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  • Rachel

    Violence UnSilenced
    maggie, dammit
    15 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    My name is Rachel. I am 26, soon to be 27 years old. This is my story. I was 14-years-old when I was lured as a part of a set up by a girl whom I believed to be my friend to her home on the afternoon of September 17th of 1999. Her father, who [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]

  • Domestic Violence: A New Tool To Help

    Emotional Abuse and Your Faith
    15 May 2012 | 2:18 pm
    There are times in which its hard to prove domestic violence.  Victims have a hard time standing for themselves for a number of reasons.    I have heard today about a potential tool that could help all involved.  Its called a ALS or Alternative Light Source machine.  There are different ALS machines for different purposes.   Strangulation is one aspect of domestic violence that has been hard to prove, because it doesn’t always leave marks.  Waneta Dawn sent me a link on a News Story from USA Today.    States cracking down on strangulation…

  • Senate OKs renewal of domestic abuse law after GOP relents

    Domestic Violence: News & Videos about Domestic Violence - CNN.com
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:25 am
    The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose .

  • Voices of Violence: It Could Happen to Anyone

    Sin by Silence Blog
    admin
    30 Mar 2012 | 6:48 pm
    VOICES OF VIOLENCE includes anonymous stories submitted by readers of the Sin by Silence Blog. Click here to submit your story! ……………… I am a survivor of domestic violence. I am an educated, professional woman. If it could happen to me, it could happen to anyone! The reason women are silent about what is happening to them is because it is so humiliating. People always wonder “why they stay.” They stay because they are brainwashed, feel trapped, and love the “good side” of their abuser. Friends, family, even law enforcement and the…

  • Backward on Domestic Violence

    NYT > Violence Against Women Act
    12 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    The House version of the Violence Against Women Act is not only regressive, but also removes improvements the Senate bill made to the law.
 
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    "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE" - Google News

  • House voting on violence bill, draws veto threat - Fox News

    16 May 2012 | 1:12 pm
    KGMIHouse voting on violence bill, draws veto threatFox NewsThe GOP proposal, which is narrower than a Senate-passed version, takes "direct aim at immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault" and jeopardizes victims by placing them "directly in harm's way," the White House said in a statement.Violence Against Women Act becomes latest immigration battlegroundLos Angeles TimesGOP Congresswoman who introduced Violence Act fires back against Democratic msnbc.comHouse VAWA Bill Picks Up Unhelpful Ally: National Coalition For MenHuffington Postall 435 news…

  • Program on domestic violence set in Whitewater - Walworth County Today

    16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm
    Program on domestic violence set in WhitewaterWalworth County TodayBy STAFF Wednesday, May 16, 2012 WHITEWATER — A presentation on the awareness of domestic violence will be held 7 pm, Thurs., May 17, at the First United Methodist Church, 145 S. Prairie Ave., Whitewater. The speaker is Suzanne Popke, a psychologist

  • Step up action on Domestic Violence Act - DVC - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

    16 May 2012 | 10:52 am
    Daily GuideStep up action on Domestic Violence Act - DVCGhana Broadcasting CorporationThe Coalition on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana says drafting of the Legislative Instrument for the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Act of 2007 should be fast-tracked in order for it to be enacted by Parliament.Coalition calls for the enactment of Legislative InstrumentGhanaWebGroup Condemns Spousal KillingsDaily Guideall 4 news articles »

  • Domestic violence: A messy, painful, and ugly part of society - Commons

    16 May 2012 | 9:36 am
    Domestic violence: A messy, painful, and ugly part of societyCommonsBy Olga Peters/The Commons BRATTLEBORO—Chances are your friend, your sister, your cousin, your co-worker, your neighbor, is a victim of domestic violence. Chances are you've witnessed a conversation, a flinch, demanding phone calls, or missed days off

  • State's lawmakers seek to save domestic violence bill - Norwich Bulletin

    16 May 2012 | 5:58 am
    State's lawmakers seek to save domestic violence billNorwich BulletinBy Anonymous AP Several Democratic members of Connecticut's congressional delegation say they hope to successfully fight off proposed Republican changes to an anti-domestic violence bill. US Reps. Chris Murphy, Rosa DeLauro and Joe Courtney, and more »
 
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    Violence UnSilenced

  • Rachel

    maggie, dammit
    15 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    My name is Rachel. I am 26, soon to be 27 years old. This is my story. I was 14-years-old when I was lured as a part of a set up by a girl whom I believed to be my friend to her home on the afternoon of September 17th of 1999. Her father, who [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]

  • Caca

    maggie, dammit
    8 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Hiya my name is Catherine (Caca as a nickname). I’m from Ireland and I can finally say I am now a survivor fighting to take back my voice, power and innocence that was stolen from me. I want to help other people going through any struggle and by speaking out I hope it will help [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]

  • Anonymous

    maggie, dammit
    3 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    I am tired of holding it in. I am putting up a show for people. So I am coming out with my story. I spent the first three years in another country—one year in an incubator because I was born 3 months premature, and two years in an orphanage. I know that I was neglected [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]

  • Michelle

    maggie, dammit
    1 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    My story begins just a month or so before my 12th birthday and before school ended for summer. I was a pretty decent teenager, never did drugs or smoked or anything like that. Growing up I was an honor student, captain of the volleyball team and a cheerleader for a while. I was in the [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]

  • Anonymous

    maggie, dammit
    26 Apr 2012 | 8:00 am
    It can happen to anyone. I had 48 hours of domestic violence training and volunteered at a shelter. I am spiritual; I was and am a whole and happy woman. Then I met a man who swept me off my feet. A brother of a good friend, we fell instantly head over heels in love. [...] [[[Please forgive the partial feed, it is to protect the survivors in the event that any one of these posts should need to disappear from the Internet for any reason. Please click through to read the full story and show your support.]]]
 
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    Domestic Violence and the Workplace

  • New NIOSH Study Examines the Role of Intimate Partner Violence in Workplace Homicides among Women

    5 May 2012 | 7:44 am
    New research reveals that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 workplace homicides among women during the period.Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Injury Control Research Center at West Virginia University (WVU-ICRC) have found that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 workplace homicides among women during the…

  • Nation’s Largest Employer Leads By Example In Making Domestic Violence “Everybody’s Business”

    19 Apr 2012 | 8:41 am
    On April 18, President Obama signed a memorandum that will require federal agencies to develop policies to address the effects of domestic violence and provide assistance to employees who are experiencing domestic violence. “We know that domestic violence doesn’t just stay in the home.  It can extend into the workplace, with devastating effects on its victims and costs that ripple across the economy.  Federal employees aren’t immune.  The President’s Memorandum sends a message about what the federal government—and all employers—can do to end this abuse. …

  • When Will You Say "NO MORE"?

    13 Apr 2012 | 1:02 pm
    When are you ready to say NO MORE?Maybe it is when you read this: http://www.examiner.com/domestic-crimes-in-national/domestic-violence-shooting-at-cracker-barrel-results-3-dead-1-injuredPeople should not die at the hands of those they love.  You should be safe and secure with those who love you. I think we can all agree on that.This is not an anomaly.If you do my job...you know that the most dangerous time for a person involved in an abusive relationship is when that person is leaving...or has left.  When someone says "If you leave me, I will kill you..." they mean it.Please join…

  • Unlock A Hidden Level in “Angry Birds Space” – Help Stop Cyberbullying

    26 Mar 2012 | 10:42 am
    Do you LOVE Angry Birds?Would you like to unlock a hidden level in Angry Birds Space and do your part to help stop cyberbullying at the same time? If so, you'll be pleased to learn that MTV's A Thin Line campaign against cyberbullying, sexting, and all kinds of digital abuse is teaming up with Angry Birds Space to reward everyone who takes action against digital drama. To get things started you'll need to head over to MTV's interactive Draw Your Line map that tracks actions taken across the country. There you'll be able to post any action that you've taken to stop digital drama and you'll be…

  • Are You Ready to Say NO MORE With Us?

    21 Mar 2012 | 10:15 am
    I am so excited about NO MORE (www.nomore.org). I know some of you who read this blog or hang out with me on twitter (@kimkwells) attended the web conferences announcing this new project and now things are really moving forward.For those of you who don’t know, you may wonder – what is NO MORE?NO MORE is a movement centered on a powerful new symbol that brings together all people who want to end domestic violence and sexual assault.  The symbol is above in this blogpost as a reminder.Like the peace sign, the yellow “support our troops” ribbon, the red AIDS ribbon or the pink…
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    Emotional Abuse and Your Faith

  • Domestic Violence: A New Tool To Help

    15 May 2012 | 2:18 pm
    There are times in which its hard to prove domestic violence.  Victims have a hard time standing for themselves for a number of reasons.    I have heard today about a potential tool that could help all involved.  Its called a ALS or Alternative Light Source machine.  There are different ALS machines for different purposes.   Strangulation is one aspect of domestic violence that has been hard to prove, because it doesn’t always leave marks.  Waneta Dawn sent me a link on a News Story from USA Today.    States cracking down on strangulation…

  • Chuck Phelps and the BJU legacy lives on

    6 May 2012 | 5:47 pm
    Chuck Phelp’s legacy lives on. Another member of Trinity Baptist Church - Joshua Budgett – has been charged with sexual assault of a minor.  Joshua is no stranger to law enforcement, because he has been convicted of it before.  Sex offender released on bail Sex Offender Faces New Charges In Underage Assault What makes this story worse is that Chuck Phelps actually married this man to a lady in his congregation while he was still in a half way house.  They actually married AT the half way house.  She had a small child already, and later had children of their own. So…

  • Masculine versus Macho – real men or culture?

    5 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    When I read ugly articles like the one Doug Wilson wrote about Effeminate Worship? I also tend to think about all their opinions on culture. We all know the speeches about how culture is bad, and church people are better. Funny how they use ‘cultural’ aspects to have people agree with their point of view. Culture and their definition of masculine Extremes don’t represent culture in the majority, but it sure does seem to get the attention. In my opinion, only using the extremes is a sign that your points can’t be all that valid. If you can’t use an example that most can truly relate…

  • Slutwalk Myths Encouraged By CBMW

    2 May 2012 | 3:59 pm
    Its sad that Mary Kassian is yet again spreading ‘I believe’ opinions as fact that can be disproven.  I started to speak about this in my part article called, Adventures in Missing The Point.   On her site “Girls gone Wise” she has a reprint of the article about the slut walks that I wrote about in the past.  She then responded to a comment left on her article.   Mary Kassian says: April 7, 2012 at 2:12 pm Daniella, I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Yes. Rape is rape. Yes. It’s wrong to blame victims. Yes. Rape has nothing to do with the way a woman…

  • Adventures in Missing The Point

    29 Apr 2012 | 7:36 pm
    Mary Kassian is twisting and turning the truth once again to make her point.  Does she really make it in a honestly and upfront way?  Not so much.  In fact she completely misses the point, but pretends she knows was the point was.  You don’t have to like all of the presentation of a message in order to ‘grasp’ the concept of the message.  In Mary’s reality unless it is dished up in her flavor she seems to ignore it.  Here is the article.  Rape is a crime of opportunity or at times even a means of shame (not to say there aren’t other reasons). …
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  • Quest: Guilt & Forgiveness

    miaquinn
    13 May 2012 | 11:52 am
    I know this is another post on guilt, but I needed to continue to work through to end of this week. I asked Thomas Skinner, a US Army veteran who writes about his battle with PTSD on http://www.understandingPTSD.org, earlier this week, what things have worked for him to overcome guilt? He responded with: “working on forgiveness, and living, thinking and talking in the present.” I knew what he meant by living, thinking and talking in the present as I’ve worked on that a lot already in earlier Quests in SuperBetter, but I wasn’t sure what he meant by forgiveness……

  • banter, banter, banter, rape.

    helgadis
    13 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    (Apologies for the lateness of this post, also apologies for how not really good it is). A couple of months ago I wrote a post on banter and how I didn’t really understand it most of the time. I got a lot of gripe about it from my male friends and they teased me mercilessly for weeks over it. Every time I didn’t really find their jokes funny or sexist, I got back: “Come on Helga, it’s only slight banter – nothing serious.” It made my skin crawl in annoyance.  When did it become all right to hide behind a word when behaving like an idiot? It is ridiculous to think that you…

  • Mother: A Lifetime of Scarifice

    iamdivinelydiva
    13 May 2012 | 8:06 am
    Mother Your life of sacrifice enabled me to live.   February 2, 1923 – September 12, 2011 I know a woman, who suffered unspeakable brutality, in a time when women were but chattel, at the hands of one who took an oath before God to love, protect and cherish her. I know a woman, who suffered in silence,  the indignities caused by a philandering husband  who chose to flaunt rather than hide his indiscretions with different women, I know a woman who raised five children  all alone on an income of less than $4000 a year. I know a woman, who worked three jobs at a time, who slept on…

  • Happy Mother's day... Is it hurt, pain or all in all Praise and celebration?

    United Christian Inner-City Ministry
    13 May 2012 | 6:08 am
    I am happy and I am sad today on Mother’s day. I am happy because I know my mother is in Heaven and she is praising God for bringing me to Him and I am now His Child. I am happy because I know my son Cory Donovan Cliborne is in Heaven and he is looking down on mommy as the mother he always wanted and God finally brought her to him. These are blessed things to be praise God for today on Mother’s day 2012. I also am so happy because I have been reunited with two of the four children to whom are still here on earth. I was reunited with my son Nick Huncherick in 2010 and reunited…

  • Dear Writers of Choke,

    smkelly8
    13 May 2012 | 1:51 am
    Wish we’d heard more of the song before she choked Ah, I saw the Glee episode Choke, and well, it was okay. So many of this season’s episodes have been just that: okay. The problem is I’m showing my students season one and those are fresh and absorbing. Mind you I’m watching them for the third or fourth time and they still entertain. It was dramatic that Rachel choked on her audition for NYADA.  Sad, since she’s the best performer and unjust, but it was realistic and now there are opportunities for her to do something different. I didn’t like or buy that…
 
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    Susan Murphy Milano's Journal

  • The Roth Show with Susan Murphy Milano and Guest Victim's Rights Advocate Andy Kahn

    15 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    The Roth Show Celebrates Andy Kahan’s 20 Years Advocating for Victims’ Rights  Listen LIVE: http://therothshow.com/ Join Dr. Laurie Roth and Susan Murphy Milano each Wednesday BROADCASTING AT A NEW TIME!  8-9 Pacific, 11-12am Eastern“No one should be able to rob, rape and murder, and then turn around and make a buck off of it; it is blood money plain and simple.” —Andy Kahan, Victim AdvocateCelebrating 20 years in the field of victims’ advocate in Houston, Texas, Andy Kahan has been in the forefront as the “gladiator” fighting for the rights of victims…

  • Superbike Shop Quadruple Murders No Mystery in Spartanburg, South Carolina?

    14 May 2012 | 12:12 pm
    The gruesome execution of four innocent lives in 2003, remains an unsolved cold case more than 8 years later. On February 11, 2011 the parents of Brian Lucas, Tom and Lorraine Lucas, were in the Zeus Radio studio live to discuss the unsolved murders at the Superbike Motorsports Store in Chesnee, SC in 2003.Coroner’s investigator, Alan Mason, says sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about 3:15 p.m. and found the bodies of three men and a woman at Superbike Motorsports, a bike shop in western Spartanburg County, about 15 miles north of Spartanburg. A customer found the bodies and called…

  • From Silence to Victory

    12 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    This woman given long of nothing,but a chance to give of herself, but still they beat and asked for more.As always she accepted with a facethat never broke.In the struggle to find the hidden way to love, herself, she lost! But she found a way through kind and good to give to every other  and only asked to see the start of a smile.And I who blossomed strong and late have worked and spoke and prayed so long to make her proud. Now in the memories of her far but still not absent ways,  I chose to simply ease her thoughts in anytime of anxious painin the moving moments of a gift of…

  • Dangerous Love: Are you Prepared?

    10 May 2012 | 11:01 pm
    By Susan Murphy-MilanoAt what cost to ourselves do we remain in a relationship? Likely this is not a question we ever ask ourselves. But, why not?Could it be that in our lives we settle? Are we too embarrassed to admit when the individual we have chosen to spend our lives with is not who they were at the beginning of the relationship? The answer is yes.The wrong kind of love includes emotional warfare. A destructive game played in a relationship when a person chips away at the very foundation of another individual. Emotional warfare is an invisible dagger to the heart. You don't see it coming…

  • Special Re-Broadcast with Liz Seccuro, Author of Crash Into Me

    9 May 2012 | 11:55 pm
    As a 17 year old student at the University of Virginia, justice was no doubt the last thing in Liz Seccuro’s mind.  However, that quickly changed when she became a victim of rape in a fraternity bedroom.  Liz and her parents contacted local authorities, as well as campus authorities, she was examined at a local hospital,  all the proper reports were made, and yet, with jurisdiction questions and the Dean of Students and the University doing nothing in her behalf, it went no further.Seccuro graduated and went on to get married and start a family when, out of the blue, her…
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    Sin by Silence Blog

  • Voices of Violence: Fierce Love…Unplanned?

    admin
    15 May 2012 | 12:21 pm
    VOICES OF VIOLENCE includes anonymous stories submitted by readers of the Sin by Silence Blog. Click here to submit your story! ……………… A few weeks before she passed away, my Great Aunt Mil contributed to one of our Benevolent recipients. She chose to help someone who has seven children living at home with her. Aunt Mil was glad to give and glad to help, but as she did so, she said (in her 95-year-old pithy way): “Seven kids. I don’t see how she’ll ever get ahead.” When we hear or read about the allegorical welfare mom (or welfare queen, depending on…

  • Student Nurses for Sin by Silence Bill

    admin
    1 May 2012 | 10:28 am
    We are absolutely inspired by the six nursing students from California State University of Long Beach who are spreading the news about the Sin by Silence Bill (AB 593). They started a blog. They started conversations. They met with their local Senator to make sure he votes in favor of helping the incarcerated battered women of California. Check them out in action below and click here to read more of their incredible blog.

  • Brenda Clubine Undergoes Surgery

    admin
    26 Apr 2012 | 10:55 am
    Our very own Brenda Clubine had major surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in her throat on April 25, 2012. Yet, we are pleased to report of an absolute miracle as the doctors were able to remove the entire tumor and found it to NOT be cancerous!! Brenda is already at home resting and on her road to recovery…such an incredible survivor! Please add your comments of encouragement below so we can share with Brenda how so many people care and are cheering for her hard road to gaining her strength back!

  • Voices of Violence: It Could Happen to Anyone

    admin
    30 Mar 2012 | 6:48 pm
    VOICES OF VIOLENCE includes anonymous stories submitted by readers of the Sin by Silence Blog. Click here to submit your story! ……………… I am a survivor of domestic violence. I am an educated, professional woman. If it could happen to me, it could happen to anyone! The reason women are silent about what is happening to them is because it is so humiliating. People always wonder “why they stay.” They stay because they are brainwashed, feel trapped, and love the “good side” of their abuser. Friends, family, even law enforcement and the…

  • Voices of Violence: I Have A Purpose

    admin
    28 Mar 2012 | 12:00 am
    VOICES OF VIOLENCE includes anonymous stories submitted by readers of the Sin by Silence Blog. Click here to submit your story! ……………… I believe that I have seen this film for a reason. I am a Domestic Violence SURVIVOR of over 20 years, and this is the first time in my 35 years of life I have put my story in the public. I met my ex-husband when I was 13. By 14 I was being hit, pushed, punched, the rape didn’t actually come until later in the relationship. I walked around with black eyes, bruises, homemade casts (because I was not allowed to go to the…
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