In the coming year, the Task Force will continue to sponsor continuing education programs, however, without your support, we will not be able to offer trainings without charging registration fees.  We would like to continue bringing quality presenters to our community and offering everyone the chance to benefit from training opportunities and continuing education credit.  We are also providing comunity education and improving communication through our website.  Help support the Task Force by joining today!  Click below to print a copy of the membership form for 2012!

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January 19, 2012

1pm – 3pm

LVMPD Headquarters, Building B

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THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA): A TOOLKIT FOR EDUCATING POLICY MAKERS ABOUT REAUTHORIZATION 

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The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, Toolkit Subcommittee

  The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), first passed in 1994, provides a lifeline for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. VAWA expires in 2011 and must be swiftly reauthorized to ensure a continued federal response to these crimes. The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women has developed this VAWA reauthorization education and awareness toolkit in order to aid you – the experts, leaders, and advocates – in educating federal policymakers about the needs of survivors of violence and why the reauthorization of VAWA is critical to meeting these needs. This toolkit focuses on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) but many of the elements can be used for any federal, local or state policy effort.

 DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY OF THE TOOLKIT:

 http://www.ncadv.org/files/VAWA%20Reauth%20ToolKit%20Final%2011%2028%2011.pdf
 

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The National Center for Victims of Crime is part of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women. We are excited to forward this action alert: VAWA is here! Please forward widely! The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is due for reauthorization.

Our wonderful champions, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), will introduce a bipartisan bill on Wednesday (11/30) to reauthorize and improve VAWA! The National Task Force has worked closely with them on the bill to ensure that it will not only continue proven effective programs, but that it will make key changes to streamline VAWA and make sure that even more people have access to safety, stability and justice. This is an important step forward for VAWA and we hope to get even more improvements as the bill moves forward!

What’s most important now is to get the Senators on the list below excited about VAWA and to get their support for the bill. If you live in any of the states listed below, please call your Senator(s) TODAY and ask for them to be original co-sponsors of VAWA. We need to keep their phones ringing!

For NEVADA Contact…

Heller, Dean – (202) 224-6244

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Take Back the Night Press Release

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Domestic Violence Article

We cannot forget the impact that domestic violence has on communities!  Domestic violence laws are not a bargaining chip, enforcement saves lives.

UPDATE as of 10/10/11

A monthlong dispute in Topeka, Kansas over who is financially responsible for handling domestic violence cases, which resulted in 18 suspects being released from jail, was resolved Wednesday when the local district attorney’s office announced that it would resume prosecuting the cases.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced on September 8 that since his budget had been cut by 10 percent, his office no longer had the means to prosecute any misdemeanors, including domestic violence cases. He began shuffling those cases over to the city of Topeka, which also claimed that it couldn’t afford to handle the cases. The City Council responded by voting to repeal the law that makes domestic violence a crime.

Following significant pressure from local domestic violence workers and the media, the Shawnee County District Attorney reluctantly announced that he has decided to resume prosecuting the cases as a result of the city’s “unfortunate” decision to decriminalize the offense.

“My office now retains sole authority to prosecute domestic battery misdemeanors and will take on this responsibility so as to better protect and serve our community,” Taylor said in a statement. “We will do so with less staff, less resources, and severe constraints on our ability to effectively seek justice.”

Eighteen domestic violence suspects were released from a Topeka prison as a result of the month-long game of chicken that played out between city officials and Taylor’s office. Suspects who were arrested and brought into jail for battery were released without being charged. The Topeka police department confirmed that one suspect was brought into jail for domestic abuse, released without consequence, and then immediately picked up again for committing the same crime.

“We have an entire county and city who could care less about domestic violence and are more interested in blame or games,” Kari Ann Rinker, the state coordinator for Kansas NOW, told HuffPost. “Now we have dangerous multiple offenders that are failing to receive any adequate punishment or repercussion for their actions, and in fact, being picked up for the crime is angering them more, so they’re showing up at the doorstep of people they have harmed to do it again.”

Advocates against domestic violence said the spat was less about budget concerns and more about misplaced priorities. There is currently an item in the Shawnee County budget, for example, that doles out $200,000 for golf course irrigation, which is close to the entire amount that the district attorney is requesting to be able to continue to prosecute misdemeanors.

“Any time budgets get cut, you have to look around and say, what are our priorities here?” said Joyce Grover, executive director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. “The fact that someone decided that domestic violence prosecution is not a priority is really concerning.”

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Due to the October 11, 2011 Training, the General Meeting for this quarter has been cancelled!

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Thank you to the talented members of Sign Design.  They performed at our annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims on September 25, 2011!  Their performance helped to make our evening a memorable one!

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