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Oregon Department if Justice Domestic Violence Prosecutor Newsletter I"side this issue: SPOTLIGHT: Clackamas County's "Women's Empowerment Project" Breaking the Cycle of 2 Intimate Partner Clackamas County, in an effort to help women The video is a great example of new ways Violence and break the cycle of abuse, is now offering free classes on organizations can use modern technological means to Pregnancy in Oregon Domestic Violence designed to help women to make reach out to different populations. YouTube is not just a educated choices about their lives. Classes are open to site for funny home movies anymore. Several History of National 2 all women residing in Clackamas County. Participants organizations working specifically with Domestic Stalking Awareness will explore patterns or behaviors operating in previous Violence, within Oregon, have taken a similar approach Month and current relationships and learn new strategies to to making information about Domestic Violence and Domestic Violece 3 stay safe from abusive men. The classes are designed Domestic Violence programs accessible to people via the "Bootcamp" for women who were in an abusive relationship in the internet. Check out Clackamas County's video as well as past, or who are thinking of ending a current other videos on Domestic Violence that were found Enhancing Victim 3 Safety: Restraining relationship. The classes are offered during the day and posted by other various organizations and agencies. Order Notification at night. • Clackamas County Women's Empowerment The class topics include: Proiect:: They Said What?! 3 • The cycle of violence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 9U1JaRALrJY Purple Lights Night: 4 Cities Light Up in • The Effects of Abuse on Children • DVERT - Clackamas Co. Sheriffs Office: Recognition of DV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPK-bi7izXs National Trainings 4 • Non-violent communications • Raphael House of Portland: • Safety Planning 'Tis the Season for 5 Informational Video: http://www.youtube.com/ Giving The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office provides this program through Recovery Act STOP VAWA funds from watch?v=4g4iDW2L10Y January is National the Department of Justice's Crime Victims' Services Youth and Domestic Violence: .b.lliUL Division. It is called the Women's Empowerment Project www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkYLUbWcGIE Stalking Awareness because one of the goals is to help women explore a Month. variety of ways of empowering themselves within their • Oregon DHS intimate relationships. The program is dedicated to For information and helping participants identify the early signs of abusive "Safety Up Front," : http://www.youtube.com/ behaviors and how to exit an abusive relationship as watch?v= huOX8Gf4180 materials to use in quickly and safely as possible. Each class is 14 weeks "When Do You Get Involved?" : .b.lliUL planning for National long. Participants meet for two hours once a week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY7i7GMZD-0 Stalking Awareness Every class, led by two dynamic facilitators, is engaging and interactive. • Home Free: Many Voices, One Vision: Ending Month activities, If you or anyone you know is interested in the Domestic Violence: visit: empowerment workshops please contact Clackamas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxWNOyIZ28Y www.stalkingawaren County community corrections. • Paths to Safety: Center Against Rape and DV in Getting Creative about Getting the Word Out essmonth.org Linn and Benton County: Patricia Barrera, the Victim's Services http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiuKvR1tADA Coordinator for Clackamas County, along with Barry Cadish and Katherine Anne Stansbury, the two Group • Saving Grace: Free From Violence in Bend Facilitators for the Women's Empowerment Project, Oregon: created and posted a YouTube video to advertise the classes. The video recites the information given above http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ihXiaCogoE about the classes and briefly provides some facts about Domestic Violence in Clackamas County. 2
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Breaking the Cycle of Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy in Oregon
As part of an ongoing effort, the states will start providing help for provide Domestic Violence and Sexual Obama Administration is highlighting pregnant women who are victims of Assault (DV/SA) services & expertise. unprecedented coordination and domestic and sexual violence. Oregon is The population to be served by cooperation across the entire government one of the five states (NC, NM, VA, and this grant is women and teens who are to protect victims of domestic and sexual WA) that received funding through this pregnant or the parent of a child less than violence and enable survivors to break program. 1 year old, who have entered the Child the cycle of abuse. This effort includes As part of this funding, the Welfare or Self Sufficiency systems, and new government-wide initiatives to protect Oregon Department of Justice, Crime who are victims of intimate partner victims of abuse and provide resources Victims' Services Division (CVSD)has violence. The projects that are funded will for families and communities to prevent been awarded a 3-year "Support for support partnerships among nonprofit abuse. Pregnant and Parenting Teens and providers, child welfare or self sufficiency One of the initiatives announced Women" grant from the Office of field offices and local public health as part of the broad, comprehensive Adolescent Health (OAH)within the U.S. providers. response to reducing violence against Department of Health and Human Applications for the funds are due on women includes the Protect Children and Services. Oregon's project is called the December 20th, with awards to be Break the Cycle of Violence initiative. This Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy announced on January 18th. initiative focuses on early intervention to Grant ("IPV & Pregnancy Grant"). The reach children and young families grant is intended to fund non profits that For more information contact: experiencing domestic and sexual have expertise in providing services to Nancy Greenman violence as a crucial element of the victims and survivors of intimate partner Oregon Department of Justice strategy to end violence against women. violence (DV/SA) in hiring and Through this initiative, the Affordable Care outstationing advocates in Child Welfare Crime Victims' Services Division Act's new Pregnancy Assistance Fund, five and/or Self Sufficiency field offices to nancy.greenman@dol state or IJS
The History of National Stalking Awareness Month (January)
In January 2004, the National Center for Victims of Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill. Crime launched National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM) to The briefing focused on strategies for strengthening law increase the public's understanding of the crime of stalking. enforcement's response to stalking. Featured speakers included NSAM emerged from the work of the Stalking Resource Center, Diane Stuart, former director of the Office on Violence Against a National Center program funded by the Office on Violence Women, U.S. Department of Justice; Tracy Bahm, former Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, to raise awareness director of the Stalking Resource Center, National Center for about stalking and help develop and implement Victims of Crime; and Mark Wynn, police officer and stalking multidisciplinary responses to the crime. expert. Susan Herman, former executive director of the National In 2003, the Stalking Resource Center received a call Center for Victims of Crime, moderated the briefing. from Debbie Riddle, the sister of Peggy Klinke, who had been murdered by a stalker in California several months earlier. That same day, Representative Wilson introduced a Riddle wanted to transform her family's painful tragedy into a Congressional resolution to support National Stalking force for good. She particularly wanted to help improve law Awareness Month. The following January, the National Center for Victims of Crime launched the first observance of National enforcement's response to stalking and save lives. Stalking Awareness Month and supported communities across Riddle's call set into motion a series of events that the nation in planning the event. produced a concurrent Congressional resolution on stalking; a national program on Lifetime Television, hosted by Erin In 2009 the Stalking Resource Center of the National Brockvich, featuring Peggy Klinke's story; and a Lifetime video, Center for Victims of Crime launched a new Web site, fl11J1dL "Stalking: Real Fear, Real Crime," to train law enforcement wwwstalk;ngawarenessmanth arg, devoted to this annual about the crime. In July 2003, the National Center for Victims of observance. Check it out! Crime, in partnership with Representative Heather Wilson (R- NM), and Lifetime Television, told Peggy's story at a
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Domestic Violence Bootcamp: Shaping up to Combat Domestic Violence The Department of Justice held its create the curriculum for the conference The "Boot Camp" was an first "Domestic Violence Boot Camp" on and also presented throughout the multi- unequivocal success. The ability to provide October 13-15 in Newport, Oregon. day event: Jean Kunkle and Doug Hanson, an absolutely free training of this caliber to Marion County District Attorney's Office; a large number of prosecutors was made Twenty-five prosecutors from John Wentworth, Clackamas County possible due to the Statewide Training eighteen Oregon counties attended the District Attorney's Office; and Jennifer Program and Domestic Violence Resource intense three-day training. The "Boot Gardiner and Erin Greenawald, Oregon Prosecutor grants; these grants have Camp" provided attendees with a Department of Justice. Additionally, Paige provided five quality Domestic Violence comprehensive overview of Domestic Clarkson from the Marion County District trainings to hundreds of Oregon law Violence dynamics and additionally Attorney's Office, Jamie Vasas, Salem PD, enforcement, prosecutors, and other allied focused on improving the critical trial and Sheila Uphoff, Domestic Violence professionals in the last eight months! advocacy skills needed to successfully survivor, presented Ms. Uphoff's amazing And the exceptional quality of the "Boot prosecute Domestic Violence cases. story of survival and the subsequent Camp" is a direct result of the hard work of There were a number of highly investigation and prosecution of her both the faculty and all of the attendees. experienced prosecutors who worked to abuser. Thank you to both groups!
ENHANCING VICTIM SAFETY: New "Restraining Order Notification Project" One of the most dangerous times is not meant to take the place of the "Your protection order has been served by for a victim is when service of a protection requirement to send the victim a true copy (agency name). Please do NOTreply to this order occurs. Timely notice to the victim is of proof of service. The project is expected email as it is an unmonitored mailbox. If essential so that she can plan for their to launch around December 1st. you have any questions please contact safety. Current notification requirements (agency name) at (agency phone number)." How it Works: under ORS 107.720 state: "The Sheriff TOPetitioners' celllJlar phone· shall also provide the petitioner with a true Petitioner would need to provide an email copy of the proof of service." This is done address or cell phone number on the new "Your protection order has been served by by sending the victim a copy of the, "Return Confidential Information Form (CIF).This (agency name)" of Service" form. This can take three (3) service is optional, not required. Petitioner Additional messages will be sent out to business days. Some smaller communities is notified as soon as the information is each email address and cellular phone may contact the victim by phone after entered into the Law Enforcement Data number on file for each protected person as service occurs and others may ask the Systems (LEOS) by the Sheriff's Office. This follows: victim to call them. Victims will call the is an enhancement to the existing process. Sheriff's Office, oftentimes repeatedly, to This enhancement will be beneficial to the -Renewal notices when a modification to find out if service occurred, generating call Sheriff's Office in providing more timely the expiration date transaction is entered volume to the Sheriff's office. notification to the petitioner that the into LEOS. restraining order has been served. A new project developed by Oregon -And 30 days prior to the expiration of an State Police in collaboration with the OJD The automatic message that will be active protection order. and the DOJwill provide notification sent to the petitioner for new protection For more information contact: regarding service of a protection order via orders states: cell phone or email. This notice is an TerryO'Connell,OregonState Police To Petitioners' email address lit provided): ENHANCEMENTto the existing process. It [email protected]
THEYSAID WHAT?? The AbslJrdity EscaPes No One· recommended it.'" When asked why his tattoo artist recommended a hand grenade, Judge Jeff Jones is featured in this month's the boyfriend answered, "Because it reflects Clackamas County Bar newsletter. He is SEEN,HEARD,NOTED.ANQ my explosive personality." The restraining asked whether he has an amusing anecdote QUOTED: order was upheld. to share from his experience as a judge. He There is nojob more interesting says: "I handled a restraining order case than the onethat we do.And as arising out of an alleged assault by the they say,truth is strangerthan In the Name of Love: respondent/boyfriend. While the respondent fiction. So, if you havea funny anecdoteyou'd like to share, testified, insisting he had no anger problem, Defendant during interview with police officer send it myway! the opposing attorney noticed a tattoo on the in custody for VROand possibly Burg 1: "I boyfriend's neck -- of a hand grenade. messed up, I understand that. That's why I'm Counsel asked, 'Why the tattoo?' The here. What does a man do when he loves a boyfriend replied, 'My tattoo artist woman?" 4
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Purple Lights Night: Cities Light Up in Recognition of DV Awareness Month
Purple Light NightsTMis a national Park. In Prineville, businesses could awareness campaign during which purchase strings of lights for time individuals and businesses shine storefront windows and a lighting purple lights for the month of October ceremony took place on October 6th to remember victims and honor in front of the Crook County survivors of domestic violence. Saving Courthouse. Grace was selling strings of purple In Marion County the Mid-Valley lights in Bend, Prineville, and Madras Women's Crisis Services and the so that each community could show Marion County Domestic Violence support. Council sold purple light bulbs that In Madras, trees were strung with could be used to light porches and purple lights and a lighting ceremony business fronts during the month of took place October 1st at Sahalee October.
Tree Lighting in Madras Crook County Courthouse NATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Dressed in Purple December 10: (Online or Live in MN, 1:30- online to: "Screening for 4pm) - Free Event! Consumer Issues: A Tool for DVAdvocates http://westlegaledcenter.com/program_gu and Attorneys" "Seeking Safety Across Borders: Cases ide/course_detail.jsf?courseld=32481777 involving domestic violence and The Hague https:j/www1.gotomeeting.com/register/4 December 14: (Webinar, 2:00 pm ET) Convention on the Civil Aspects of 15985184 International Child Abduction" "Lifecourse Effects of Trauma in the Lives January 9-11: (Austin, TX) of Girls: Findings from the Adverse To register for the LIVEIN-PERSONevent Childhood Experiences Study." "Establishing Expertise as an Ethical Expert go online to: Witness" https:j/services.choruscall.com/links/wom http://westlegaledcenter.com/program_gu enshealth.html (See website for Host information) ide/course_detail.jsf?courseld=32481550 http://www.ncdsv.orgjexpertwitness_dv_2 December 14: (Webinar, 1:00-2:30pm ET) To register for the LIVEWEBCASTevent go 011.html INFO, INFO, INFO: RESOURCE IDEAS FOR THE DV DDA
Check out the variety of interesting New strangulation resource material: America. The documentary provides a websites and tools available to you comprehensive exploration of the complex This brand new comprehensive training completely free! issues that surround domestic abuse told video features national experts on the through the story of one woman, Kim, in In recognition of Stalking Awareness subject of strangulation from detection her journey through domestic violence. Month, here are a few websites with great through prosecution of strangulation cases. Filmed in Duluth, MN, the film also tells the information on stalking: It's a "must-do" training for any history of the "Duluth Model" of domestic professional who works with victims of -National Network to End Domestic violence policies used around the world. Intimate Partner Violence. Violence Domestic Violence I aw Enforcement" It This CD is available to be loaned for http.Z/nnedv.org/resources/ Started in Duluth: A short film that training free of cost from the DOJ. safetynetdocs.html provides an informative look at how the New DV Resollrce JllStfor VOIr best police departments in Duluth, - Stalking Resource Center Baltimore, and New York respond to Domestic Violence Documentary DVD's www.ncvc.org/src/ domestic violence. The DOJCriminal Division has purchased -National Center on Domestic and Sexual Domestic Violence and Health Care- Best the three part series on Domestic Violence Violence Practices in Action: A look at Baltimore's described below. They are available to you Mercy Medical Center's best practices for http.Z/www.ncdsv.org/ as an educational or outreach tool and may screening for domestic violence among its publications_stalking.html be borrowed free of cost from the DOJ. patients. eower and Control· Domestic Violence io 5
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This holiday season consider donating to Wwwwomenspaceinc.org(donate online) - NAYAFamily Center Healing Circle one of the many shelters around the state -Marion Co· Mid-ValleY Women's Crisis Www.nayapdx.org/services/family- that provide support for women and Service services/healing-circle.php (wish list) victims of Domestic Violence. Below is a list of shelters that have holiday gift giving www.mvwcs.com (wish list) -Portland Women's Crisis line programs and/or year-around "wish lists" - Polk Co.: SABLE House Www.pwcl.org (wish list) of items that are needed at the shelter and are listed on their websites. Www.sablehouse.org(wish list) - Raphael HOIJSeof Portland Monetary donations can usually be made - Yamhill Co· Henderson HOIJSe www.raphaelhouse.com (holiday online at the shelters' website as well. program) Www.hendersonhouse.org (wish list) - Coos Co . Women's Safety and ReSollrce -YWCA-Yolanda House Center -Portland Metro- BradleY Angle Www.ywca-pdx.org (holiday gift drive) Wwwwomensafety.org (wish list) Www.bradleyangle.org (wish list) -Wasco Co . Haven From DV -I incoln Co . My Sister's Place - Clackamas Women's Services Www.haventhedalles.org (wish list) www.mysistersplace.us (wish list) Www.cwsor.org (wish list) -Crook Co.: Saving Grace - Benton Co· Center Against RaReand DV - Columbia Co Women's Resource Center Www.saving-grace.org (wish list) Www.cardv.peak.org (holiday gift program) Www.noexcuse4abuse.com (wish list)
- Lane Co.: Womenspace - Domestic Violence ResolJrce Center www.dvrc-or.com (wish list)