gmail.com.

Help Support NCDSV's Important Work
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Long-time Friend Co-Authors New Book
This summer, long-time NCDSV friend, Andy Klein released his new book, "Abetting Batterers: What Police, Prosecutors, and Courts Aren't Doing to Protect America's Women."  It is now available from Amazon, which describes the book this way: "Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last few decades to address domestic violence, the country is getting safer for almost everyone except for women who have, or have had, abusive male intimate partners. Andrew R. Klein and Jessica L. Klein look at the criminal justice response to domestic violence across America today, ranging from police to prosecutors and courtrooms across the nation."  
Highlighted Resources on
NCDSV's Website that May be Helpful  
 
Military ~ 
Alliance of Military & Veteran Family Behavioral Health Providers Newsletter, Alliance of Military & Veteran Family Behavioral Health Providers
 
America's Heroes at Work~Veterans Hiring Toolkit, Veterans' Employment & Training Service
 
She Was Strong For Us. Let's Be Strong For Her. (series of 4 posters), U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, 2014
 
Other ~ 
Enhanced Resource Guides: Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, May 2016 

 
Trafficking in Persons Report, U.S. Department of State, June 2016  
 
 
WomanStats Project provides the platform from which many different types of research questions concerning women can be addressed.  They've created world maps and infographics for you to use, and now you can create your own maps.
   
Sexual Violence / Assault ~ 
TANF at 20 ~  
20 Years After Welfare Reform: College Students and Benefits, Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, Center for Law and Social Policy, August 22, 2016

20 Years Later, Welfare is Grim: Opposing View, Olivia Golden, USA Today, August 22, 2016

Chart Book: TANF at 20, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, rev. August 5, 2016. See Social Media Graphics for TANF's 20th Year.  
TANF at 20: (four-part series), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2016

Twenty Years After Welfare Reform: Reflections and Recommendations From Those Who Were There, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Clearinghouse Community, 2016

Welfare Reform, 20 Years Later (audio), MPR News, July 18, 2016
 

Technology & Safety ~ 
A Call to Action: Ending 'Sextortion' in the Digital Age, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Legal Momentum and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 2016   
 
New Resource for Victims of Technology Harassment, National Network to End Domestic Violence, July 25, 2016. Download App. 
 
Safety & Privacy on Twitter: A Guide for Survivors of Harassment and Abuse, National Network to End Domestic Violence, July 2016
 
 
Stay cool during these last days of summer!
                   
Deborah D. Tucker   
President, Board of Directors