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BWJP Advocates for Solutions to the Gun Violence Epidemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 25, 2022  MEDIA CONTACT: Victoria Taylor, Communications Manager, BWJP | communications@bwjp.org   ST. PAUL, MN -- The slaughter of innocent lives with a firearm happened again yesterday in the community of Uvalde, Texas. Just as it happened last week in Buffalo, New York, and Southern California, and as they have…

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Statement from NRCDVF on Presidential Nominee for Director of ATF

To: Steve Dettelbach, Presidential Nominee for Director of ATF             Mr. Dettelbach, Congratulations on your nomination for Director of ATF. BWJP and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, applaud your recommendation and are optimistic about your confirmation.             We believe that now is the time for a closer look…

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Reaffirming My Transgender Child’s Identity is Not Child Abuse

anonymous Emotional abuse is just as real for children as it is for adults. As April is Child Abuse Prevention month, we must take this time to ensure that parents, caregivers, and other adults in children's lives, are acutely aware of the emotional dangers of denying children of their whole…

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Three Ways We Can Transform the Family Court System to Provide Better Outcomes for Survivors and Their Children – An Op-Ed

By Ana M. Martinez-Mullen, Esq. and Tracy Shoberg, J.D., April 2022 Family Court systems are in dire need of reform. It gives parents who are survivors of intimate partner violence conflicting messages that can cost them custody of their children. If you are a parent with shared custody who takes…

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BWJP Supports the Biden Administration’s Newly Released Firearm Regulations on “Ghost Guns”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BWJP Supports the Biden Administration’s Newly Released Firearm Regulations on “Ghost Guns” April 12, 2022 ST. PAUL, M.N. – BWJP applauds President Biden’s newly released regulations to prevent the proliferation of untraceable firearms known as ghost guns. Ghost guns are assembled weapons from firearm kits purchased online or in stores. These…

#Firearms #News

Taking Back Control S2 E3

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…

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BWJP Announces Staff Promotions

March 25th, 2022 BWJP is excited to announce two internal leadership promotions. Monica Player, JD, will serve as the next Director of the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit (“NCPOFFC”), and Christina Jones JD, will serve as the new Chief Executive of External Relations. “I am…

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Protecting Physical Safety and Honoring Bisexual Health Month

By Victoria Taylor | March 24th 2022 My bisexuality was to be hidden, a forbidden topic of conversation, unless it was wanted to use in the context of his fantasies. Sometimes my sexual identity was “hot”, and I was badgered for threesomes with other women, the next I was a…

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BWJP Announces the Departure of Millicent Shaw Phipps

March 23rd, 2022 BWJP announces that Millicent Shaw Phipps is stepping down as the Director of the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit after a sixteen-year tenure at BWJP and an eighteen-year tenure as NCPOFFC Director. Under her leadership, NCPOFFC grew exponentially, and provided national leadership…

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Attorney Advisor Position Announcement

March 18th, 2022 With a new Executive Director at the helm, BWJP is entering an exciting phase in its work. Building on existing relationships and past accomplishments, BWJP will continue to broker meaningful community engagement to ensure systems accountability. Using an intersectional lens and analysis, our work will uplift the…

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