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Greetings!
Welcome to the next edition of the BISC-MI Domestic Violence Issues. Once again we are happy to bring the resources listed below to you.
Please be sure to visit our revised website: http://www.biscmi.org/
People around the country and world are doing incredible work in their efforts to end domestic violence!
Until the violence ends,
The BISC-MI Board
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 | Cheering for the Children, new book from Casey Gwinn
San Diego Author Casey Gwinn Publishes New Book Focused on
Children Exposed to Trauma
NYC Filmmaker Hannelore Williams Calls
Cheering for the Children
"Transformational"
Every child needs a cheerleader and a pathway to hope. A new book published by Wheatmark and, available now at Alliance for HOPE's online store and www.amazon.com, focuses on the diverse needs of children exposed to child abuse and domestic violence.  Cheering for the Children: Creating Pathways to HOPE for Children Exposed to Trauma is a call to all caring people to become cheerleaders for children exposed to trauma and abuse. In the book, author Casey Gwinn, the former elected San Diego City Attorney and a leading domestic violence professional, explains why childhood trauma should be the preeminent public health issue in America today and how we can all help change the lives of children for the better. | |
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The AQUILA Working Group is dedicated to providing accurate, evidence-based information about batterer intervention programs and their impact on men who batter.
We are committed to enhancing dialogue and public awareness about these programs and about the potential for change for many men who have a history of domestic violence.
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Survey Regarding Policing and
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
Dear Colleagues:
We have an opportunity to impact the national conversation about policing of domestic violence and sexual assault and we need your input.
Vice President Joe Biden recently announced that the White House will convene a June summit, with potentially more to follow, to discuss the progress and ongoing challenges to preventing and responding to domestic violence and sexual assault. One of several key issues that we hope will be addressed is police conduct and police response to domestic violence and sexual assault.
Below is a link to a survey regarding policing and domestic violence/sexual assault that is being distributed nation-wide to a diversity of organizations who work directly with survivors or who do related policy work. In order to have a fuller picture of how police-community relations impact the policing of domestic violence/sexual assault, we also want to cast a wider net to hear from a variety of justice organizations including worker rights, immigration, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, etc. To that end, we invite you to share this survey widely.
We expect to compile the responses in summary form for consideration at the June summit and to produce a longer report later in the summer. We only have a short time to collect your input so please respond by May 15, 2015
Please include stories and specific examples. We find specific examples to be particularly powerful tools to illustrate these issues.
TAKE SURVEY
We may do a second survey to address other critical issues. We ask for your suggestions for more survey topics.
Any questions related to this research should be addressed to Vivian Huelgo at the American Bar Association.
Thank you! Your time and information are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Vivian Huelgo, Chief Counsel, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
Rebecca Henry, Dep. Chief Counsel, ABA Commission on Domestic
Violence & Sexual Assault
Donna Coker, Professor, University of Miami Law
Julie Goldscheid, Professor, CUNY Law School
Tara Neal, LLM Candidate, University of Miami Law
Sandra Park, ACLU Senior Attorney
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Engaging Offenders in Justice and Accountability Using Evidence Based Practices
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This training has been approved for 21.5 CEU hours by NASW-NM
Engaging Offenders in Justice and Accountability Using Evidence Based Practices
NO REGISTRATION FEE
June 9-11, 2015 ● Albuquerque, NM
Effective probation responses gather reliable information about offenders and their history; reassess dangerousness over time; and collaborate with system and cultural/community partners to manage offenders appropriately. Outcomes include reductions in offending and maximizing the safety and autonomy of victims and their families, and greater wellbeing for communities.
Practitioners working with offenders will be better able to:
- Engage, motivate and monitor offenders as they move through systems and programs
- Expand their own role in promoting victim safety and autonomy
- Identify and address disparate intervention outcomes
- Clarify who needs to be accountable to whom, for individuals, agencies and systems
- Discern the quality of evidence-based research, and apply it to their practice
- Encourage multi-institutional, community and family capacity to hold men who batter accountable for their conduct and encourage them to change.
Registration: This conference has been approved for Arrest Grantees, other OVW grantees, and participants who do not have an OVW grant.
Other OVW Grantees must check with their OVW Grant Manager to approve travel funding to cover this conference.
Arrest (GTEAP) Grantees, you must use your OVW-issued grant number to register for this training.
All Other Registrants, please use this number to register: 2010-WEAX-1933
There is no registration fee to attend this training. Participants are responsible for their own airfare, meals and lodging. The hotel is the Hotel Albuquerque and lodging expenses are at the Government Per Diem rate of $83.00, plus 13% tax, for single or double occupancy per night. Hotel information and how to make a reservation is included in your confirmation once you register. Check your junk email box!
Questions
- For questions related to the content of the conference, please contact Connie Sponsler Garcia, BWJP Training and TA Manager: 612-824-8768 x108, csponsler@bwjp.org.
- For questions related to conference logistics or OVW grants, please contact Jeanne Larson, CGMP, at BWJP: 612-824-8768, x101; jlarson@bwjp.org.
Registration ends Monday, May 28, 2015
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Domestic Murder and Murder-Suicide: It's Not About the Relationship
The headline from WIVBTV News in Buffalo read, "Troubled Relationship Ends Tragically."
Meanwhile, there was this headline in the Savannah Morning News, "Troubled Port Wentworth Marriage Ends in Murder."
These are two examples of how news media regularly misrepresent cases of domestic violence murders and murder-suicides; not just in their headlines but also in their reporting beneath the headlines. The end result of this skewed coverage is that the murder is presented as an outcome of a "troubled relationship" rather than as the end result of a violent abuser who is seeking to possessively control his partner, and in most cases, to prevent her from leaving him.
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Message from NFL regarding upcoming draft and additional work on domestic violence and sexual assault.
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The league and its 32 clubs are working hard to get ready for the 2015 season. For the NFL, this includes developing the next phase of our education around social issues (domestic violence, sexual assault, DUI, child abuse, etc.).
We are communicating the NFL's revised Personal Conduct Policy to all employees, players and coaches. Our goal is to ensure everyone receives the same baseline education regarding domestic violence and sexual assault.
Now is the time when clubs look to add to their rosters and strengthen their team with new players, often right out of college, known as the NFL Draft (April 30-May 2 in Chicago). In our ongoing commitment to educate the NFL family on critical social issues, we wanted to share our approach to the Draft and explain our process as a whole.
The Draft
While the league facilitates the Draft process, each NFL club has its own player personnel department that identifies potential prospects according to roster needs.
The pool of potential draftees is derived primarily from those playing college football.
Baseline Draft Eligibility Rules require prospects to have been three years removed from high school. Additionally, many of our players have completed four seasons of collegiate football prior to joining the NFL family, and this is something we strongly encourage.
Once eligible, an extensive player evaluation occurs by club personnel from each individual team, which may include a player's talent, health, work ethic, leadership, football IQ and ability to compete. All are determining factors in a prospect's evaluation.
In short, our office oversees prospect eligibility and club compliance, and the individual clubs determine whether they will draft or sign a rookie prospect.
What's Different for 2015
In addition to comprehensive NFL security, football operations, and team background checks on all prospective players who attended the national and regional combines, we have implemented an Early Intervention Process with those prospects who have been reported, charged, or convicted of domestic violence and/or sexual assault issues.
Players with domestic violence/sexual assault in their background have been asked (both pre-, and post- draft) on several occasions to visit the league office and meet with a range of NFL personnel for education about our policy and to put a system in place to assist the prospect in a successful transition to the NFL. Expectations are established, resources committed and made available, and a work plan may be developed for the prospect once he is drafted or signed.
Education around domestic violence/sexual assault will start at the Draft, with a focus on character.
All prospects attending the Draft in Chicago are required to participate in the NFL's domestic violence/sexual assault education program. This establishes a foundation for ongoing education about and awareness of these issues.
For those prospects not attending the Draft in Chicago, all drafted and undrafted players will participate in the domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse education at the annual Rookie Symposium and Club offseason programs.
While in Chicago, potential draftees also will participate in community visits that are linked to causes the league supports.
Prospects at the Draft will attend a mentoring luncheon where they will be paired with former NFL players. A similar session occurred at the scouting combine this past February in Indianapolis.
Key to these efforts is the message that life in the NFL is vastly different than life as a college athlete. The expectations, demands and responsibilities increase exponentially. In addition to athletic ability, those who play football professionally are expected to embrace and embody the NFL's values - Respect, Integrity, Responsibility to Team, and Resiliency - both on and off the field.
Our overarching goal is to positively impact society on the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. We started with our internal NFL family, reaching more than 5,000 people already, but we have expectations that are much broader than that. We want to be a leader in these areas, and we absolutely embrace this responsibility.
Sincerely,
Anna Isaacson
SVP of Social Responsibility
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Our Director Takes Home the Emmy!
Yes, it is true -- and so well deserved! Private Violence director Cynthia Hill won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/ Culinary/Travel Program last week for her PBS series A Chef's Life. Read more about the show and her journey to create it here. We are so proud of Cynthia for the passion with which she approaches all of her work. Many of the same folks behind Private Violence also work on A Chef's Life. Congratulations to Cynthia and her entire team!
New Tools to Change The Conversation
We are working in tandem with national partners to create a series of training videos tailored for specific audiences. We will incorporate scenes from Private Violence and utilize the incredible footage culled over 10 years of interviews. These videos will allow us to reach hundreds of thousands of lawyers, medical professionals, students, advocates, and athletes with a multimedia, dynamic platform to discuss and learn about this complex issue. Please look for announcements on how to access these tools soon!
Survivor Stories
Private Violence would not exist without survivors like Deanna and Kit who had the courage to share their stories. Since the launch of the film, we have been honored to hear from so many people who have been affected by domestic violence. We are inspired by their strength and their own stories of resilience. As Kit always says, "women are the experts in their own lives." Hearing and listening to the very people experiencing violence in their homes is where transformation and healing starts. In this spirit, we are reaching out to the survivor community to help shed light on what it is really like to live with domestic violence. Through our new weekly social media series, "Survivor Stories," we will anonymously highlight the experiences of survivors with shareable social media messages. Please post using the hashtag #ENDPrivateViolence and help bring domestic violence out of the shadows.
If you would like to share your story, please send a few sentences to markaymedia@gmail.com.
Kit Celebrates Advocates in Tennessee
This month, Kit gave a keynote address at the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence's annual conference entitled "Celebrating Advocates and Their Work." Kit had this to say about the experience, "In Tennessee, and across the country, advocates and allies are working tirelessly to address and end violence against women and children. The work is still fraught with obstacles: those who see women as less than men (or worse, as the property of men), relentless victim blaming, and other isolating and marginalizing issues that should have been put to rest decades ago. The determination and wisdom of advocates continues to inspire me wherever I go. They are our unsung heroes." If you are interested in organizing a screening or having Kit speak in your community, please contact us by email at orders@wmm.com or by phone at 212-925-0606 ext. 360. In peace, Cynthia, Kit, and the Private Violence Team |
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BISC-MI Mission Statement
We will provide a working forum for interaction and information sharing among agencies and individuals concerned with the provision of batterer intervention services in Michigan.
We will help create and maintain coordinated community actions that hold batterers accountable for their behavior and promote safety and empowerment for victims.
We will give safety, needs, and concerns of victims/survivors priority over the interests of batterers or any batterer intervention service model.
We will promote social change which works toward a society based on equality and nonviolence.
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