Podcasts about Futures Without Violence

Virginia Duplessis brings a depth of wisdom to this episode to discuss the experiences of Black birthing people and the barriers they face in seeking quality health care – and how all of this impacts the safety and well-being of their children. As the Director of the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Associate Director of Health at Futures Without Violence, a mother, and a doula, Virginia offers multiple perspectives that underscore the need for us all to understand the inextricable link between gender-based violence and the high rates of harm of Black birthing people and their children.Survivors are often prevented from seeking health care by the person using violence. This compounds with the fear survivors experience knowing that their children could be taken away (even immediately after birth) if they divulge that there is violence in the home. Systemic racism not only adds another barrier for Black birthing people, but is a root cause of the violence, harm, and even death they experience at higher rates due to racism in medical settings.Where is the hope? Join us as we explore early prevention strategies, how providers can address bias in health care, and how we can better equip providers through universal education.Additional Resources:Safety and Justice for Black Birthing People CoalitionUjima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black CommunityBlack Mamas Matter Alliance

In episode 1 of our economic empowerment season, Just Science down with Carolyne Ouya, Program Manager at Futures Without Violence, to discuss core concepts in economic empowerment for human trafficking. For those who have experienced human trafficking, economic or financial consequences are often inextricably linked to their trafficking experience and may leave those people without the skills, resources, or social capital to meet their needs in the community. Listen along as Carolyne talk about the role that victim advocates or social service providers can play in supporting someone's economic empowerment journey. This season is funded by the Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project. The views expressed in this podcast belong to the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

What's the boyfriend loophole, and what does Congress have to do with it? And with so much already being said about gun violence in the U.S., what's the value of raising awareness?In this episode, Tiffany Garner from Futures Without Violence answers these questions and more, with a focus on the impacts of gun violence on children and teens, talking to young people about gun violence, and the measures that can help to keep kids safe. This episode also explores how the issue of gun violence is inextricably connected to the safety of adult survivors of domestic violence and their children. Tune in to learn about current policy and legislative efforts around gun violence and how organizations can contribute to prevention.

Wendy is offering her Wendy wisdom with her driveby makeshift relationship advice. We are also talking to Virginia Duplessis, founder of Futures Without Violence. For more than 35 years, Futures Without Violence has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns to prevent childhood trauma and end gender-based violence around the world. It's all on KFIAM-640!

 Virginia Duplessis, is the founder of Futures Without Violence. For more than 35 years, Futures Without Violence has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns to prevent childhood trauma and end gender-based violence around the world. Take a listen.

Virginia Duplessis, is the founder of Futures Without Violence. For more than 35 years, Futures Without Violence has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns to prevent childhood trauma and end gender-based violence around the world. Take a listen.

Welcome to Season Four off Expanding The Continuum! Join us for a special conversation for Sexual Assault Awareness Month to learn about how sexual violence advocates are offering health and harm reduction strategies for survivors, including PrEP and emergency contraception. Check out a new resource from Futures Without Violence, The American College of Emergency Contraception, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Emergency Contraception: A Guide for Advocates: https://ipvhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ASEC-DV-SV-Factsheet_Apr-2024.pdf

In this episode, Scott Modell, Ph.D. and Staci Whitney, LMSW, are joined by retired Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, Candace J. Heisler, J.D. More recently Candace's work has been a consultant and trainer regarding elder abuse, domestic violence, and abuse in later life. She also worked with MCG to develop our suite of SAFE trainings for interviewing older adults who are alleged victims of crime and maltreatment. Drawing from her experience and expertise, Candace explains what Undue Influence is and how it may impact the people that we work with. Candace J. Heisler, J.D., served as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco for over 25 years. During this time, she headed the Domestic Violence Unit, which handled both domestic violence and elder abuse cases, as well as the Charging, Misdemeanor, and Preliminary Hearing Units. She was an Adjunct Professor at Hastings College of the Law for more than 20 years. She now teaches a graduate course at Virginia Tech on ethics and aging. Ms. Heisler has written for and trained a variety of professionals about elder abuse, domestic violence, and the criminal justice system, including work sponsored by the American Bar Association, Futures Without Violence, the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Office on Violence Against Women, and the Judicial Council of California. She frequently presents at the annual National Adult Protective Services Association and other state Adult Protective Services (APS) conferences on related topics. Ms. Heisler has authored several curricula on interviewing alleged perpetrators, addressing undue influence, and working with the criminal justice system for APS Professionals.

Kelley Stage was funny, kind, endearing, and goofy… qualities that made her loved by everyone she met, including local hockey star Thomas Clayton. After meeting in a bar, the two quickly began dating, and a year later, they were married and starting a family together. They had what many perceived to be the perfect life. That is until September 29th, 2015, when Thomas came home just after midnight from a poker game to find his wife brutally bludgeoned on their kitchen floor. He called 911, and within an hour, the place was swarming with police. Though he performed well, the officers weren't buying his story that he wasn't involved. So much so that that same day, he was arrested for her murder. Even though his alibi checked out, too much pointed to his involvement. All investigators had to do was figure out who did the actual killing. And he wasn't hard to find. Michael Beard, a recently fired employee of Thomas, was brought in for questioning, and after several hours and a failed polygraph, he confessed to everything. Though he later tried to recant, a jury didn't buy it. They didn't buy Thomas' pleas of innocence either. Both men were convicted of 1st and 2nd-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Check out Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Donate to NCMEC through my campaign! https://give.missingkids.org/campaign...  Shop my Merch! https://kendallrae.shop This episode is sponsored by: Smalls - promo code: KENDALLRAE Nutrafol - promo code: KENDALLRAE Rocket Money Check out Kendall's other podcasts: The Sesh & Mile Higher Follow Kendall! YouTube Twitter Instagram Facebook Mile Higher Zoo REQUESTS: General case suggestion form: https://bit.ly/32kwPly Form for people directly related/ close to the victim: https://bit.ly/3KqMZLj Discord: https://discord.com/invite/an4stY9BCN CONTACT: For Business Inquiries - kendall@INFAgency.com

In 2022, Congress established Summer EBT, the first new permanent federal food assistance program in almost 50 years. The authorization of Summer EBT represents a historic investment in the nutrition and wellbeing of almost 30 million children who will qualify for the program. But states that piloted Summer EBT, or operated Pandemic EBT programs in the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic know that getting these benefits into the hands of families will involve overcoming complex challenges related to data and technology. That's why Code for America and No Kid Hungry, a campaign of Share Our Strength joined forces to create the Summer EBT Playbook, a comprehensive free resource designed to help state agencies plan for and implement a human-centered Summer EBT program. Today we will talk with Eleanor Davis, director of Government Innovation on the Safety Net team at Code for America. In her role, she helps government agencies adopt best practices for human-centered digital benefit delivery.   Interview Summary Why is Summer EBT significant? Well, I think you gave us a good intro. Summer EBT is a brand-new benefit program and it's designed to reduce childhood hunger during the summer months by providing families with a monthly grocery benefit to feed their kids when they're not receiving meals at school. So, almost 30 million kids in the US receive free or reduced-price meals at school, but during the summer many of them struggle to access nutritious food because they're not receiving those meals at school. School is out of session. Summer EBT is designed to give families $120 per child in the summer to help them buy groceries and it really has the potential to dramatically reduce childhood hunger. It's a tremendous moment because Summer EBT is the first new permanent federal food assistance program in almost 50 years. For those of us in government or in the food access space, this is really I would say, a once in a generation opportunity to shape the implementation of the program to make sure it really meets the needs of families and children. So, why did Code for America and Share Our Strength develop the Summer EBT Playbook? What was the challenge? Code for America is a 501 C3 nonprofit organization. We partner with government at all levels to make the delivery of public services more equitable, more effective, and more accessible using technology and data. And we've spent the last decade helping states deliver safety net benefit programs in more human-centered ways. The Summer EBT program, as we mentioned, has immense potential, but we also know that states are going to encounter many challenges in implementing this program in 2024 and beyond. I think standing up a brand-new benefits program is a huge undertaking generally, but Summer EBT will present some really specific challenges to states and we learned a lot about this back in 2020. So, at the start of the pandemic, Congress authorized an emergency response program called Pandemic EBT, that was very similar to Summer EBT in many ways. It was the same idea, really sort of providing families with a grocery benefit while schools are closed because of COVID-19. And so, in 2020 and 2021, Code for America worked directly with about a dozen states to help them deliver Pandemic EBT benefits. And through that process we saw very up close what made that program so hard to implement. Delivery of the program really relies on effective data and technology systems. So, really being able to find the right data in state systems and use that data to deliver benefits. And a lot of these challenges will also be true for Summer EBT, right? It's a very similar delivery process. So, states really needed help planning for Summer EBT and really designing systems and processes that will help them operationalize this brand-new program so that it can really live up to the promise spelled out in the policy. So, that's why we partnered with the No Kid Hungry Campaign. We really wanted to develop a resource that would help states design effective and human centered Summer EBT programs. And our goal was really just to sort of help as many states as possible implement this program. This is really interesting, and I would like to understand a little bit more. What challenges did states face in implementing the pandemic EBT and how do you see that showing up in the Summer EBT? I mean is it just getting the right software or is it something else? There are so many really, it's less about the software and more about the data. So fundamentally, I think some of the biggest challenges that we walk through in the playbook certainly, but that we know states are going to struggle with is really around using data to determine who is eligible for Summer EBT. So maybe just taking a step back, there are sort of two pathways for confirming who's eligible for Summer EBT. The first is called streamline certification. Basically, this means that the state uses the data that it already must determine if a family is eligible for Summer EBT and then issues those benefits automatically. So, for example, if a child is already participating in a program that should make them eligible like SNAP or in some states Medicaid, they should automatically receive Summer EBT. And similarly, if a child is in the foster system or is in a Head Start program or if a child has applied for and is therefore receiving already free and reduced-price meals at school, those children should receive Summer EBT automatically. But children who can't be certified as eligible through any of those pathways will have to apply for the Summer EBT benefits. So that's sort of the other eligibility route. States must provide a way for families to directly apply if they can't certify them through streamline certification. So, the idea is that the majority of children who are eligible for the program should actually get benefits automatically through streamline certification. And that's really fantastic, right? We should always be looking for ways to reduce the administrative burden that low-income families face when they aim to gain access to programs they're entitled to. So theoretically, if a state already has enough information to say this family is eligible for Summer EBT, they should just send that money out automatically and without the family having to do anything. That's sort of the best-case scenario. On the state side though, this is actually really complicated to do. The data that states need to use to determine that eligibility is all over the place, right? It's in Head Start programs, it's in the foster care system, it's in a state's SNAP or Medicaid eligibility system and it's in the schools, and school data presents really specific challenges for states to be able to use. So, states therefore have to identify where is all this data? What systems is it in? What agencies have this data? They then must aggregate all that data in one place that's central and usable. They have to clean and de-duplicate and match all that data across those different data sources. And then of course they have to deal with any inaccuracies or gaps in the data. So, data collection, data aggregation, data management, these are really sort of the core challenges of implementing this program. How do you collect all of this information into one place and use it to deliver benefits to families? This is really one of the core challenges that we focus on in the playbook. It's really helpful to hear how you all are helping states think through this. And I would imagine that there are some differences across states. How in the playbook have you been able to best manage the uniqueness of these different states? It's really tricky. I think we always say if you've seen one state system, you've seen one state system, no two states really look the same. And I'm using state really as a shorthand, tribal nations can implement this program, territories, US territories can also implement this program. So, there really is no one standard way that states backend infrastructure looks. And even when it comes to implementing this program, Summer EBT, different state agencies are sort of taking the lead in different states on administering this program. So, I think we're doing our best to help understand what unique challenges states are facing while also recognizing that the sort of themes, the main things, the primary challenges are going to remain the same basically across a lot of states. And so, we are really sort of in the playbook offering best practices, recommendations that we know will be universally helpful no matter really what a backend state system looks like. Can you give us a little bit of the flavor of those best practices? Absolutely. So, I want to talk about a couple here because this program gets really weedy really fast. I think the first one that we really talk about is client support. As we've been discussing, this is a really complicated program to administer. It's also brand new, right? So, families are going to need support navigating this program. They're going to have questions; they're going to be confused. Even after multiple years of Pandemic EBT, many families were still confused about why they did or did not end up receiving benefits. So, who is eligible? Can I expect these benefits? How do I get them? These are all questions that families are going to have. So, states need to be prepared to provide really consistent and clear communication to families. And they also need to have really easily accessible pathways for families to reach out and ask questions when they have them. And we can already really anticipate what a lot of those questions are going to be. One of the biggest points of confusion for families is going to be, "Do I need to apply or not?" Right? We talked earlier about the two different pathways streamline certification or filling out an application. From the state perspective it's pretty clear, but as a family, how do I know if I can expect to receive these benefits automatically or if I need to apply? And the complicated policy language here, of course you know about streamline certification, families don't understand that, right? We have to sort of really communicate clearly with families. I think one example of this is families whose children attend community eligibility provision schools or CEP schools; these are schools that serve free meals to all of their students. They're usually schools that are in low-income areas and because a certain percentage of their students are categorically eligible for free meals because they participate in other programs like SNAP or TANF, they're able to just give free meals to all of their students. So, families at CEP schools have never had to apply for school meals, their kids just get them. But because these families haven't applied for free or reduced-price meals, they're actually going to have to apply for Summer EBT. You can see how from a family perspective, this starts to get really confusing from a messaging standpoint, right? We're telling families if your income was below this level, at any point in the previous school year, you're going to be eligible for Summer EBT. But if you haven't applied to free or reduced-price meals this year, you have to apply unless you already received SNAP or TANF, in which case don't apply, you'll get benefits automatically. So, the messaging starts to get really confusing. How states communicate with families about this program and how to access it really matters. So, in the playbook we have a lot of resources on best practices for community outreach, how to talk about this program, how to leverage many methods of communication, right? Like email, text, phone calls, to really let families know about this program and give them the information they need to navigate it. Wow, that's great. And it's interesting to hear you talk about this because early on I had the impression you were really worried about the data, but you're also really concerned about how people function in the system. So, I've heard you mention this idea of human-centered design and human-centered digital benefit delivery. Can you explain a little bit more about what that really means and why it's important? Human-centered design really just means creating things that really meet people's needs and that are really easy for people to use and access. And that's really important, right? Just like the example I was just sharing with this program. It's a complicated program and if the systems aren't designed in a way that makes it easy for families to access, easy for families to interact with, they're not going to see the benefit of the program ultimately, and the program isn't going to meet its goals, which is reducing childhood hunger. So, the principles of human-centered design are really about thinking through what do families need when it comes to interacting with this program and how do we design the program in such a way that gives them those things? I think a great example of this is the application, right? We have a lot of best practices in the playbook related to the application component of the program. I mentioned that while many families will receive benefits automatically, the regulations for Summer EBT do require that many families will have to apply. So, states have to design applications and there are a lot of considerations that need to go into creating an application in a human-centered way, right? It needs to be accessible, which means it needs to be available in a lot of different languages, which can be really tough. California has 19 threshold languages that people speak. So, we need to translate this into the languages that people speak. The questions need to be written in what we call plain language, which is just conversational, the way that people actually talk so that they're really easy to understand and they need to flow in a way that makes sense to someone filling out the application. And this really matters because if the questions are hard to understand or hard to answer, it's likely that more people will answer incorrectly or submit the wrong answer. Meaning that they might not get the benefit even if they are in fact eligible. And then we also talked a lot about the importance of mobile accessibility. And this is really critical because more and more low-income families are what's called smartphone dependent, which means they don't have internet in their homes, but they do have a smartphone. So, they rely on that smartphone to do things online like fill out applications. But a lot of government websites are not built to fit the smaller screen on a mobile phone. And that makes it really hard for people to do things like fill out online applications for benefit programs. So, it's really important to make sure that the online application is designed to work on a mobile phone because that's how we know most families will be accessing it. I think the application component demonstrates a lot of the sort of thoughtful design work that's going to be required to create a program that's truly accessible for the people that need it. I'm really appreciative of this. And as I heard you talk about this, especially with mobile devices and I was thinking about younger folks, but I also know that there are grandparents or older adults who will care for young children who may be eligible. What considerations do you make for older adults or people with disabilities that may make using certain devices difficult? That's a great question. We have done a fair amount of research on this and what we found is that the sort of principles of human-centered design we really need to design for everyone. And that means designing for accessibility or ability, right? Designing for multiple languages, designing for whatever device people have access to, designing for different levels of comfort with technology. I think we really believe in the sort of principle that if you design it for the person that's going to have the most trouble accessing the program, you make it easier for everybody, right? So, we really think about the highest need population and design for that population and then really believe that we sort of make it more accessible for all populations that need to access the program. This has been really helpful for me to consider how government can work for people by using human-centered design to really move the process of applying and attaining these assets or these benefits, easier for folks. And I'm really grateful to hear the work that you all are doing with Share Our Strength. I got to ask this last question. What are your hopes for Summer EBT in 2024 and even beyond? I love this question. I have so many, I spent a lot of time so far talking about how hard this program is going to be for states to implement and it will be, I don't want to downplay the significant effort that it's going to take for states to stand up this program and deliver benefits, especially in this first year. That said, in my experience, people who work in government are incredibly resilient and resourceful and they are incredibly creative problem solvers. Pandemic EBT was really hard to implement, and states were trying to figure out how to deliver that program in the first few months of a global pandemic where everything was shut down and there was sort of historic need for benefit programs. But by the time that program ended, every single state had delivered Pandemic EBT benefits to families. So Summer EBT, especially in these first few years of its implementation, will be challenging certainly, but it won't be impossible. States have really proved that they can do this, right? States are good at this. So, I guess my greatest hope is that states are able to address many of the challenges of implementation this year in order to put benefits in the hands of families and that more states opt in, in future years, right? So that eventually all families get to benefit from this program. Ultimately a policy is only as good as its implementation, right? We have to help states design programs that are effective for them to implement, but also that work for the families that they're serving so that the Summer EBT program can live up to the promise outlined in the policy. Bio Eleanor Davis is the Program Director for Government Innovation at Code for America. In her role, she enables government agencies to adopt best practices for human-centered digital benefit delivery. She joined Code for America from Futures Without Violence, a national public health and social justice nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence. There she worked for 6 years on the Public Education Campaigns & Programs team, developing public-facing initiatives that support the ability of frontline providers and advocates to more effectively respond to and prevent violence and trauma. Eleanor is a graduate of the University of Chicago where she studied Sociology and Performance Studies, and received a Masters in Public Health from UC Berkeley. Outside of work you can often find her gardening in her backyard or singing in her family band.  

Welcome to season four of Down the Rabbit Hole! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and today, October 11th, is Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day. Often healthcare workers are ill-equipped to deal with the nuances that come with treating survivors or dealing with domestic violence situations. So today, we've called upon Cathy Glenn to discuss the importance of educating medical professionals on standards of providing detailed care that survivors of abuse so desperately need. After previous experience as an emergency trauma nurse, Cathy is now the Injury Prevention Trauma Outreach Coordinator at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas. Her passion extends to partnering on issues relating to family violence and its intersection with healthcare. She explains why it's so important for healthcare workers to beef up their knowledge on domestic violence, why she only learned about domestic violence in the ER after already graduating from nursing school, and how the opportunities for violence prevention and intervention in healthcare extend far beyond the emergency room and trauma unit. We also discuss some red flags for telling when someone needs help from an abusive partner, how to extend healthcare services for survivors past their initial treatment date, how to make the ER safe for medical staff, and other ways that healthcare professionals can get involved in issues of domestic violence away from the hospital. We hope you enjoy this fall-inspired, pumpkin-flavored, information-packed season four opener!  This podcast explores topics of gender-based violence, abuse, and other forms of trauma. Please take care of yourself as you listen to the episode and take breaks as needed.  For more information about Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day, check out Futures Without Violence's Action Kit. Also check out IPVhealth.org to learn more about cultivating partnerships between advocates and healthcare professionals. If you have any questions about this episode or if you are a health care provider looking for family violence training or collaboration opportunities, please email us at prevention@tcfv.org.

Did you know the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in June? What does this mean for Indian children and families, tribal sovereignty, and for YOU?Tune in to a conversation with Wendy Mota and Mary Kathryn (MK) Nagle discussing the implications of the ruling – and specific steps you can take to protect #ICWA and defend the rights of children to remain within their cultural communities. Presented by Promising Futures at Futures Without Violence in partnership with the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC).

Please join Laura Bell Bundy, Jennifer Herrera and Emily Bonistall Postel live The Locher Room as we have a conversation about the most pressing issues facing women in 2022 and beyond. These women prioritize education, empowering women and work towards cultural and social change. Together they are using their voices to awaken the masses to the extreme inequalities and issues in our society, including equal pay, breaking the glass ceiling, the silencing of women, unrealistic beauty standards, obsession with social media, the new masculinity, domestic violence, sexual assault, motherhood, pregnancy and abortion rights. Laura Bell Bundy is a Tony nominated Broadway actress and Billboard top 5 recording artist. She is also the co-founder of the Women of Tomorrow Foundation and a National Women's History Museum ambassador. Laura's Women of Tomorrow album, podcast, web series mentorship program and live concerts have primarily focused on promoting gender equality and raising funds for female causes. Their work has benefited organizations such as: ACLU, Planned Parenthood, Futures Without Violence, National Breast Cancer Coalition, The National Women's History Museum, The Downtown Women's Center, & The ERA Coalition.Dr. Emily Bonistall Postel, Board President of the Women of Tomorrow Foundation, is an educator and activist who has demonstrated a deep commitment to crime victims over the course of her career.Jennifer Herrera is the chief communications officer for the National Women's History Museum, where she oversees all public affairs, marketing, and media relations efforts. In this role, Herrera leads the Museum's work with external partners, the NWHM National Coalition, and other key regional and national stakeholders. Please join us for this conversation to learn more about these important issues and how you can help drive change.Original Airdate: 7/7/2022

Now that Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist has been raging for a whole 5 years, Madigan decided to go back and do new research regarding the MeToo movement, and the 2017 Times article about the Silence Breakers, to shed new light on sexual abuse, and to see how far we have come in those five years. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp! Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/YANF and get on your way to being your best self. Trigger warning. This episode will be discussing sexual assault, harassment, abuse, and rape. Please listen with caution. If you or anyone you know if suffering from sexual abuse, please get in touch with RAINN, by going to their website at www.rainn.org, where you can chat with someone online, or call someone to help you at 800-656-4673, or 800-656-HOPE. Resources: https://evawintl.org/ (End Violence Against Women International) https://www.equalitynow.org/ (Equality Now) https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ (Futures Without Violence) https://ggenyc.org/ (Girls for Gender Equality) https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ (Global Fund for Women) SOURCES: http://www.wendymcelroy.com/ifeminists/2004/1027.html https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers-choice/ https://www.sexualharassmenttraining.biz/sexual_harassment_training_Ellison-v-Brady-and-the-Reasonable-Woman-Standard.html https://www.thecut.com/article/all-of-the-allegations-against-actor-kevin-spacey.html  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/speaking-in-tongues/202112/why-women-dont-immediately-report-sexual-assault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time on the podcast, the Sugars answer a voice mail message from the Dear Sugars hotline. The message comes from a woman who reunited with her ex-boyfriend, who once assaulted her. Wracked with shame, she wonders if reconciling with him is acceptable and if it's possible he'll change. Esta Soler, president and founder of Futures Without Violence, joins the Sugars to help answer the question: Is it O.K. to love someone who abused you? This episode was originally released on April 21, 2018.

Technology, such as social media, apps, and text messaging, allows youth, teens and college students to experience relationships in vastly different ways from previous generations, as the connectedness of online relationships creates opportunities for personal development and relationship exploration. That same technology and connection also open up new possibilities for abuse that can diminish one's sense of agency leading to coercive control, potential safety concerns and possibly dangerous situations. Dr. Lauren Reed of Arizona State University provides us with the context for digital dating, how to identify and respond to abusive online tactics, and solutions for healthy relationships. Dr. Reed walks us through the empowering, youth-led research initiative, the Thriving Relationships Lab, that provides space for young people to process emotions and synthesize information as they navigate personal relationships online and beyond. This robust conversation offers resources for teens, college students, educators, service providers, parents and anyone with concerns about the future of healthy relationships in an increasingly online world.Digital dating abuse, as defined by Futures Without Violence, is "a repeated pattern of behaviors to harass, pressure, control, or threaten a partner you're seeing or dating using social media, the internet or mobile phones." DDA can manifest as an abusive partner: sending a text message that threatens your personal safety, checking your social media accounts or your phone without your permission or knowledge, tracking your location, monitoring your online activity, stalking. These are just a few examples of DDA. If you are experiencing DDA talk to an adult you trust, create a safety plan, contact your local support center or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800.799.SAFE (7233), or Genesis at 214.946.HELP(4357). If you are in immediate danger call 9-1-1.

Listen in for wide-ranging discussions about how to improve child and family safety by transforming systems that have historically caused harm. Join us in pivoting toward supportive communities and following the leadership of people with lived expertise. Hosted by Wendy Mota at Futures Without Violence. Stay tuned for the official launch on October 20, 2022!

Beyond trauma-informed care: Changing the narrative by A podcast from Futures Without Violence and NNEDV

SPECIAL EPISODE! This episode is co-sponsored by Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, a project of Futures Without Violence that works with community health centers to address and prevent intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and exploitation. Tune in to hear FUTURES' Surabhi Kukke talk with Dr. Dana Hines, a national expert on the intersections of HIV and IPV, about the ways that the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau creates opportunities through the Ryan White Program for community health centers and other grantees to address and prevent domestic and sexual violence. What did you think about this episode? Let us know! https://redcap.link/snxltwij Resources: https://ryanwhite.hrsa.gov/about/parts-and-initiatives/part-d-swic www.healthpartnersipve.org https://ipvhealthpartners.org/partner/ Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, a project of Futures Without Violence is funded by HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care to provide free training and technical assistance to health centers on the topics of intimate partner violence, human trafficking and exploitation. A toolkit for health centers IPVHealthPartners.org includes an MOU template for building new partnerships discussed in today's episode. Learn more about our resources and programs and join our newsletter at www.healthpartnersipve.org. This podcast was developed with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $650,000 with 0 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more info visit HRSA.gov.

In this episode of Expanding the Continuum, the tables are turned, and Ashley Slye, NNEDV, will be asking Surabhi Kukke and Kate Vander Tuig of Futures Without Violence about an approach that HIV programs can use to support patients who are experiencing violence in their relationships - an approach that does not require patients to disclose to their provider in order to get support. Learn more about the CUES universal education intervention for IPV in healthcare settings: https://ipvhealth.org/health-professionals/educate-providers/

In this episode of In Practice, Rob Wolf discusses the history, trends, and current innovations in the abusive partner intervention field with Juan Carlos Areán, program director of Children and Youth Programs at Futures Without Violence. They highlight the Abusive Partner Accountability and Engagement Training and Technical Assistance Project, a collaboration between the Center for Court Innovation and Futures Without Violence to help communities enhance their responses to people who cause harm through intimate partner violence.The following is a transcript of the podcast:We talk about that intergenerational cycle of violence but there's such thing as the intergenerational cycle of love and we don't talk about that so much. To change that, to change that legacy is not only to change it on your children, but it's changing it in many generations to come. Rob Wolf: I'm Rob Wolf at the Center for Court Innovation with a new episode of In Practice, our podcast that tells the stories of practitioners -- people who work in or closely with the justice system, who are trying to make the system live up to its name, that is, make justice, more just. Today we're going to talk with a national leader in efforts to respond to domestic and intimate partner violence. Juan Carlos Areán, is a program director in Children and Youth Programs at Futures Without Violence. For the past two years, Juan Carlos has been working with the Center for Court Innovation and other organizations to enhance intervention programs for abusive partners. As part of this project the Center and Futures have developed guiding principles for this kind of programming and Juan Carlos has also hosted a series of podcasts, looking at abusive partner intervention programs from various angles. As a leader in the field, he has numerous areas of expertise, including the intersection of fatherhood and DV, cultural approaches to end violence, and curriculum writing. He was previously the director of the National Latino Network at Casa de Esperanza and the Sexual Assault Prevention Specialist at Harvard University. He has led hundreds of workshops and presentations throughout the United States and around the world, and he is also an ordained interfaith minister and holds a master's degree in music composition. Hey, Juan Carlos. Welcome to In Practice.Juan Carlos Areán: Thank you so much Rob. Thanks for the introduction and thanks for having me.Wolf: Well, it is a pleasure and an honor to have you here. So, why don't we just dive in, and for people who may not be familiar with some of the terminology, if you could just define what is abusive partner intervention programming and maybe you can reflect a little bit too on how it has evolved over the years and the factors that have fed its evolution.Areán: Well, so what we call abusive partner intervention programs is basically working with people who use violence in their intimate relationships and that cause harm in those relationships. We are at a period in history for this field that we're changing language around it and different people use different names for this kind of work. It traditionally has been called batterer's intervention, although some people prefer to call it battering intervention. And I think some of us are trying to talk more about intervention of the behavior, rather than the person. But whatever you want to call them, these programs work with people who use violence -- originally men, but in the last few years, more people across the gender spectrum. These programs started in the 1970s pretty soon after the battered women's movement started with the second wave of feminism. I think there were men who were allies to the women in this movement, and, as I hear from people who are originators of this kind of programming, these women basically told the men, go do something with the abusers, help them change. So, it's a relatively new field in some ways, but somewhat established now after 40 years. I have been doing the work for 30 years now, this is my 30th anniversary year. And one of the things of having been doing it for a while, one of the advantages is that you do see evolution. Sometimes evolution that you may agree with. And sometimes that you might not agree with, but in general I think this field has evolved in ways that I do agree with. Well, at the very beginning, people really didn't know what they were doing. There were no laws against domestic violence in the mid 70s and people were just trying to figure out how to do this work. As the domestic violence movement became more and more aligned with the criminal and legal systems, the programs did that, too. So, we are now in a situation in which most of these programs are very connected with the criminal justice system, some of them with also the civil system and with child welfare, but not so much. And I think historically, there was a lot of emphasis on what a traditional definition of accountability. And what I mean a traditional definition is like mainly focusing on consequences, legal and sometimes also outside the legal system, and not so much focusing on the process of change, if you will. That's something that has been changing in the last few years. And even though not everybody is in the same boat with this, this is by no means a monolithic field. In fact, there's a lot of disagreement in many things, but more and more people are starting to realize that in addition to having very strong limits and consequences, what some people would call accountability or traditionally, you also have to be thinking about support for positive change and for barriers that might be on the way for people to make choices that are more healthy for their families. So that's one way in which I have seen the field change and it's a significant change, by the way.Wolf: That's so interesting and before I ask, and move on, move the conversation forward. I thought maybe just to make sure so I understood correctly, it sounds like when these programs first emerged in the 70s because there wasn't a lot of legal leverage or it wasn't even recognized necessarily as a crime everywhere, domestic violence, that the effort was on, just do something. And it sounds a little more like, get them to change. And then it became more punitive as the justice system got involved. And now we're at a place where both have a role to play if there's change and there's also the accountability that comes with having laws in place. If I summarize that correctly, I'm wondering if I did.Areán: I think that's a great way to put it. I myself had not thought about it that way. One thing I do want to add is that I think at the beginning, even when there were no mandates for people to go to these programs. A lot of people approach the work from, kind of like a righteous perspective, if I might use that word. There was either purposefully or not, there was a lot of shaming happening. And a lot of kind of separation between practitioners, some people that participated in the program. And I think there's now plenty of research to show not only in this field, but in general and when you are trying to invite someone to change that shame might not be the best way to do it. It might work for some people and guilt might work, which is different from shame. Guilt is more about feeling bad about what you've done and shame for me is more about who you are. So even though at the beginning, there was no that legal mandate, I think the approaches and again, I totally understand that back then people were trying to figure out okay, how do we do this, how does this work? But I think through the years we have to realize that to invite people to change from a more compassionate way without colluding. And that's where people get tripped up with this issue is that sometimes they feel like, okay, what we are saying, that if we support that change, if we see more of the humanity in people who use violence to help them change, we are colluding with them, and we're making things worse. But I believe that as you said at the end of your statement that you can do both things. You can keep a strong accountability, both from a legal and outside of the legal system like natural consequences of life. But at the same time, you can be supportive in that process of change and empathize in that way with the person. And again, it's interesting because I think more and more research is showing that that combination, that balance between those two things are probably the way to go.Wolf: Let's jump forward in time, that is from the 1970s to now where Futures Without Violence, and the Center for Court Innovation have been collaborating. I know the goal of the collaboration has been really to advance understanding of abusive partner intervention programming and the latest research and best practices. So, how have you approached this work and what's your vision for it?Areán: Center for Court Innovation and Futures Without Violence, in my view, are maybe the only two national organizations, and I hope that I'm not leaving anyone out, but they're at least from my knowledge the two national organizations that historically decided to include looking at abusive partner intervention as part of our work. There's many other organizations that focus on supporting victims, as we do too, and CCI does too, and bystanders and also prevention, and so on. So, there's a lot of aspects to approach this work, but I think it was in some way natural that eventually CCI and Futures would connect around this thing, this topic. Because we both have been approaching it from somewhat different perspectives, at least from the beginning. And we have been more coming from a community kind of approach, obviously CCI, a lot of their works is in the courts. And of course there's over-lap there but as we started talking about this, even before we started this particular project, we saw that there was some interesting synergy between the two organizations and that we both had a vision that this field was ready to incorporate some innovative practices. [The field] had had more than 40 years of doing certain things that work and some things that didn't work so well, and that there was the opportunity to start introducing some new elements for the field -- not completely new because these elements were based in the work of many amazing people that have been pioneers in this field, many of whom have been working locally in a little bit of isolation. So, part of what we have been able to do is bring out some of these people that have been doing this amazing work around the country, inviting them to be part of our advisory committee, and then together create that vision that ended up being a series of principles, which are a work progress, but important principle of how we think this work could be moved forward. And it's important to recognize that this is one perspective and that there are other perspectives on this work. But our perspective is not only actually CCI's and Futures', but it's also these other organizations and individuals that most of them have been doing the work for decades.Wolf: Since you mentioned the principles, why don't we talk a little bit about them. What are some of those principles? When I think of principles, I mean, I think of something that really shapes a field becomes the core the backbone of the practice. Is that your intention, is that your hope that these principles will guide this kind of work, abusive partner intervention programming, going forward?Areán: For me, the importance of having principles is that they are the North Star, for anything. We have principles that we sometimes verbalize and sometimes we don't in everything in our own lives and our own work and so on. I do think that it's our hope that the field at large would consider that this. I don't feel that it will be the only way in which this work is done because, again this is evolving work, we are all learning from it. But I think it could be an interesting point of departure. And I think that principles are also important because anyone who is doing the work, and there's literally thousands of programs in the US. We don't even know how many because there's no centralized way to know of that. But my hope is that when they come to our clearing house, and I hope everybody does, that they see where we're coming from. And that's what the principles for me are -- this is how we propose that the work is being done. This is how some people in the field have been doing the work, and we are considering this to be best practices and there's some emerging evidence that some of the things that we are proposing are important. So just to quickly go through some of this principles. The first principle is that the survivor voices are centered. And for us this is so important because it is easy to do this work and forget about survivors, and some people do that. And I think that's extremely problematic and dangerous. So, we believe very strongly, as many people in the field do, that the survivors voices have to be centered. And at the same time, we believe that accountability as I mentioned before has to be expanded from just this conception of being punitive, that accountability is more than consequences. It is that. It's important that we emphasize that, but we also, we have been talking about accountability being relational and being active. And that is what I was saying before that we connect with people at a human level, not to condone what they are doing, but to actually more easily say, you know what, what you're doing is not okay and I'm here to help you change. So, creating those relationships and again there's interesting research showing that in some cases people who go to this programs, one of the things that is the most powerful is that connection with other group members, with facilitators. Some of them even talk about being seen as human beings for the first time, and we believe that that is conducive in some cases to change. One of the things that I think that CCI has contributed to the field that excites me a lot is the idea of bringing hope to the table, the science of hope. So, one of our principles is about hope and dignity being restored, and there's a lot of interesting emerging research showing that if you focus on hope and that you operationalize it by creating goals and creating the means to achieve those goals, that's one way to getting to change, and a wonderful way. So, both for survivors and for people who use violence. Another very important principle is around culture and community being reflected and valued in the work. And I will be totally honest with you here Rob, that this is, after 30 years, this is one that I have struggles with a lot in the field myself. I feel the field has moved in many ways. I think the understanding that culture and things like race, ethnicity, and other kinds of identity have to be addressed significantly. I think that's one place where the field has not moved, at least as much as I would like it to move. In fact, we're having conversations with some of the colleagues at CCI but also at Futures that we have to push this even more to talk about what does it mean to have an anti-racist intervention with people who use violence. So, that's something that I'm passionate about and that I would like to explore more as we move along. And finally, we have a principle about interventions and engagement strategies responding to the needs and strengths of abusive partners. So not only focusing on the problem, which, again, not leaving that behind, this is not either or, but both and. But looking at how can we see some of the issues that sometimes we think are justification for violence, and that might be including for instance culture and that could include things like religion, but also things like socioeconomic status, employment, education, and so on. And instead of only seeing them as justifications for violence to see them as barriers to change. And then kind of like flipping in that way. If we start seeing them as barriers then, what is our role in helping people overcome those barriers to get where we want them to be. I hope that makes sense. Wolf: Well, it does make a lot of sense and it's consistent with what you were saying before about how the field has evolved because those principles really incorporate both the traditional notion of accountability on some level, and in different ways, but also there's a therapeutic or deeper understanding about how people actually work in the real world and if you really want to produce change you have to think about things like culture and you have to offer hope. So, it sounds like it is a fully realized version of what you described at the beginning of our conversation about how the field has in fact evolved.Areán: And if I may add one more thing around that, is not in the title of the principles but going back to this idea of trauma-informed interventions that almost in any other field, people have incorporated some way. In this particular field of abusive intervention, some people have been doing it and more people are starting to talk about that. We know that people who use violence is a highly traumatized population, but at the same time, there's a lot of fear that if we focus on trauma, people who use violence will use it as an excuse. And that's a valid fear because one dynamic that clearly we know about is that people who use violence will use almost anything as an excuse and a justification for their violence. Even if you teach them some kind of tool to self-regulate, sometimes they use that against their partners or as their excuse. That has to be part of what you know will happen, but that, in my opinion, doesn't mean that you don't talk about things like trauma, that you don't talk about things like culture or religion, or whatever else. You can do, if you're a good facilitator, you can do both of those things, avoiding the person using it as an excuse and really giving it the weight that it deserves. And again, if people feel heard that you see them fully, not only as, quote unquote, batterer, but as a full person with both flaws and strengths, I think that opens the door to change in a different way.Wolf: You had said the principles are aspirational and you even pointed out, particularly when you were talking about the principle around culture, that there is a way to go still in how that is incorporated into the programming. So, I wonder how you can bring about this change, how can you move this from just aspirational to actually getting programs to get closer to the vision that's expressed in these principles?Areán: That's a great question. In some way, I think that's what this project is about. So, we are at a national level, conducting trainings and right now of course everything is virtual. So, there's the webinars you mentioned the series of podcasts, but in my mind, the way that we're doing is not just talking about it in the abstract, but bringing practitioner. So, the podcast that we have been doing is our interviews with practitioners, kind of what you're doing here, you turn the tables on me here. But that's what I've been doing, asking questions about what does this look like and why is it important. So, there are fabulous programs that work from a cultural point of view with people who use violence, and that have been doing it for decades and that have not put survivors at greater risk really, which is one of the concerns. So, we bring people as part of, in our trainings too not only the podcast, into trainings and the webinars to talk about, how are you doing this in Atlanta, Georgia or in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or in other parts of the country, and what can people learn about this. So, our hope is that a combination of practice wisdom because, I mean some of the people that work in this field, Rob, are the most committed people I've ever seen. That's true. Certainly, with people that have work with victims of domestic violence, but also with people that work with folks who use violence. Right now, at the beginning of COVID people were facing extraordinary obstacles, including almost total loss of funding, because these programs have barely any funding outside the fee for service. And still finding ways to deliver their services through online groups, through telephone lines, through all kinds of different things. So, there's so many inspiring examples of people that have been doing every one of these principles, putting them in practice from, certainly, putting the survivors at the center, from using the science of hope, from being relational, using culture, looking at how can we support people from other aspects in their lives like employment and other things that can help them. So, bringing those people, amplifying their message, that's one way that we're doing it. The other, you mentioned before, is looking at what research is out there, and the research is evolving. It's been a point of great controversy in this field, even to the point of whether these programs work or not. But in the last decade or two, the research has become more sophisticated and people have been really started looking at what aspects of these programs might work or not and for whom. So, this is not a cookie cutter kind of intervention. So yes, our hope, I think with this project is to lift those voices of people that have been doing the work, in a way that we feel is interesting and effective, and also to bring some of the research behind it.Wolf: And maybe now's the time I'll just share the web address for where the abusive partner accountability and engagement national clearinghouse is, which has the combined work that this collaboration between Futures Without Violence and the Center for Court Innovation has produced including the podcasts that you just referenced and the principles. So, I'll mention it again at the end, but I'll do it now. It's www.courtinnovation.org/abusive-partner-resources. Let me ask you about one area that I know you're particularly interested in and that's the intersection of fatherhood and domestic violence. And I just wondered why that particular area has drawn your interest, and maybe you could talk a little bit about some of the best practices or what we know about effective ways to respond to fathers who harm.Areán: Sure, happy to talk about that, and it's one of my passions. So, it's interesting because I started doing this work, as I said, about 30 years ago, and my older son is 31. So, I became a father at the time where I was starting this work. And I always say that my number one job in this life, as I see it, has been raising two sons who now are our men. We at Futures have this prevention program called Coaching Boys Into Men, and I had a personal lab, if you will, about coaching boys into men. It's not always easy, but now I'm proud to say that there are two wonderful grown men. So, fatherhood has always been close to my heart and in the 10 years that I ran the groups, as many people who run groups, I realized that, sometimes, and again, none of this works for everybody, we need as many solutions as possible to this issue. But for people who were fathers, a lot of us noticed that when you start focusing on the children, for instance, on the effects of domestic violence on children. Not necessarily child abuse, although that could be too but how children's exposed to intimate partner violence are affected by it. And as you probably know there's tons of research about that. When you start talking about that people start listening, some fathers start listening differently about this issue. I realized early on that it was so much easier to develop empathy for these men towards their children than towards their partner, for better or for worse. I'm looking at points of entry here. So, after many years of doing this work, I had the opportunity when I started working with Futures in 2002, to really dig into this. And we had some funding to look at how we could use fatherhood to motivate men to make a change and we created this program called Fathering After Violence. And what I discovered is that even though every abusive partner intervention program dealt with this issue of fatherhood and most practitioners knew that fatherhood could be an important point of entry, there were very few materials, didactic materials, curricular materials that dealt with this issue. So that was the beginning of an interesting journey because one of the things that we do at Futures, in addition to training and these kinds of things, is to develop materials for the field. So, we started developing a series of materials, starting with these exercises for abusive partner intervention programs. Then we eventually produce a video called Something My Father Would Do. All of this is in the clearing house by the way, we help people that come and visit. Then eventually we kind of expanded this approach and started working with supervised visitation centers and courts and child welfare and so on. And have continued to expand that framework and have noticed and documented that this, again for some fathers this approach, no matter what the context is, if they are in a supervisory situation, or if they're involved with the child welfare, that this approach of talking to them about the effects of violence and children. Showing them in ways like for instance with children's drawings and those kinds of things, is a window that opens for some of these fathers to change and to want to change. So that has been a lot of the focus of the work and I'm happy to say that right now, in partnership with our colleagues here at CCI, I'm really in the second draft of a workbook for fathers that fathers directly could pick up. This is people who want to change and want to start that process of change and go through some self-reflecting exercises about the process of change from that perspectives, from raising awareness of the effects of violence and children and also giving them tools on how the process of change can happen. And one more thing about this, that is very exciting for me is that when we first started working on this topic in 2002, there was virtually no research on this particular approach. And now there's quite a bit of research, of course there could always be more, but now there's a lot of documentation so that this is an approach that can work for some fathers. And recently I was excited to discover one study that came out of Australia that actually brings the voices of children. They interviewed a series of children that have been exposed to violence and how they talk about, what they want from their fathers in the process of change. So, I'm passionate about this. I'm passionate about in general about abusive intervention. And one of the things that really excites me about it is that there's so much that we still don't know. There's so much that we still are discovering. So, there's so much room for creativity in the field, cautious creativity. Because, again, safety of survivors has to be always at the center. But sometimes, I'm getting to an age in which some of my friends are starting to think about retirement. And I'm so far from that I'm like, no, I want another 20 years in the field because I cannot wait to see what will be happening 20 years from now.Wolf: Well, that's really inspiring and as you were talking about fatherhood, I can definitely relate as a father caring for your kid motivates you to change and to do things. Makes a lot of sense to me that that can be a motivator for a lot of people. But I also was thinking that, by intervening, trying to be aware, make the people who harm become aware of the impact that their behavior has on their children, you're hopefully reducing the likelihood that this will be perpetuated too. Because intimate partner violence, domestic violence can be intergenerational as well and be passed on from parent to child.Areán: Absolutely, and that's a very keen observation because for some men to realize that they can break that intergenerational cycle of violence that might come from, literally, many, many generations, that they have that power to change that story for their children, and it's never too late to change. I mean, obviously the process of healing is a different story and it looks different for different people. But I sometimes talk to, especially directly to men about that we talk about that intergenerational cycle of violence. But there's such thing as the intergenerational cycle of love and we don't talk about that so much. And if you're a father, as you just said you know what I'm talking about. So, to change that, to change that legacy is not only to change it on your children, but it's changing it in many generations to come potentially. And that, again, can be a very powerful motivator for change for some people.Wolf: You've also been a program facilitator and I know that's been an important part of your work. You have conducted, lots and lots of trainings, and you have helped facilitators bring their whole selves into the room. I know that that's something you talk about in your trainings and you encourage participants to bring their whole selves as well. I wonder if you could talk to us a little bit about how you do that. How do you bring your whole self to this work?Areán: For me bringing my whole self has to do with my own process of self-reflection. I think I mentioned earlier that early on many of the people that did this work, did it from kind of a detached place of, okay, there's the people, in particular the men who use violence, and there's the men that who do not use violence. I mean you could say the good guys and the bad guys. And I think it's more complex than that. If we have an analysis that at least partly the gender-based violence in our society comes from socialization from what we learn from society and from a patriarchal sexist society. As boys, that means that we all have some of that. So, I think some of the programs that I admire the most are programs, in which they don't make a clear distinction between, again, I will use this language of good guys and bad guys, good people or bad people. But that invites the facilitators to a process of ongoing self-reflection. There's programs like Men Stopping Violence in Atlanta, where facilitators have to go through the program as participants first. Not necessarily because they identify themselves as abusive partners, but because it's important that we learn how to look into ourselves. It's by modeling and by understanding that process that we will be able to invite other participants to do it. And again, as I said before, there's some research that shows that when participants feel that there's less of a separation between facilitators and group members, you might have better outcomes. I mean, you still obviously have a separation, you have different power, you have some professional limits that you have to establish. But I think, to bring your own self is to demonstrate that you can also be vulnerable, that you can also make mistakes, that you have made mistakes in your life. That you know how to apologize to your partner if you have done something wrong. It doesn't have to be a terribly abusive thing. So, again, it's so important that facilitators model in their lives. In fact, I feel very problematic if they don't model how to live a healthy, good relationship. Not perfect because there's no such thing. So, for me that's bringing your whole self, it's in some way being real with each other and demonstrating what that means. And for me, when I teach facilitation as you mentioned, I've done quite a bit it, both in the context of abusive intervention and in the other contexts. I always say that the energy that you bring as a facilitator is as important as what you say as a facilitator, or as a trainer. We all often focus on the words, what is the message that we're sending, but the energy that you bring is as important, and some people might argue even more important. Was it Maya Angelou that said that people remember more how you made them feel than what you told them. I think that's an interesting lesson here, and again some of the research shows what people might remember is, yeah he, the facilitator, he or she made me feel seen or made me feel that I wasn't as much of a monster as I thought I was, and that helped me in the process of accountability. So, in some ways about not only humanizing the people we work with, but humanizing ourselves too and recognizing that that means that we all have, as I said before, both strengths and also flaws. Wolf: Well, thank you so much. I can definitely get a sense of how you facilitate because you have been very human here today and I feel heard, I guess, you answered my question. So, thank you so much for coming on the podcast today. It's really been a pleasure.Areán: Thank you so much for inviting me. It was such a pleasure for me too, Rob.Wolf: My guest today has been Juan Carlos Areán, a program director in Children and Youth Programs at Futures Without Violence. And I'm Rob Wolf, of the Center for Court Innovation. And one more time, I will tell you about the web address if you want to find out more about the collaboration and the work that the Center for Court Innovation has done with Futures Without Violence. You can visit the abusive partner accountability and engagement national clearinghouse. That's where you can also hear Juan Carlos's podcast where he is in fact the host asking the questions. And there's also a lot of useful resources there too. So, that's at www.courtinnovation.org/abusive-partner-resources. You can also subscribe to In Practice on almost any podcast app, and you can sign up for the Center for Court Innovations newsletter just by going to our homepage at www.courtinnovation.org. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen today.

A HUGE thank you to Joseph Bayer for sponsoring this episode of Today's News Tonight! If you'd like to stand in solidarity with the Activision-Blizzard employees who are striking and speaking out to demand better and equal treatment of women in the video game industry, please consider donating to any of the following charities to support their noble cause: Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/ RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/ Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/ We're back to get you through the middle of the week with episode 118 of Today's News Tonight, in which we're joined by longtime Super Deluxe Games Cast (SDGC) producer Derek Van Dyke to chat about that weird McDonald's DualSense controller concept, the recent revelation that Tales of Arise will be a standalone release with no post-launch story DLC or sequel bait, the latest on the ongoing Activision-Blizzard dumpster fire, the return of an incredible Rhythm Heaven fan project to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary, and more! Check out more from Derek Van Dyke! Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerbyCityDerek Twitch: twitch.tv/derbycityderek Super Deluxe Games Cast (SDGC): https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/sdgc/id1232628056 SDGC on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/officialSDGC SDGC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialSDGC SDGC on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/officialsdgc --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gvg/support

Logan returns to give his thoughts on the ongoing Activision Blizzard saga alongside Cameron and Trevor. And Cameron discusses the potential effects of T-Mobile possibly backing away from their Activision Blizzard eSports sponsorships. Time Stamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:23 - Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Continued "Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack steps down" by Samit Sarkar and Nicole Carpenter, Polygon https://www.polygon.com/22598694/blizzard-president-resigns-j-allen-brack-activision-lawsuit "Blizzard's HR boss is the latest exec to say goodbye" by Nicole Carpenter, Polygon https://www.polygon.com/22608340/blizzard-hr-sexual-harassment-lawsuit "Activision Blizzard Faces Second Lawsuit Over First Lawsuit" by Mike Fahey, Kotaku https://kotaku.com/activistion-blizzard-faces-second-lawsuit-over-first-la-1847415904 "Activision Blizzard staff reject company's choice of law firm" by Jeffrey Rousseau, gamesindustry.biz https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-03-activision-blizzard-staff-reject-companys-choice-of-law-firm 00:34:27 - "Activision Blizzard loses T-Mobile as sponsor for Overwatch, Call of Duty esports leagues" by Michael McWhertor, Polygon https://www.polygon.com/22607861/activision-blizzard-t-mobile-overwatch-league-call-of-duty-cod-league-esports 00:52:22 - Shoutouts: "What Really Happened At That BlizzCon Panel, According To The Woman In The Video" by Ethan Gach, Kotaku https://kotaku.com/what-really-happened-at-that-blizzcon-panel-according-1847408469 "Playdate sells out 2021 stock supply in less than 20 minutes" by Danielle Partis, gamesindustry.biz https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-03-playdate-sells-out-2021-stock-supply-in-less-than-20-minutes MegaRan Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/megaran/mega-ran-live-95-the-new-album 00:56:29 - Outro Organizations you can support in solidarity with the #ActiBlizzWalkout: Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/ RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/ Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/ Support on Patreon: patreon.com/thatnerdysite Follow the Nerds: Logan: @LeftyLoggy Trevor: @TrevorJStarkey Cameron: @RevCabbott That Nerdy Site: @thatnerdysite

(0:00) - Intro. | (1:10) - Patrañas. | (6:11) - Playstation actualiza el PS5 para aumentarle el almacenamiento. | (28:24) - Annapurna Interactive deja buen sabor de boca. | (41:59) - Unas palabras de la situación de Activision Blizzard. | (45:51) - Las demás noticias de la semana. Speedrun de Noticias. | (53:07) - Anuncios y Nuevas Fechas. | (56:00) - Disponibles esta semana. Recomendaciones de Abuguet. | (59:29) - Ofertas y descuentos de la semana con el Arbano Peps. | (1:02:09) - Digital Battle Royale. | (1:08:11) - Pregunta Estúpida de la Semana. | PARA APOYAR A LAS EMPLEADAS DE ACTIVISSION BLIZZARD: | Black Girls Code - https://www.blackgirlscode.com/ | Futures Without Violence - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ | Girls Who Code - https://girlswhocode.com/ | RAINN - https://www.rainn.org/ | Women In Animation - https://womeninanimation.org/ | Women In Games International - https://www.getwigi.com/ |

Allie Gonino (Actress, Musician & Producer) and Alexandra Chando (Director, Actress & Producer) were my guests in The Locher Room for a Virtual Premiere of their Musical Short Film "Deserted" on January 27th 2021.Deserted' tells the story of Lupita and José, a couple struggling to cope with the loss of their son who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the harsh realities that come with being socially disadvantaged immigrants in America. Lupita, whose main source of hope and strength has been her religious faith, must decide whether she will stay true to her religious beliefs, and continue to bear the abuse of her cheating husband, or if she will risk her life to change it.Allie Gonino and Alexandra Chando first met on the set of the ABC Family original series, "The Lying Game", where they played half-sisters. Since then, they've expanded from acting into writing, scoring, directing, and producing.In this virtual screening, hosted by Alan Locher, Allie, Alexandra, and lead actress, Nancy Rodriguez, will discuss why and how they made the film, why now, more than ever, we need to raise awareness around domestic violence, and what we can all do to be a part of the solution. With the purchase of your ticket for this event, you will be directly benefitting Futures Without Violence, a 501C3 organization that, for more than 30 years, has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.

If you'd like to stand in solidarity with the Activision-Blizzard employees who are striking and speaking out to demand better and equal treatment of women in the video game industry, please consider donating to any of the following charities to support their noble cause: Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/ RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/ Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/ We're back with episode 115 of Today's News Tonight, in which we're joined once again by Twitch streamer/speedrunner/fighting game demon/beloved GVG community member Vash to chat about Nintendo's canceled Tokyo 2020 plans, PAX West now requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for entry, Activision-Blizzard employees striking amid the ongoing lawsuit and allegations, Street Fighter V's upcoming Summer Update presentation, and more! Check out more from Vash! Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vash Twitter: https://twitter.com/VashTTV Dreamscaper for Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dreamscaper-switch/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gvg/support

Logan is out this week but Cameron joins Trevor to recap and discuss the events surrounding the harassment lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard over the past week. Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Abuse, Suicide Time Stamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:26 - Activision Blizzard Sued Over 'Frat Boy' Culture, Harassment by Maeve Allsup, Bloomberg https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture "Activision Blizzard employees to walk out in support of harassment lawsuit" by Nicole Carpenter, Polygon https://www.polygon.com/22595703/activision-blizzard-employee-protest-walk-out-lawsuit 01:07:49 - Shoutout: "Shawn Layden: Consolidation is the enemy of diversity" by Christopher Dring, GamesIndustry.biz https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-27-shawn-layden-consolidation-is-the-enemy-of-diversity 01:10:37 - Outro Organizations you can support in solidarity with the #ActiBlizzWalkout: Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/ Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/ RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/ Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/ Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/ Support on Patreon: patreon.com/thatnerdysite Follow the Nerds: Trevor: @TrevorJStarkey Cameron: @RevCabbott That Nerdy Site: @thatnerdysite

I got to sit down and speak to Daniel Noah of SpectreVision to talk about their work with Nicolas Cage, his connection to the paranormal and the story of how a gang of Hollywood misfits decided to create a production company that make unique genre films.This is possibly my favourite conversation I've ever had on the podcast, there was something special in the air that day. Daniel may have the best analogy for how Cage works, we talk about being at the centre of thew whirlwind of the instant cult hit, Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018). We discuss the upcoming projects SpectreVision have coming up, No Man Of God (Amber Searley, 2021) which will premiere at this years Tribeca Film Festival and he assures me that The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes, which is slated to be directed by legendary director, Joe Dante.UK CHARITIES:DONATE to REFUGEDONATE to WOMEN'S AIDSUPPORT - THE DASH CHARITYUS CHARITIES:DONATE to NCADVDONATE to FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCEFIND more RESOURCESDANIEL NOAH on TWITTERSPECTREVISION on TWITTERVISITATIONS on APPLE PODCASTSBREADCRUMBS COLLECTIVE on TWITTERBREADCRUMBS COLLECTIVE on INSTAGRAMCAGED IN on TWITTERCAGED IN on INSTAGRAMCAGED IN on LETTERBOXDCAGED IN on FACEBOOKEMAIL CAGED IN NOWCaged In is apart of the Breadcrumbs Collective, head over to the WEBSITE to get all episodes of this show as well as other great shows. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/cagedinpod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

[WARNING: Contains spoilers. Listen to The Mouse & The Cat first for best experience!] A follow-up discussion with hosts Meghan Owen and Aaron Souza that delves into the feelings and experiences of the characters and how they relate to our everyday lives while offering a bit of comedy, love, and support. National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org Emotional Abuse Hotline: https://www.crisistextline.org/topics/emotional-abuse National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: https://ncadv.org Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org or TEXT 714714 Further reading: https://doi.apa.org/fulltext/2021-07082-001.html

Featuring: Linda Seabrook, General Counsel and Director of Workplace Safety & Equity for Futures Without Violence and Rebecca Henry, Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence for the American Bar Association. Linda and Rebecca join us on the podcast to discuss the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. After a brief history of the Act, we discuss new provisions, what "reauthorization" means practically and we talk about the gun violence debate around the bill.  ABA Day 2021Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now

 This episode is part of our Clinicians’ Series, where we take a deeper dive into the strategies and therapeutic practices around couples focused work. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor is joined by Dr. Michele Haley. Michele has nearly two decades of experience in couples therapy, romantic relationship, and group work. Together they discuss terrific strategies for healthy couples communication, skill building, emotional regulation, identifying I-statements, listening exercises, and non-violent communication work. There is hope for couples and what they can achieve in their lives. If you are in danger of intimate partner violence, please visit the National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) For more information about Futures Without Violence, visit: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org For more information about the Aspire App, visit: https://www.whengeorgiasmiled.org/aspire-news-app/ For more information about the Hot Peach Page, visit: https://www.hotpeachpages.net/index.html For more information about Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages, visit: https://www.5lovelanguages.com For more information about Sue Johnson’s book Hold Me Tight, visit: https://drsuejohnson.com/books/ For more information about John M. Gottman’s book The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work, visit: https://www.gottman.com/product/the-seven-principles-for-making-marriage-work/   If you're looking for workshops on  learning about couples, counseling, or workshops for patients about Couple's communication, please visit: https://www.togetherwell.org/ And, if you are a therapist interested in joining TogetherWell, visit: https://www.togetherwell.org/join

In this Bell Work Talks, Christine Foote-Lucero will discuss how to expand into an Intimate Partner Violence program. This podcast will focus on how this can be incorporated into an existing program that is already seeing SA patients, including training and possible funding options. Christine is a Master’s prepared registered nurse and has worked in critical care specialties since 2002 including the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. She has been a Forensic Nurse Examiner since 2010 and is a Board Certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for Adult and Adolescent populations, as well as Pediatric populations. She is also a Board Certified Emergency Nurse. She is currently the Nurse Manager of the Forensic Teams at University of Colorado Hospital and Highlands Ranch Hospital. She has assisted with the development of the forensic nurse examiner and sexual assault pathways which guides ED physicians and nurses on best practice for the care of these patients. She has given lectures at state and national conferences on the topics of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, strangulation, human trafficking, child abuse, and elder abuse. She is the current chair of the AFN Journal Club. For questions please contact at: cfootelucero@afnmail.org Resources: International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). (2014). Domestic violence examiner. Retrieved from https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.forensicnurses.org/resource/resmgr/About/DVE_Flyer_2014-web.pdf Johnston, B. J. (2006). Intimate partner violence screening and treatment: The importance of nursing caring behaviors. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2(4), 184-188. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). (2015). Domestic violence in Tennessee. Retrieved from www.ncadv.org/files/tennessee.org. Tribal Forensic Healthcare. (2017). Intimate partner violence examiner [Training course]. Retrieved from https://www.tribalforensichealthcare.org/page/OnlineIPVE World Health Organization (WHO). (2012) Understanding and addressing violence against women: Health consequences. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/77431/who_rhr_12.43_eng.pdf;jsessionid=1B804FEFAAACB05D2EE9095A347054CD?sequence=1 Emergency Nurses Association (2016, December). An Overview of Strangulation Injuries and Nursing Implications. ENA Topic Brief. Futures Without Violence. (2019, July). National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Retrieved from Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/ Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. (2019). What is the Danger Assessment? Retrieved from Danger Assessment: https://www.dangerassessment.org/About.aspx Lynch, V. A., & Duval, J. B. (2011). Forensic Nursing Science. St. Louis: Elsevier. NCADV. (2019, July). Statistics. Retrieved from National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: https://ncadv.org/statistics Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention (2019). Retrieved from: https://www.strangulationtraininginstitute.com

In honor of World AIDS Day, William and Sarah welcome Melissa Carr and Brandon Harris from SafeConnect--a project of UT Southwestern! Together, they dive into what HIV and AIDS are, some common myths about them, their intersection with IPV, and why prevention work at this intersection is so important. Additionally, Melissa and Brandon discuss how SafeConnect is aiming to prevent both IPV and HIV and what support for people living with one or both can look like. For more information or if you have any questions, please reach out to us at prevention@tcfv.org. Resources and References: PrEP Locator: www.preplocator.org World Aid's Day Info: www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/world-aids-day National network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Positively Safe Project: http://go.futureswithoutviolence.org/e/858853/-of-domestic-violence-hivaids-/58m1s/57071295?h=_BHgMbPYo8yMfkHiobO_tPByI8FBF1paIIPXmkdIH28 Expanding the Continuum Podcast by Futures Without Violence: http://go.futureswithoutviolence.org/e/858853/expanding-the-continuum-/58m1v/57071295?h=_BHgMbPYo8yMfkHiobO_tPByI8FBF1paIIPXmkdIH28 Get in touch with Safe Connect: Facebook: www.facebook.com/projectsafeconnect Twitter: www.twitter.com/projsafeconnect Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projsafeconnect/ YouTube: Project Safe Connect - SPEAK

We talk to Yasmín Campos-Mendez, a Columbia University graduate who has been dedicated to researching ways to end domestic violence. She currently works as a Forensic Social Worker in the Manhattan Criminal and Supreme Court at the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). Additionally- she is also a researcher for Futures Without Violence- which collaborates with The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (“NTF”) in Washington D.C. In this episode, we speak on barriers to voting for someone who may experience domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; perhaps more importantly, we discuss ways we can support someone to vote confidentially and safely and how we can advocate for policy changes to protect voters. Finally, we talk about how this conversation on voting safely might start in a clinical setting. National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Today on the podcast, a Special Report on Creating Safer and More Supportive Workplaces in the Age of COVID-19 with Linda Seabrook of Futures Without Violence. I talk to Linda about the opportunity for intervention and realization that the workplace can be a safe place for those experiencing Intimate Partner Violence; the grim calculus a low-wage working woman must confront – between safety and a paycheck; what responsibilities do we have to each other as colleagues; what responsibilities do employers have; and how corporations should move to policies based on listening to vulnerable workers. Follow us on Twitter: @mbyCheck out our website: www.actual.agency

2020: Year of the Nurse — An Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, PHD, RN, FAAN “Every nurse has access to nursing research.”— Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, PHD, RN, FAAN (44:30-44:34) Are you excited to meet a nurse and mentor who has inspired new generations of nurse researchers? Check out this interview with Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, PHD, RN, FAAN for this week's episode.  Her studies paved the way for a growing body of interdisciplinary investigations by researchers in the disciplines of nursing, medicine, and public health.  Her expertise is frequently sought by national and international policymakers in exploring IPV and its health effects on families and communities. She is a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV).  She has authored or co-authored more than 230 publications and seven books on violence and health outcomes.  Her BSN, MSN, and PhD are from Duke University, Wright State University, and the University of Rochester. She teaches an undergraduate and MSN elective in Family Violence as well as in the PhD program and is the PI of an NIH-funded (T32) fellowship that provides funding for pre- and postdoctoral fellows in violence research.  Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2000, Dr. Campbell also was the Institute of Medicine/American Academy of Nursing/American Nurses' Foundation Senior Scholar in Residence and was founding co-chair of the IOM Forum on the Prevention of Global Violence.  She is on the Board of Directors for Futures Without Violence, is an active member of the Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Research Group and has served on the boards of the House of Ruth Battered Women's Shelter and four other shelters. She was a member of the congressionally appointed U.S. Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. Part One of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse (Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, PHD, RN, FAAN)’ Dr. Campbell talks about how multiple cases of domestic violence against young African-American women often occur before homicide. “You have to be passionate about and convinced that what you are doing will help people.” — Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN (39:00) When completing her Masters thesis in the late 1970’s, one of the stories stuck in her brain forever is about the young woman that was shot in the temple by her boyfriend whom she lived with.  Having seen the autopsy, she had a fractured ulna. It’s the small bone in your forearm which is almost never fractured all by itself because when you fall and break your arm, you break either your radius or both bones.  At that time, domestic violence was something that wasn't being taken into consideration in the healthcare system. Together with her interdisciplinary team, Dr. Campbell set out to change that through her work as a nurse scientist. Part Two of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse (Dr. Jacqueline Campbell, PHD, RN, FAAN)’ Back in the 1980s, Dr. Campbell became part of a small organization called The Nursing Network On Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI) which still exists today. It is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization founded in 1985 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst during the first National Nursing Conference on Violence against Women.  Its mission is to contribute to the elimination of violence against women through education, practice, research, and public policy.  Since 1985, the Network has widened its national focus to include education, practice, and research collaboration with nurses and other health professionals. “2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” —  Melissa Batchelor (43:49-43:52) Being a nurse gives you the chance to follow your passions and to improve health and well-being. Every nurse should have access to good nursing research. Nurses with PhDs help to generate new knowledge to inform practice and partnering with bedside nurses is a great way to do that – because sometimes the best nursing research questions come from the nurses who are practicing and seeing the problems. Together, we can come up with solutions and develop the evidence for practice. About Melissa I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (‘96) and Master of Science in Nursing (‘00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (’11) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

It's lucky episode thirteen, baby! And we are so glad you've joined us! This week we are verbally destroying the academy (rightly so), fan-girling over Atta Boy's announcement of their second (long anticipated) album (!!!), remembering Mac Miller and reviewing his newly-released posthumous album, Circles, hoping for a cure to cancer, congratulating Florida's governor for doing something right for once, and imagining a life as a pet detective in China. Last but certainly not least, we are talking about gender-based violence and MURDER in Mexico that is fueled by drug consumption in good ole 'Merica. This is an episode you do not want to miss! To donate to Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/donate/

A Crisis is coming! This week, it's all about the action packed Supergirl mid-season finale. As always, there's lots of Supercorp discussion, as well as a look ahead at what's to come post-Crisis. No Batwoman review this week again, but there will be plenty of discussion about her next week. CORRECTION: I said Crisis will air Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, but that's not true! It will actually air Sunday, Monday, Tuesday! I apologize for misspeaking, so here's what you actually need to know. If you are in a crisis and need assistance to find a safe way out, call the domestic violence hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Also, consider buying a shirt to support Futures Without Violence in support of Melissa Benoist: https://www.bonfire.com/store/stronger-together-13/ #IStandWithMelissa

Esta Soler, founder of Futures Without Violence, talks with Heather Knight about the 25th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and her plan for a new Courage Museum in the Presidio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! This is a new podcast from your two favorite podcasters: Chris and Jeremy. We created this to have a place to put all of our coverage of ~spooooOOOOOkkyyy media, starting with a Patreon (https://patreon.com/monsteroftheweek) request: the Haunting of Hill House. Nope, not the book, but the recent Netflix series. In this episode, we cover the first two episodes of this fantastic adaptation. We're taking a different approach than we usually do, so be sure to let us know on Twitter (https://twitter.com/motwcast) if you like this episode. A general content warning should be issued here: the show covers a lot of topics that can be triggering for folks: mental illness, suicide, drug addiction...the list is pretty long. We're going to be talking about these topics on the podcast during the course of the series, and we will do our best to treat them with the respect they deserve. Thanks to Liam (https://twitter.com/liam_d_mccann) for the podcast intro and outro music. Liam is a musician (https://deadmansspelling.bandcamp.com/) and all around cool person, and refused to take payment for these tunes, suggesting we instead donate to Futures Without Violence, a charity in the US that works against violence towards women and children. If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so using this link (https://secure3.convio.net/fvpf/site/Donation2;jsessionid=E32F1D0DF93968309A35276DABCAF981.app317d?idb=450608905&df_id=1862&1862.donation=form1). As always, we like to release the first episodes of these publicly, and the rest of the series will be exclusive to our Patreon members (https://patreon.com/monsteroftheweek). Join for $1/mo to access tons of podcasts, or join at a higher tier to suggest something for us to cover!

The Sugars answer a voicemail message from the Dear Sugars hotline. The message comes from a woman who reunited with her ex-boyfriend, who once assaulted her. Wracked with shame, she wonders if reconciling with him is acceptable and if it’s possible he’ll change. Esta Soler, president and founder of Futures Without Violence, joins the Sugars to help answer the question: Is it O.K. to love someone who abused you? This episode was originally released on April 21st, 2018.

Hear from victim-turned-hero and 2019 ASCA Conference keynoter Jeff Bauman. Show notes:  Below are resources mentioned in this episode: US Department of Education: Practical Information on Crisis Planning Brochure- Preparing Your School for a Crisis Safe, Healthy and Ready to Learn: Policy Recommendations to Ensure Children Thrive in Supportive Communities Free from Violence and Trauma (Futures Without Violence) ASCA U Trauma & Crisis Management Specialist Training

It’s our last LIT(erature) Summer episode and the end of Season One! We’re looking at the original 18th Century French fairy tale Beauty and the Beast and trying (unsuccessfully) to not reference Disney. We delve into other Beast and Beauty tales and the lasting impact of the story on literature, film, and culture.Support the show on Patreon for as little as $1 a month.Further ReadingProminent Adaptations1987 TV series1991 Disney animated film1997 The Beautician and the Beast2011 Beastly2012 TV series2014 French film2017 Disney live-action remakeNovel RetellingsBeauty and Rose Daughter, Robin McKinleyBeastly, Alex FlinnA Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. MaasHunted, Megan SpoonerCruel Beauty, Rosamund HodgeThe Beast’s Heart, Leife ShallcrossUprooted, Naomi NovikRhonda’s blog post on Disney Princesses as Jane Austen heroinesDark origins of Beauty and the Beast (this article credits de Beaumont, unfortunately, but it gives a great background on the sources for the tale)An illustrated edition of the original novellaAndrew Lang’s Blue Fairy BookPsychology of Beauty and the BeastA look at the psychology in the Disney musicalDeconstructing the myth of women loving men into better peopleGet HelpI feel it would be irresponsible not to include some resources here.If you or someone you know is involved in an abusive relationship and want help, visit Futures Without Violence.If you are in immediate danger, call 911.For help and information anytime, contact:National Domestic Violence Hotline1-800-799-SAFE (7233)TTY 1-800-787-3224National Sexual Assault Hotline1-800-656-HOPE (4673)Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAMYOU CAN READ OUR BLOG HERE: THEPOPDNA.BLOG

Enough is enough. Celebrities have always been held to a different standard of the law. In this story, that fact holds true. Simpson was able to skirt the law, even after his track record of his abuse and battery of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown. On this episode of Confronting, Kim explores the difficult and complex subject of domestic violence. Kim speaks with a close friend of Nicole Brown as well as with the advocate from the City of Los Angeles who handled Nicole’s case over 30 years ago. Finally, Kim speaks with policy expert Esta Soler, the founder of Futures Without Violence, who continues to fight for reforms around domestic violence in our criminal justice system and our culture.

On this week's Protégé Podcast, we talk about what’s next after the #MeToo movement. What changes can we make within our workplaces to make sure everyone is treated fairly and with respect? Linda Seabrook, the General Counsel of Futures Without Violence, the nation’s leading violence prevention advocacy organization, joins me to talk about what we can do as individual employees to change workplace culture for the better.   On the Rant, Rave and Review segment, I review "Knock Down the House," an inspiring documentary about four women who launch long shot bids for public office.

Heather Mason Heather founded Caspian in 2005, to produce conferences for innovative and socially good business space.  Caspian’s social enterprise clients include the Skoll Foundation, the Omidyar Network, Code for America, Playworks, Endeavor Global, San Diego Zoo, and Futures Without Violence. Caspian has also worked with brands including HarperCollins, Vanity Fair, and Keurig Green Mountain Coffee. Caspian has had the distinction of producing the Skoll World Forum for the past 13 years.  Mason also created the Caspian 10 Essentials methodology as a system to ensure business goals could be mapped and met through live events. The Caspian 10 Essentials is offered as a training program for in-house event teams and clients include Oxford University, Swansea University, and Cheung Kung Institute of Business in London. Recently, Caspian partnered with Cvent, the largest event software provider in the world, to provide the Caspian 10 Essentials via a webinar series. She has been a keynote speaker at the Western Regional MPI Conference in Las Vegas, featured speaker at Future of Cities LA, Cvent Connect Conference, Women Founders Network, Talk forum NYC, HSMAI (hospitality) conference in Anaheim, LA AiP (International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy) and the Global Women’s Leadership Summit.  She has been featured in Southwest Airlines, Collaborates, and Successful Meetings magazines. Mason has been named 2018 Top 500 Most Influential Event Professional by BizBash and her event SUREFIRE was named one of the top 15 most Innovative Events of 2018 by BizBash Magazine.  Website: www.caspianagency.com  

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN A NOT-SO INTIMATE WORKPLACE It’s no secret to those who experience or work with intimate partner violence, that the violence often creeps (or crashes) into the workplace, either directly or indirectly by affecting the environment, the interactions, and the well-being of workers. But what do we do about it? Especially employers? Workplaces Respond helps. It was created by Futures Without Violence, and helps with resources, education, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers and advocates to help create safer work places.  Attorney Linda Seabrook, formerly with the U.S. Department of Justice, leads a number of legal programs and initiatives for Futures Without Violence, and she will join us to talk about creating safer workplaces free from domestic and sexual violence and stalking.  

goodathleteproject.com For today's episode we sat down with Justine Finn, Founder of Relation-Shift. Relation-Shift's mission is to help make schools places where every student can thrive; teachers are empowered to prevent and respond to sexual bullying and harassment; and administrators are successful in their implementation of policies to create safe, healthy environments for their students. Prior to her work at Relationshift, Justine has also worked in social services and development at the Tahirih Justice Center and served as the Washington DC Respect Challenge campaign manager for Futures Without Violence. Follow Justin on Twitter: @Justinefinn and Instagram: @JFinn1. You can find out more about Relation-shift at their website: http://www.relationshiftproject.com/ and follow them on Twitter: @RelationShiftEd Today's Episode brought to you by Remind Recover. You can find them at RemindRecover.com and on Twitter and Instagram: @RemindRecover. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @Coach4Kindness Follow and like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coach4kindness/

Season 1 of Conversations over a Cafecito explores the meaning of identity. In this episode, we talk with Juan Carlos Areán, Program Director for Futures Without Violence's Children and Youth Program about his identity as a straight cisgender man from Mexico working to end gender-based violence in the United States.

Season 1 of Conversations over a Cafecito explores the meaning of identity. In this episode, we talk with Juan Carlos Areán, Program Director for Futures Without Violence's Children and Youth Program about his identity as a straight cisgender man from Mexico working to end gender-based violence in the United States.

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN A NOT-SO INTIMATE WORKPLACE It’s no secret to those who experience or work with intimate partner violence, that the violence often creeps (or crashes) into the workplace, either directly or indirectly by affecting the environment, the interactions, and the well-being of workers. But what do we do about it? Especially employers? Workplaces Respond helps. It was created by Futures Without Violence, and helps with resources, education, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers and advocates to help create safer work places.  Attorney Linda Seabrook, formerly with the U.S. Department of Justice, leads a number of legal programs and initiatives for Futures Without Violence, and she will join us to talk about creating safer workplaces free from domestic and sexual violence and stalking. First airing Saturday, October 7, at 11 AM Pacific Time and available thereafter through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways.

For the first time on the podcast, the Sugars answer a voice mail message from the Dear Sugars hotline. The message comes from a woman who reunited with her ex-boyfriend, who once assaulted her. Wracked with shame, she wonders if reconciling with him is acceptable and if it’s possible he’ll change. Esta Soler, president and founder of Futures Without Violence, joins the Sugars to help answer the question: Is it O.K. to love someone who abused you?

As the third episode in our Protégé Podcast series on "Workplace Harassment - A New Way Forward," I have an illuminating conversation with Linda Seabrook, general counsel of Futures Without Violence, a leading nonprofit focused on eliminating gender-based violence. Linda and I discuss how to positively change workplace culture, the Tavis Smiley controversy, and why accountability and power must be inextricably linked if organizations want to eliminate gender-based workplace harassment.

  It’s no secret to those who experience or work with intimate partner violence, that the violence often creeps (or crashes) into the workplace, either directly or indirectly by affecting the environment, the interactions, and the well-being of workers. But what do we do about it? Especially employers? Workplaces Respond helps. It was created by Futures Without Violence, and helps with resources, education, and technical assistance to employers, survivors, co-workers and advocates to help create safer work places.  Attorney Linda Seabrook, formerly with the U.S. Department of Justice, leads a number of legal programs and initiatives for Futures Without Violence, and she will join us to talk about creating safer workplaces free from domestic and sexual violence and stalking. First airing Saturday, October 7, at 11 AM Pacific Time and available thereafter through the archive at www.blogtalkradio.com/3women3ways.

Two stories out of Africa are the focus of The Halli Casser-Jayne Hour, the podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com. Up first, a visit with journalist Stephanie Hanes the author of a highly-controversial new book, WHITE MAN'S GAME: SAVING ANIMALS, REBUILDING EDEN & OTHER MYTHS OF CONSERVATION IN AFRICA, a thought-provoking exposé of the troubling realities of Western conservation efforts in Africa. And in our second half-hour a visit to Maasailand with Joni Binder, the author of MILE 46: FACE TO FACE IN MAASAILAND. You're in for two truly fascinating conversations,on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show.Stephanie Hanes has worked across the African continent her journalism appearing in dozens of publications, including The Christian Science Monitor as well as the PBSNewHour. In her new book WHITE MAN'S GAME, Hanes presents a provocative account that profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation. In an eye-opening examination, Hanes addresses the problems that arise when Westerners try to “fix” complex, messy situations in the developing world, acting with best intentions yet potentially overlooking the wishes of the people who live there. Beneath the uplifting stories we tell ourselves about helping Africans often lies a dramatic misunderstanding of what the locals actually need and want. WHITE MAN'S GAME is a gripping narrative of environmentalists and insurgents, poachers and tycoons, elephants and angry spirits that profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation.Joni Binder's book MILE 46: FACE TO FACE IN MAASAILAND is a fascinating photographic and literary memoir about her time in Kenya living with the Maasai that underscores the urgent need for global community awareness and support for women who are disenfranchised by their own cultures. A wife and mother of two, Binder has served as president of the Modern Art Council at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has become a strong advocate of arts education as a Fine Arts Committee member and Education Committee co-chair for the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State. She is currently helping to lead an international arts-driven campaign with Futures Without Violence and The Representation Project to raise awareness about healthy masculinity and its role in eliminating domestic violence.Out of Africa stories of wildlife, colonialism, philanthropy, environmentalism, animals, politics, violence against women, genital mutilation -- a thought-provoking, empowering hour with Stephanie Hanes and Joni Binder on The Halli Casser-Jayne Hour, the podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com

Halli Casser-Jayne Show takes a hard look at women and violence with the founder of FUTURES WITHOUT VIOLENCE, Esta Soler and with author of MILE 46: FACE TO FAE IN MAASAILAND, Joni Binder.Esta Soler is an expert on violence against women and children. She founded Futures Without Violence over 30 years ago and transformed it into one of the world's leading violence prevention agencies. Under Soler's direction, Futures Without Violence was a driving force behind passage of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. She is committed to passage of the International Violence Against Women Act to prevent gender-based violence on a global scale. Soler's many awards include a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship, a Koret Israel Prize, and a University of California Public Health Heroes Award.Joni Binder's new book MILE 46: FACE TO FACE IN MAASAILAND is a fascinating photographic and literary memoir about her time in Kenya living with the Maasai that underscores the urgent need for global community awareness and support for women who are disenfranchised by their own cultures. A wife and mother of two, Binder has served as president of the Modern Art Council at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has become a strong advocate of arts education as a Fine Arts Committee member and Education Committee co-chair for the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State. She is currently helping to lead an international arts-driven campaign with Futures Without Violence and The Representation Project to raise awareness about healthy masculinity and its role in eliminating domestic violence.A conversation about violence against women and the efforts to end genital mutilation in a thought-provoking, empowering hour with Esta Soler and Joni Binder on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. For more information visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

There's been a push for years to have doctors, nurses, and health care folks to become more involved in screening and treating victims of intimate partner violence. There have been flyers taped in bathrooms, brochures stacked in waiting rooms, and once in a while a quesion about domestic violence on an intake form. But what are we really doing, is this the appropriate response, and what can we do better? Project Connect, a program funded by the Department of Human Serivces, has trained doctors and nurses about how to talk with patients about domestic violence and sexual assault, and that can be a tough thing to do. Lisa James, Director of Health at Futures Without Violence, has worked with experts in medicine, violence and policy to work out an effective health care response to abuse. She is a recipient of the American Medical Association's Citation for Distinguished Service for her efforts to train health care provicers on domestic violence, and she coordinates the biennial National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence. Join us as we discuss the role of health care providers in helping victims of sexual and domestic violence.

ATHLETES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ARE WE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY?           We’ve all seen the headlines- Ray Rice gets two game suspension for knocking his fiancé unconscious and dragging her off a casino elevator. Joe Mixon under investigation for punching a woman in the face.  One of the Steubenville high school students convicted of rape is back on the football field.  The news reports go on and on with allegations and prosecutions of athletes at all levels for violence against women.  And what are we doing about it?  The NFL gives a slap on the hand to Rice (who could have been suspended for numerous games if he had smoked a joint).  Sports fans still line up for autographs, and the victims are disparaged for “ruining” the athlete’s life.  Have we really slipped down the rabbit hole when it comes to seriously dealing with violent athletes?           So let’s talk about it.  Brian O’Connor, Director of Public Education Campaigns and Programs for Futures Without Violence where he crafts national and international violence prevention campaigns for a variety of audiences.  He’s former marketer of global brands such as Gatorade and Kodak, and reporter for the Village Voice.  His work engaging men inspires them to model positive masculinity and teach boys that violence never equals strength. Brian holds a master's from Columbia University and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. He is the former president of the board of Root Division, an arts education non-profit based in San Francisco where he lives. Join us Saturday at 11 am Pacific Time to learn more about our responses to athletes who are also abusers. Call-in with your comments to (646) 378-0430.