Calling ALL Lawyers, Politicians, Police Officers, Domestic Abuse Advocates, Court Personnel, Police Officers, Prosecutors, Health Care Providers, Educators and Victims of Abuse.
This is a support group and networking event for those who advocate for victims of abuse. We will discuss the challenges and hurdles victims of abuse face in Massachusetts in regards to Domestic Abuse in the courts. The meeting will serve as two fold ~ networking between agencies and brainstorming to find solutions to a big problem.
Key note speaker:
Wendy Murphy who is a national legal expert, an adjunct professor at New England Law|Boston where she teaches a seminar on sexual violence, author, and a trial and appellate attorney specializing in the representation of crime victims, women, children and victim service providers and is the founder and director of the Victim Advocacy & Research Group. She will be discussing the need for increased prosecution.
Wendy is a former child abuse and sex crimes prosecutor who sits on many boards and has served on the Massachusetts Governor's Crime Commission and Commission against Sexual and Domestic Violence. She has also consulted with Congress, worked with the White House Women's Office and has served on the faculty at the Poynter Institute in connection with programs related to language and the media's reporting on sexual violence, and provides consultation on constitutional law, legal policy and litigation strategy regarding victims', children’s and women's rights. Wendy has published numerous law review and pop culture articles and she lectures widely on women's, children's, and victims' rights and criminal justice policy. She has worked for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and CBS News as a legal analyst, and appears regularly on network and cable television. A columnist for The Daily Beast and Gatehouse News, and author of several chapters in consortium books, her first solo book, And Justice For Some, was published by Penguin/Sentinel in September 2007.
This event includes:
- broken policies
- Communication issues between agencies and how do we resolve
- knowing or not knowing about resources for abuse victims in Massachusetts - How can we find ways to better work together so the services are not diluted or ineffective.
- Case studies
- and strategies on how to fix the legal and legislative problems.
HELP US FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROBLEMS
So if you are interested in attending, please email us your contact information so we have the appropriate supplies at survivors.unite.ma@gmail.com.
This is sponsored by M.A.S.O. - Massachusetts Surivors Outreach ~ Advocating, Holistic Healing Services for Abuse Victims and Research.
Out motto: "Alone we are weak ... Together we are strong". M.A.S.O. is an all volunteer organization.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to assist in the planning of this event.
