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AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – November 2015

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time     OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley, Program Managers Kim Galvan, Omar Mohammed, and Kevin Sweeney AVA Board Members: MaryEllen Garcia, Michelle Bynum AVA Exec. Dir.: Dorene Whitworth     TOPICS DISCUSSED:   STOP Administrators’ […]

New PA Law Strengthens Protection from Harrassment

Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2015 — 1:08 AM EST  CLEM MURRAY / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan on Nov. 12, 2015, discusses a sexting case uncovered in the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District. by Michaelle Bond, Inquirer Staff Writer. After three boys harassed and distributed explicit photos of a 13-year-old classmate, her life as a freshman at […]

Settlement in New York Domestic Violence Case May Set Broader Precedent

Settlement in New York Domestic Violence Case May Set Broader Precedent By NOAM SCHEIBERNOV. 18, 2015 Photo Jodi Porter was sent home from work as a saleswoman at Bon-Ton and told not to return until she had a protective order against her husband. CreditBrendan Bannon for The New York Times  The New York State attorney general has […]

AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – October 2015

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, October 5, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time     OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley, Program Managers Kim Galvan, Omar Mohammed, and Paule Tessier, Debbie Bright, Cathy Posten, Ginger Baran.   AVA Board Members:, Cecilia Miller, Julia Fuller-Wilson, MaryEllen Garcia   AVA Exec. […]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month – October 2015

Below are photographs and news stories submitted from Administrators around the country celebrating Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Send us your photos – we want to include them!   Arizona The University of Phoenix Stadium goes Purple   Kentucky Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky will hold its annual Candlelight Vigil on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 5 […]

National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) Surveys on Law Enforcement Response

Recently the National Domestic Violence Hotline conducted a survey about law enforcement responses to partner abuse with survivors who used the Hotline’s chat services. They surveyed 637 victims, 328 of whom had not yet interacted with law enforcement and 309 who had. Both the women who had called the police and the women who hadn’t […]