Lumarie Orozco will serve as the Project Director, Firearms Technical Assistance Project. BWJP has hired Lumarie Orozco, MA to be the Director of FTAP. Ms. Orozco comes to BWJP from Esperanza United where she served as the Director of Special Initiatives and provided strategic culturally responsive training and technical assistance on issues relevant to lethality […]
Rachel Graber will serve as the Deputy Project Director for the Firearms Technical Assistance Project (FTAP). She comes to BWJP from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), where she served as the Director of Public Policy and then the Director of Public Affairs after NCADV’s merger with the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Graber has […]
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 […]
By Patrice Tillery According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management, 65% of HR professionals reported that domestic violence had affected their workplace, with issues including decreased productivity, increased absenteeism, and increased healthcare costs. The same study found that only 13% of HR professionals felt very confident in their ability to recognize […]
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This month, in honor of Women’s History Month, we are honoring Rising Stars and Mothers of the Movement. This month, in honor of Women’s History Month, we are honoring Rising Stars and Mothers of the Movement. Today, we are highlighting Rising Star, Patrice Tillery. Patrice Tillery graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a degree […]
Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023 – Today, a coalition of gun violence prevention and domestic violence prevention groups filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) petition for certiorari in USA v. Rahimi. The brief urges the Court to take up the case in order to overturn the Fifth […]
