By Alicia Nichols, LSW and Christina Jones, Esq. “No man will ever hit me. You just can’t hit a Black woman. We won’t stand for that.” As a twenty-something domestic violence advocate, these words stunned me. I was facilitating an exercise for a group of professionals to shed light on how women experience domestic violence […]
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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 […]
Christina M. Jones J.D. | February 16, 2022 Maybe you could say the first public outburst of love was endearing. The second may have been embarrassing for most, but they are such a public couple. After moving in across the street and berating her parenting across social media platforms, it was time to stop excusing […]
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January 18, 2022 BWJP’s National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms is excited to announce a new project made possible with support from The Joyce Foundation. Over the next twelve months the project, Building a Community of Practice: Increasing Survivor Safety from Firearms, will form a community of practice that brings together domestic violence […]
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January 6, 2022 BWJP has been providing resources, trainings, programmatic innovations and much more for 30 years now. While we have been very successful at this (we know because you are reading this and using the resources!), it’s time to talk about our outdated brand and cumbersome website. It is time for a change. We […]
