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ACESDV Statement Following Kavanaugh Confirmation

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To say that we are disappointed and heartbroken would be an understatement. We had hoped for a different outcome than the one that has just occurred. 

At the same time, we are filled with love and awe for the survivors, sisters and brothers, who bravely, courageously and boldly stood in their power to share the darkest secrets of their past.  They turned their shame into activism, their anger into calls, and their silence into speak-outs.  For this, we are forever changed, and forever grateful.

Now, it is time to turn our attention to elections.  The last day to register to vote for the upcoming general election is this Tuesday, October 9th.  Vote by mail ballots will be arriving in mailboxes soon after that.  And then the mid-term elections will be here on Tuesday, November 6th.

We have work to do.  The Violence Against Women Act is up for reauthorization.  The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act will hopefully be reauthorized this coming week. We need to fight for state funding for sexual violence prevention and response services.  We need rape crisis centers and services for victims all across the state. Policies at every level of government impact victims of sexual and domestic violence daily.

The only way for us to continue to make an impact towards the end of sexual and domestic violence is to ensure that those in positions of power represent our voices and take our issues and concerns seriously. Engage with candidates.  Ask questions.  Be informed.  And then vote. 

Like our lives depend on it.

Please visit the Civic Engagement page on website to register to vote and get involved.

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Press Release: Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence to Hold Emergency Town Hall Tonight: October 1, 2018

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For Immediate Release:

Contact: Tasha Menaker, Chief Strategy Officer
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
p: 602-279-2900 x426
media@acesdv.org

Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Holds Emergency Town Hall Tonight: October 1, 2018

Phoenix, Arizona – October 1, 2018.  With a vote on the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination looming tomorrow, the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) and community partners are hosting an emergency town hall tonight Monday, 10/1/18 at 6pm titled “Enough is Enough: Survivors Must be Believed”.

In order to center the voices of community and speak truth to power, this free event will be held at the South Mountain Community Center, 212 E Alta Vista Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85042.

This event, in collaboration with Creosote Partners, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, Poder in Action, and Trans Queer Pueblo, sends the message that enough is enough, survivors must be believed and the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice should not move forward.

It is our hope the entire community can unite in justice to participate in this important discussion.

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About the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence is the designated dual issue coalition in Arizona addressing both sexual and domestic violence for over 35 years. Our purpose is to increase public awareness about the issues of sexual and domestic violence, enhance the safety of and services for sexual and domestic violence victims and survivors and end sexual and domestic violence in Arizona communities. We do this by providing education & training, technical assistance, advocating at the legislature in public policy as well as providing assistance to survivors and advocates through our Sexual and Domestic Violence Services Helpline. www.acesdv.org

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The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence responds to Christine Blasey Ford hearing:

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The courage shown by Dr. Ford at this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing was beyond anything that should ever be expected from a survivor of sexual assault. She was described by members of the committee as being heroic and a role model for survivors everywhere. We cannot agree more.

What was concerning for us to witness was the questioning of the victim by Rachel Mitchell, on leave from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Ms. Mitchell questioned Dr. Ford in a manner inconsistent with principles of trauma-informed interviewing. She jarringly jumped from topic to topic and continually questioned the timeline of events, focusing on details that are often difficult for sexual assault survivors to recall. Furthermore, Ms. Mitchell focused on Dr. Ford’s motivation for coming forward, clearly trying to connect her disclosure to a partisan scheme. Dr. Ford was not on trial, yet the questioning transpired as through she were under cross-examination. As we watched the hearing with sexual assault survivors from our communities, they shared how emotional and revictimizing it was to watch Dr. Ford be treated as though she was a defendant.

Given that Ms. Mitchell discontinued questioning early in Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony, it was clear her presence was a partisan tactic to undermine Dr. Ford’s credibility and suggest her disclosure was part of a political conspiracy instead of an extremely courageous act of civic responsibility. Any prosecutor who agreed to participate in such a process inherently allowed themselves to become a pawn of a partisan scheme rooted in concern over optics of an all-male panel questioning the female victim.

In light of this, we have serious concerns about the impact of this hearing on survivors nationwide, and especially within our local community of Maricopa County. How can sexual assault survivors have confidence they will be treated with respect, have their reports believed, and their cases taken seriously? As was pointed out during the hearing, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s own protocol for appropriately responding to sexual assault cases outlined characteristics of trauma-informed interviewing that were completely absent from Ms. Mitchell’s questioning. The effects of this will have practical impacts long after this hearing and political circus ends.

This hearing was an egregious display designed to humiliate, undermine, and discredit Dr. Ford. It sent a loud message to all sexual assault survivors. We commend Dr. Ford’s strength and courage—it was inspiring to watch as she stood in the face of a patriarchal system designed to silence victims. We stand with her and all survivors today and every day.

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Senator Flake, Will You Stand Up for Victims?

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Over the last week, I have watched with disgust the Senate Judiciary Committee’s treatment of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And now that two more brave women have come forward with an additional allegation against Kavanaugh, it’s even more urgent to #BelieveSurvivors.

At this juncture, there is only one appropriate way to move forward: this Thursday’s hearings must be cancelled to allow for these allegations to be investigated thoroughly.

Senator Flake, we listened to your comments on the floor this morning with great interest. Unfortunately, your words came up short, yet again.  It’s time to call off tomorrow’s hearing and to call for a proper investigation into these extremely serious allegations.

It is extremely concerning to us that the committee charged with considering and passing the Violence Against Women Act, which is again up for reauthorization, has not appropriately handled the allegations or Dr. Ford since this story broke.  From questioning the women’s memory and suggesting that perhaps they were attacked by someone else, to comments that suggest that it happened so long ago, it shouldn’t ruin his life, it wasn’t that serious, and on and on. Tweets and comments from leaders on the Judiciary Committee have us wondering just how much progress has been made since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act 24 years ago, and why they feel that communities and systems should be held to higher standards of responses to sexual violence than they are. 

For sexual assault survivors, their callousness feels gut-wrenching.

Fewer than three out of every 100 rapes are ever brought to justice in court. Our president made the horrific claim that there’s no way the assault was “as bad as she says” because she would have reported it to law enforcement otherwise. But let me be clear: disclosing one’s experience with sexual violence does not make it more or less real. That trauma informs the way one experiences the world, and viral news of sexual assault exacerbates it.

Senators, and Judiciary leadership in particular, have treated these survivors as though they are on trial, rather than Kavanaugh.  But this is not a trial and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is not a defendant. The inclusion of a prosecutor confuses this hearing with something criminal in nature, which this hearing is not – in fact, the Senators have refused calls for an independent investigation. Why then bring in a prosecutor if they don’t want the issue to be handled by the FBI?

Senator Flake, it’s time for you to show that you are committed to addressing violence against women—and to properly vetting Judge Kavanaugh, as you would any Supreme Court nominee.  You can stop tomorrow’s planned hearing and call for an investigation to be opened today.  Survivors are counting on you to do the right thing. 

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We believe Christine Blasey Ford

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We believe Christine Blasey Ford.

We believe her because according to the US Department of Justice, every 98 seconds a person is sexually assaulted in this country;

We believe her because less than 3 out of 100 rapes are ever resolved with a conviction;

We believe her because we live in a misogynist culture characterized by entitlement, unequal distribution of power, and lack of responsibility for harmful behaviors;

We believe her because she knew that disclosing this would make her the target of vicious attacks on her reputation, her family, and that she feared “annihilation at the hands of Congress and the media”;

We believe her because for some people it’s easier to believe him than her, even though he’s had any number of items he’s said or testified to as being shown to be verifiably false or misleading;

We believe her because if Brett Kavanaugh were a 17 year old black man when this had happened, he wouldn’t be dismissed a “young kid” who did “stupid things”;

We believe her because telling 17 year old boys today, in 2018, that it’s no big deal to get drunk and try to rape girls – it’s just young, stupid kid stuff – is irresponsible, reprehensible and quite frankly dangerous; and

We believe her because while it might not have had an impact on his life, no big deal, being a stupid kid, it has had a lifetime of impacts on her life because that’s how trauma works.

We appreciate that this week’s vote has been delayed, but so far only one hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As of right now, only Dr. Blasey Ford and Mr. Kavanaugh will be testifying, and concerning reports are surfacing about strategies that are being considered in terms of how the questioning will be handled (i.e. Mr. Kavanaugh’s attorney being allowed to question Dr. Blasey Ford, instead of the Senators themselves). Attacks on Dr. Blasey Ford’s character are already being shared; millions of dollars in ads are going to run saying that she is a liar and an angry feminist; and the President of the United States is saying that Mr. Kavanaugh is a “nice guy who doesn’t deserve this”.

Justices confirmed to The Supreme Court of the United States, enshrined with a lifetime appointment, at a bare minimum require thoughtful, fully informed and vetted consideration by the US Senate.

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ACESDV recibió financiamiento del Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP para apoyar a personas sobrevivientes del acoso sexual y represalias relacionadas en el trabajo

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PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA: 16 de agosto 2018

CONTACTO:
Kendra Barkoff, kbarkoff@skdknick.com, 202-464-9531
Tasha Menaker, tasha@acesdv.org, 602-279-2900 x426

ACESDV recibió financiamiento del Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP para apoyar a personas sobrevivientes del acoso sexual y represalias relacionadas en el trabajo

Phoenix, AZ – Hoy, el Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP anunció que la Coalición de Arizona para Eliminar la Violencia Sexual y Doméstica (ACESDV) ha recibido financiamiento para apoyar a personas trabajadoras de bajos recursos que han pasado por conducta sexual indebida o represalias relacionadas en su lugar de trabajo. ACESDV utilizará este financiamiento en colaboración con TQP y Poder en Acción para aumentar el conocimiento y la concientización del acoso sexual y aumentar el acceso al Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP para los miembros de las comunidades más afectadas por la opresión, incluyendo comunidades de color, comunidades LGBTQ + y comunidades inmigrantes e indocumentados. El Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP, que es parte de y es administrado por el National Women’s Law Center Fund (NWLCF), otorgó dieciocho financiamientos a organizaciones en todo el país para expandir su compromiso de apoyo a las personas sobrevivientes del acoso sexual y represalias relacionadas en todas las industrias y conectarlas con abogados/as y expertos/as en relaciones públicas.

ACESDV colaborará con TQP y Poder en Acción para desarrollar y llevar a cabo talleres y materiales culturalmente y lingüísticamente inclusivos sobre el acoso sexual y el conocimiento para las comunidades de color y los migrantes LGBTQ +. TQP y Poder en Acción realizarán actividades de divulgación a través de sus programas existentes que promueven el acceso a servicios de salud, justicia económica y seguridad pública, así como visitas a domicilio, lugares de trabajo y clubs nocturnos para garantizar que los miembros de la comunidad que han sufrido acoso sexual tengan información sobre recursos legales y a proveedores de servicios locales seguros. Las personas que han sufrido acoso sexual pueden ponerse en contacto con ACESDV para obtener recursos, referencias y apoyo emocional, además de información sobre el Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP.

“El Fondo Legal TIME’S UP cree que ninguna persona trabajadora en ningún lugar de empleo debería tener que padecer abusos a cambio de un cheque,” dijo Sharyn Tejani, Directora del Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP. “Queremos que todas las sobrevivientes sepan que hay recursos disponibles para ayudarles a lidiar con conductas sexuales indebidas. Los proyectos a los que les otorgamos fondos hoy tienen el potencial de cambiar vidas, y no podría estar más entusiasmada por todo el trabajo que vamos a hacer.”

“Nuestra misión es eliminar la violencia sexual y doméstica en Arizona desmantelando la opresión y promoviendo la equidad entre todas las personas”, dijo Tasha Menaker, directora de Estrategia de ACESDV. “Reconocemos que las comunidades más afectadas por la opresión experimentan altos índices de acoso sexual y a menudo tienen acceso limitado a recursos y medios legales debido a la discriminación sistémica y el temor a represalias. TQP y Poder en Acción tienen un historial de iniciativas exitosas que mitigan las barreras para inmigrantes y comunidades LGBTQ + migrantes. Estamos entusiasmados con la oportunidad de asociarnos con estas organizaciones y con el Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP para ayudar a los sobrevivientes de acoso sexual a acceder estos recursos “.

El Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S recibió más de 120 propuestas para recibir estos fondos. Las solicitudes propusieron una amplia gama de proyectos diversos de participación pública, incluyendo aquellos que ofrecen servicios específicamente para personas trabajadoras Latinxs, inmigrantes asiáticxs, trabajadorxs transgénero, trabajadorxs del hogar, agricultorxs, trabajadorxs del sector minorista, de hoteles, del sector avícola y más.

Los adjudicatarios se determinaron basado en los lazos comunitarios de las organizaciones, el trabajo de alcance planificado con personas trabajadoras de bajos recursos en poblaciones específicas, un compromiso demostrado con la defensoría de los derechos de las personas trabajadoras — y prestando atención a la distribución geográfica de los fondos alrededor de los Estados Unidos y a la diversidad de las poblaciones a las que se sirve.

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Acerca de la Coalición de Arizona para Eliminar la Violencia Sexual y Doméstica

La Coalición de Arizona para Eliminar la Violencia Sexual y Doméstica es la coalición dual designada en Arizona que aborda la violencia sexual y doméstica durante más de 35 años. Nuestro propósito es aumentar la conciencia pública sobre los temas de la violencia sexual y doméstica, mejorar la seguridad y los servicios para las víctimas y sobrevivientes de violencia sexual y doméstica y poner fin a la violencia sexual y doméstica en las comunidades de Arizona. Hacemos esto brindando educación y capacitación, asistencia técnica, intercediendo en la legislatura sobre políticas públicas y brindando asistencia a sobrevivientes y defensores a través de nuestra Línea de Ayuda de Servicios de Violencia Sexual y Domestica.

Acerca del Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP

El Fondo de Defensa Legal TIMES’S UP, que es parte de y es administrado por el National Women’s Law Center Fund, conecta a aquellas personas que han pasado por conducta sexual indebida incluyendo violación, acoso, abuso y represalias relacionadas, en el trabajo o al tratar de avanzar en sus carreras, con asistencia legal y de relaciones públicas. El Fondo ayudará a cubrir los gastos legales y de relaciones públicas en casos seleccionados basados en criterios y disponibilidad de fondos. Las donaciones al Fondo de Defensa Legal TIME’S UP son deducibles de impuestos a través del Direct Impact Fund, una organización 501(c)(3) sin fines de lucro o a través del National Women’s Law Center, una organización 501(c)(3) sin fines de lucro. La iniciativa es liderada por actrices y otras personas de la industria del entretenimiento, las abogadas Tina Tchen y Roberta Kaplan y profesionales de alto nivel de las relaciones públicas. Las mujeres en Hollywood se unieron en torno a sus propias experiencias de acoso y violación, y se conmovieron por el apoyo efusivo y la solidaridad en contra del acoso sexual de las mujeres a lo largo de todos los sectores. Esto les inspiró a crear el Fondo para ayudar a sobrevivientes del acoso sexual y represalias relacionadas en todas las industrias — especialmente a las trabajadoras de bajos recursos. Se unieron para trabajar juntas en esta iniciativa histórica para diseñar una estructura que sea inclusiva y efectiva.

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Press Release: ACESDV Awarded Grant from TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund to Support Immigrant and LGBTQ Migrant Survivors of Sexual Harassment and Related Retaliation in the Workplace

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2018

CONTACT:
Kendra Barkoff, kbarkoff@skdknick.com, 202-464-9531
Tasha Menaker, tasha@acesdv.org, 602-279-2900 x426

ACESDV Awarded Grant from TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund to Support Immigrant and LGBTQ Migrant Survivors of Sexual Harassment and Related Retaliation in the Workplace

 Phoenix, AZ – Today, the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund announced Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) in collaboration with Trans Queer Pueblo (TQP)  and Poder in Action as the recipient of a grant to support low-wage workers who have experienced sexual misconduct or related retaliation in the workplace. ACESDV will use this grant in collaboration with TQP and Poder in Action to increase knowledge and awareness of sexual harassment and access to the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund among community members most impacted by oppression, including communities of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and immigrant and undocumented communities. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, which is housed and administered by the National Women’s Law Center Fund (NWLCF), awarded eighteen grants to organizations around the country to build on its commitment to support survivors of sexual harassment and retaliation across all industries and connect them to attorneys and public relations experts.

ACESDV will collaborate with TQP and Poder in Action to develop and conduct culturally and linguistically-inclusive sexual harassment know-your-rights workshops and materials for communities of color and LGBTQ+ migrants. TQP and Poder in Action will engage in outreach through their existing programs promoting access to healthcare, economic justice, and public safety, as well as door-to-door canvassing, workplace, and nightclub outreach to ensure community members who have experienced sexual harassment have information about legal resources and safe local service providers. People who have experienced sexual harassment can contact ACESDV for resources, referrals, and emotional support in addition to information about the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund.

“The TIME’SUP Legal Defense Fund believes that no worker at any job should ever have to endure abuse for a paycheck,” said Sharyn Tejani, Director of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. “We want all survivors to know that there are available resources to help them deal with sexual misconduct. The projects awarded today have the potential to change lives, and I could not be more excited for the work that lies ahead.”

“Our mission is to end sexual and domestic violence in Arizona by dismantling oppression and promoting equity among all people,” said Tasha Menaker, Chief Strategy Officer at the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. “We recognize that communities most impacted by oppression experience high rates of sexual harassment and often have limited access to resources and legal recourse due to systemic discrimination and fear of retaliation. TQP and Poder in Action have a history of successful initiatives mitigating barriers for immigrant and LGBTQ+ migrant communities. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with these organizations and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund to support sexual harassment survivors in accessing resources.”

The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund received more than 120 applications for these funds.  The applications proposed a broad range of diverse public engagement projects, including those offering targeted resources for Latinx workers, Asian immigrants, transgender workers, domestic workers, farmworkers, retail workers, restaurant workers, hotel workers, poultry workers and more.

Awardees were determined based on organizations’ community ties, planned outreach to low-wage workers in target populations, demonstrated commitment to advocacy on behalf of workers’ rights—and with attention to geographic distribution across the United States and diversity in populations served.

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About Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

The Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence is the designated dual issue coalition in Arizona addressing both sexual and domestic violence for over 35 years. Our purpose is to increase public awareness about the issues of sexual and domestic violence, enhance the safety of and services for sexual and domestic violence victims and survivors and end sexual and domestic violence in Arizona communities. We do this by providing education & training, technical assistance, advocating at the legislature in public policy as well as providing assistance to survivors and advocates through our Sexual and Domestic Violence Services Helpline.

About the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund

The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, which is housed at and administered by the National Women’s Law Center Fund, connects those who experience sexual misconduct including assault, harassment, abuse and related retaliation in the workplace or in trying to advance their careers with legal and public relations assistance. The Fund will help defray legal and public relations costs in select cases based on criteria and availability of funds. Donations to the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund are tax deductible through the Direct Impact Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or through the National Women’s Law Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  The initiative was spearheaded by actors and others in the entertainment industry, attorneys Tina Tchen and Roberta Kaplan, and top public relations professionals. Women in Hollywood came together around their own experiences of harassment and assault, and were moved by the outpouring of support and solidarity against sexual harassment from women across sectors. This inspired them to help create a Fund to help survivors of sexual harassment and retaliation in all industries—especially low-wage workers. They worked together in an historic first to design a structure that would be both inclusive and effective.

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State Sponsored Violence Compounds Traumatic Consequences

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Violence is violence, regardless if it is an individual or state perpetrator.  Women, men and children fleeing violence in their homes, communities and countries come to the United States for safety – they literally risk everything because staying is worse than the options that exist on the treacherous route north. The federal government’s “zero tolerance” policy to prosecute those at the border without discretion perpetrates additional violence and creates further trauma for these children and families. Compounding the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy is a major reversal in policy and defense by the Department of Justice that survivors of domestic violence qualify for asylum. This more restrictive interpretation of asylum laws places already severely vulnerable populations at risk of further harm, and undermines our progress toward addressing the unique and intersectional needs of immigrant women and children exposed to violence.

Again, many of these parents at our border are fleeing extreme violence. They are desperately seeking safety for their children. That search for protection is not a crime. We would do the same thing for our children. While the administration has now signed an Executive Order that children will be incarcerated with their parents instead of the traumatic separation that has been happening, the Trump administration has simply created a policy of internment and is working to undermine years of case law that has dictated that families cannot be held for more than 20 days. On-going detention is harmful for kids and is bad for families, both in the short and long term. The Executive Order is a false solution, window dressing due to the outrage, but does not solve the problem.

This crisis is part of the larger manufactured crisis by the Trump administration in its inhumane treatment of Dreamers, asylum seekers, and other immigrants. It is simply wrong and must be stopped. Join the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence as we march with others on June 30th at the Arizona State Capitol demanding that the government change policy to a bi-partisan, fair, and humane immigration solution.

Statement by ACESDV Public Policy Team 

 

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It’s Time

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This blog post is written in response to the Dwight Jones murders and his suicide.

This is hard to talk about, but we have to.  We, as a community, as professionals, as first responders, as helpers, left a lot of loose ends on this one. This case has it all. It shows how domestic violence is not a private, family matter, how it affects the community. Domestic violence, a mother and child in danger, guns, a messy divorce and child custody arrangement, on-going harassment, and finally, as is all too common, multiple people murdered by someone who felt wronged.

Felt wronged?  Let’s explore that. He felt wronged because after he abused the woman he married, terrorized the child they had together, she left–as we often all tell domestic violence victims to do. She left her husband, the father of her child. He felt wronged.  Did he expect her to endure his abuse without trying to protect herself and her child? Did he not think his behavior was abusive and unacceptable to do to someone you say you love? It is safe to say we only know a thimble-full of what she and their son endured. This father abandoned his responsibility to keep his son and wife safe. She wanted to leave the state with their son because she was afraid of what he would do to them. Yet, as we now know, the family court wouldn’t let her. The court worried about the relationship between the father and child, more so, I dare say, than the father ever did.

It can be hard to listen to experiences of sexual and domestic violence, but we have to. The stories may seem too inconceivable to be true, but true they are. Dr. Jones knew best, but we did not listen deeply to her – the system is set up not to listen, not to hear the fear and danger involved in these cases, not to take appropriate action to ensure there is follow through with court orders or to ensure a dangerous person cannot access firearms. In this case, not only did we ignore this mother’s concerns about his dangerousness, or her concern regarding his continued contact with their son, we did not listen to the professionals’ concerns either. This woman and boy, who is now a young man, are safe, yes. How many out there are not? Are we helping people with their safety or making more dangerous communities? Are we listening or dismissing survivors? Do we know what they want and need? When is the last time we asked…and really listened?  And are we willing to do what is asked of us?

Written by Doreen Nicholas, Domestic Violence Response Manager at ACESDV.

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