This month, in honor of Women's History Month, we are honoring Rising Stars and Mothers of the Movement. By Christina M. Jones, Esq. Black people make up 5% of lawyers in America. Black women attorneys occupy an even smaller slice of that 5%. As a young Black woman entering law school,…
#BWJP Announcements #News #WomenBy the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit The process of obtaining a protection order and getting it enforced across jurisdictional lines can be daunting and complicated for a survivor. It is imperative that advocates and attorneys understand the laws that apply to these processes so…
#BWJP Announcements #Firearms #full faith and credit #News #Protection OrdersThis month, in honor of Women's History Month, we are honoring Rising Stars and Mothers of the Movement. Today, we are highlighting our first Rising Star, Kesimy Medina. By Patrice Tillery Kesimy Medina graduated magna cum laude from Methodist University, also receiving the Rebecca Woodward Wendelken History Writing Award and David…
#BWJP Announcements #News #WomenBWJP Welcomes Jennifer Waindle as the Project Director of the National Center on Improving Community Supervision Responses Jennifer Waindle joins BWJP with extensive experience in domestic violence prevention and law enforcement. She has spent more than 17 years in various leadership roles in DeKalb County in metro Atlanta, helping protect victims and…
#BWJP Announcements #NewsST. PAUL, MN – A federal court has ruled disarming people who have domestic violence protection orders against them does not “fit within our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” The court further wrote that the ban under 18 USC § 922(g)(8) is an “outlier that our ancestors would never…
#BWJP Announcements #Firearms #NewsBy Bailey Skeeter and Patrice Tillery Some people would rather be in jail than alone. Relationships can be emotional, meaningful, and complicated, but should never be dangerous. One way a relationship can become dangerous is through the crime of stalking. The National Domestic Violence Hotline defines stalking as a pattern…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #Coercive Control #News #stalkingBy Maria Jose Fletcher, Esq. There are cruel people who take advantage of our most vulnerable for profit, pleasure, or both. We often think it is happening in areas that are foreign to us. But often, it happens right in our own communities. Trafficking in human beings is rooted in…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #NewsBWJP Welcomes Julia Weber Esq. MSW, as the Director of the National Center on Gun Violence in Relationships and the Project Director of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms. Julia obtained her combined degrees in law and social work from Washington University in St. Louis and has…
#BWJP Announcements #Firearms #NewsBailey Skeeter College: Loyola University Maryland Graduation Year: May 2023 Major: Psychology, Minor African American Studies What sparks your interest in gender- based violence? From a psychological perspective, gender-based violence can have serious and lost-lasting effects on the mental health and well-being of survivors as rates of gender-based violence disproportionately…
#BWJP Announcements #NewsPublished by: Patrice Tillery, and Christina M. Jones, Esq. “Why did she lie?” “But she had sex with him.” “Her story has changed several times.” As a victim of intimate partner violence, there are so many things that go through your mind while you are processing the situation. Like any…
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