Taking Back Control Podcast | Season 3 | Episode 1 Did you know the risk of homicide increases by at least 500% when a firearm is present? This means that a woman is five times more likely to be killed by her partner when the partner has access to a firearm. June is National Gun [...]
OCTOBER 1 TAKING BACK CONTROL PODCAST EPISODE RELEASE: AN OPEN SECRET OCTOBER 11 CRITICAL ISSUES FORUM: COURT WATCH MONTGOMERY OCTOBER 12 TAKING BACK CONTROL PODCAST EPISODE RELEASE: COERCIVE CONTROL WITH WASHINGTON STATE COALITION OCTOBER 12 WEBINAR: SAFETY FOR NATIVE WOMEN POST CASTRO-HUERTA OCTOBER 17 TAKING BACK CONTROL PODCAST EPISODE RELEASE: CODIFYING COERCIVE CONTROL OCTOBER 17 [...]
Season 2 Episode 2: Justice for Survivors Charged With Crimes | Release Date 3/25/2022 The criminalization of survivors of gender-based violence is not new. Survivors end up inside the criminal justice system in so many ways. We talk to Cindene Pezzell, Legal Director of the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, an organization [...]
Season 2 Episode 2: Teens Deserve Protection Too | Release Date 2/25/2022 Teens and young people deserve to be safe from abusive behaviors. Did you know that most jurisdictions have a separate process for teens to receive protection orders? In this episode, we talk with BWJP Attorney-Advisor Sarah Henry about what the National Center on [...]
Season 2 Episode 1: Using Our Platform to Inform Policy | Release Date 2/25/2022 The best national policy is informed by the real-world experiences of the people who policies affect. BWJP recently responded to the Biden Administration’s National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. In this episode, we talk to BWJP CEO Amy Sánchez about [...]
Season 1 Episode 8: The Loyalty Trap: Black Women, Domestic Violence and Firearms | Release Date 11/22/2021 In the 1980s, Dr. Beth Ritchie coined the concept of “The Trap of Loyalty.” The term refers to the immense pressure that black women feel to protect black men even at the expense of their own bodies. In [...]
Season 1 Episode 7: The Lived Perspectives of Latina Survivors | Release Date 10/29/2021 This episode is recorded in Spanish // Este episodio está grabado en español Rosario de la Torre es Co-directora de apoyo a las familias y participación comunitaria de la organización Esperanza United. Rosario a dedicado su vida profesional a ser intercesora [...]
Season 1 Episode 6: How we can better serve victim-survivors who identify as LGBTQ+ | Release Date 10/29/2021 The most predictive indicator of domestic violence is gender. In most cases, a woman is being abused by a man. Most systems operate with the assumption that a woman is being abused by a man. But how [...]
Season 1 Episode 5: Reclaiming Bodily Sovereignty | Release Date 10/15/2021 Centering the stories of Native women and girls are essential because they are disproportionately impacted by intimate partner violence. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Corrine Sanchez of Tewa Women United to dig deeper in what it means to reclaim bodily sovereignty for [...]
Season 1 Episode 3: Hearing the Authentic Voices of Black Women | Release Date 10/8/2021 Advocates across the country have been doing some amazing work in culturally specific communities. Antonia Drew Vann, Director and Founder of the The Asha Project, has been working with black survivors of domestic violence for over 30 years. In this [...]
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