Reporting Domestic Offenses to Background Check Systems: Does it Really Matter?
Published by: David Keck Background check systems, such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), were created to work…
TAGS:Reproductive Freedom is Survivor Freedom
As a gender-based violence organization, BWJP will always support the autonomy of survivors over their own lives and bodies. The…
TAGS: #BWJP AnnouncementsYou Thought the Boyfriend Loophole Was Closing… Not Exactly
Over the last 25 years, domestic violence advocates, organizations, and survivors have been pushing Congress to close the “boyfriend loophole.”…
TAGS:Letter from the NRCDVF Director on Gun Violence Solutions
Published by: David W. Keck, Project Director Gun violence in America is a public health epidemic. Gun deaths have eclipsed…
TAGS: #FirearmsBWJP 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…
TAGS: #FirearmsStatement 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.…
TAGS: #FirearmsReaffirming 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…
TAGS: #Children and Teens #LGBTQ+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.…
TAGS: #Children and TeensBWJP 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,…
TAGS: #Firearms #NewsTaking 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…
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