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| 02 Sep 2007 - 17:19 | Rhonda
BRENGETTO@AOL.COM
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I AM SEEKING BENEFITS FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. ESPECIALLY THIER CREDIT REPORT. I AM A PAST VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN AGENCY THAT CAN ASSIST ME IN REMOVING DERROGATORY REMARKS FROM THE CREDIT REPORT. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FILE A POLICE REPORT. I DEVELOPED A FOCUS PROBLEM.
THE DIVORCE CREATED GREAT FINANCIAL STRAINT. THE FOCUS DISABILTITY MADE MAINTAINING SOLID FINANCIAL DIFFICULT.
THANK YOU
RHONDA
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| 31 Aug 2007 - 14:18 | Muingo
muingoemuthui@yahoo.com
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I have a child custody case in Michigan. In April 2005 I was awarded permanent physical custody of my younger son. Three weeks later the judge took away custody on a show cause motion. I appealed the decision. Although the higher court agrees custody was changed illegally, it upheld the lower court's decision. I am looking for someone to help me fight to get my child back.
The other pertinent factors are that I left my ex-husband due to increasing domestic violence. I was finally granted a protection order at which time he tried to fight the order, but it was granted based on the evidence presented. However, the both courts have removed this as a factor in this case. I also have another child and both children have been separted as a result of this. Based on the opinion received from the higher court, it seems that putting together a brief by myself was my biggest downfall. A great deal of my evidence was omitted because I simply did not know how to argue it.
I couldn't afford an attorney, but at this point my mother would sell her house just to help me get my son back.
The other factor playing into this is that the children were also being abused by my ex-husband and is another factor that was eliminated. I reside in Pennsylvania, but the case is in Michigan. So both states have tossed back and forth the issue of abuse, but neither state would move forward with it. Therefore, although the children's doctor, crisis counselor and psychologists all agree without a doubt the children were abused, Michigan has chosen to disregard their statements and proceed as though the abuse never existed.
In addition, my ex-husband has aggressively tried to ensure that he cuts my completely out of my child's life and is becoming successful at doing so. He has managed to little by little cut my time with my child and with no valid reason. I fear that unless I can reverse this decision, eventually he will be successful at this because the court has allowed him this false sense of power. I really need someone to help me reunite my children and fight this grave injustice. Please help me.
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| 31 Aug 2007 - 14:12 | Margaret Ladner
hradvocates@columbia.edu
URL: humanrights.columbia.edu/hrap/
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Dear friends and colleagues:
I am delighted to announce that the application for the 2008 session of the annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University is now available. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to disseminate this information and application to human rights activists based in the Global South as well as grassroots activists in the United States.
HRAP is designed to prepare proven human rights leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S. to participate in national and international policy debates on globalization by building their skills, knowledge, and contacts.
The Program features a four-month residency at Columbia University in New York City with a structured curriculum of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic coursework.
The four-month intensive capacity building program based at Columbia University in New York focuses on the following key issue areas:
- Environmental injustice
- Labor rights violations
- Abuses by multinational corporations
- Ramifications of resource extraction
- Public health crises
- Unsustainable development
- Intolerance, xenophobia, and social exclusion related to globalization
Special attention is given to the above issues and their intersection with gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, and/or other sources of marginalization.
Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience on human rights and globalization, commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to complete graduate-level studies. Advocates must originate from and reside in either the Global South or the United States. Fluency in English is required. Advocates must secure institutional endorsement from their organizations for their participation in the Program and must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the Program.
This extremely competitive Program will admit approximately ten participants. We make every effort to provide full fellowships to cover program costs as well as travel and living expenses for selected Advocates each year. Our staff will work with interested candidates who have been waitlisted for the Program to identify potential funding sources in cases where we do not yet have the resources to provide a full fellowship.
The completed application is due by October 9, 2007.
For further information or to download additional copies of the application, please refer to our website at http://humanrights.columbia.edu/hrap/
or click on link above the message.
Additional information can be requested by email from hradvocates@columbia.edu, by phone at +1 (212) 854 7372, or by fax at +1 (212) 316 4578.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Ladner
Director, Capacity Building Programs
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Columbia University
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| 28 Aug 2007 - 09:53 | Jeanne
desharkmom@aol.com
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What do you do if the "second rape" comes from the police dept. I was asked if I had been drinking (no), my daughter was called at work and asked if I was mentally ill (no), the detective asked me to demonstrate to him and the other officers, how I was raped. He said he talked to my Dr. and was told I was delusional (a lie), he was clearly disappointed in the medical report verifying the injuries and questioned me 3 times as to where I got the report. He pretty much told me he didn't believe it happened. Now what?
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| 28 Aug 2007 - 09:51 | yamily
bautamasdeu@hotmail.com
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yo vine de cuba hace 7 meses con mis dos hijos que son ciudadanos americanos los dos y yo soy residente legal aqui,desde que llegue mi esposo no me deja salir de la casa ,nadie me puede llamar por telefono ,actualmente estamos separados en la misma casa ya que no tengo para donde ir y estoy buscando trabajo para poder salir de la casa con mis hijos, que puedo hacer?
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| 28 Aug 2007 - 09:32 | womencops
Womencops@aol.com
URL: secure.democracyinaction.org/d ia/organ . . .
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| 27 Aug 2007 - 17:41 | Maureen Williams
mwilliams@justiceforchildren.org
URL: www.justiceforchildren.org
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I am a legal assistant with an organization called Justice For Children (with the chapter in Phoenix, AZ) that advocates for abused children who remain unprotected due to system failure. We are preparing for our annual training for attorneys in which we discuss family court issues and evolving "trends" that we have seen in our cases. Some of the trends we've seen are not only questionable but directly contrary to the "best interests of children." In our state, there is a legal presumption, that custody to --- even joint custody with -- the parent with the history of domestic violence is always contrary to the best interests of the children. Yet the family courts don't seem to have a recognizable evidentiary standard to work from, or even an understanding of the underlying issues of domestic violence to help sort out these kinds of abuse issues.
So when I found Marie de Santis' article entitled "Beware of Family Court: What Victims and Advocates Should Know," I was gratified. She has presented an excellent insight as to why so many victims of domestic violence end up losing their children to the abuser - certainly not an outcome which is consistent with the "best interests" of the children. Not only are the courts awarding children to the violent parent with increasing regularity, but in so doing, children are subjected to possible trauma by being cut off from their primary caregiver and protective family.
The scenarios described by Ms. de Santis accurately match our experience with many of our cases, and explain the quagmire that the family court judge many times finds himself/herself in while trying to render a decision. With your permission, I will be reprinting the article for presentation to our attorney workshop attendees, so that they may see how the system is manipulated by abusers without regard for the best interests of the children involved, and how to effectively counter an abuser's maneuvers before the judge. Thank you!
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