DONNA ANDERSEN
Lovefraud.com
Teaching people to recognize
and avoid sociopaths |
KAREN
ANDERSON
Director, California Protective Parents Association; Mentor,
Courageous Kids Network;
DV/SA counselor;
Featured in
Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories |
BEN ATHERTON-ZEMAN
Author of
Voices of Men
-
A One-Man Play Working to End Men's
Violence Against Women.
Warning:
Performance
includes scenes depicting graphic
violence;
Nat.
Organization for Men Against Sexism |
LUNDY BANCROFT
Speaker, trainer,
counselor, and activist on issues
related to abuse and recovery. Author of the books:
The Batterer As Parent, Why Does He Do That?,
and When Dad Hurts Mom. |
RENEE BEEKER
Creator and Director of the
National Family Court Watch Project;
President, Michigan NOW
and
Michigan NOW Foundation |
TYNIA CANADA
Public speaker, vocalist, and
founder of Inspirational Spirit of the
Phoenix, Tynia
shares an uplifting message about
maintaining hope and faith despite horrific obstacles.
Her message is one of peace and empowerment.
"The Victory Is yours, You Will Get Through This"
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DARA CARLIN, M.A.
Holding
a Masters degree in Marriage & Family Therapy, Dara is an independent
Domestic Violence Survivor Advocate who has a 20+ year history of
working in social service agencies, primarily in the area of child
welfare.
breaking-the-silence@hotmail.com |
JENNIFER COLLINS
Jennifer's mother,
Holly Ann Collins, sought asylum for her children and
herself in the Netherlands to escape abuse at the
hands of their father and family court. Jennifer, 23,
is courageously telling their story and demand answers of
America's family courts.
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THE COURAGEOUS KIDS NETWORK
"We
are a growing group of young people, whose childhood was
shattered by biased and inhumane court rulings which forced
us to live with our abusive parent, while restricting or
sometimes completely eliminating contact with our loving and
protective parent..." .
See also
Breaking The Silence Children's Stories |
CHRISTINA DALPIAZ, MA
Author, international speaker, victim's advocate, and
founder of
CHANCE -
Changing How Adults Nurture Children's Egos |
DANICA DELGADO, MSW
and
LESLIE SANBORN
Journeying Together:
Developing Support and Community for Mothers Impacted by
Domestic Violence |
MYLAN L. DENERSTEIN
Executive
Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice, Office of Andrew
Cuomo, New York State Attorney General; formerly served as Assistant United States Attorney
in the Southern District of New York and Deputy Chief of the
Criminal Division. |
NANCY ERICKSON, ESQ.
Attorney,
advocate, law professor, and M.A. forensic psychologist.
Her thesis
was on the risks of psychological testing leading to the
misdiagnosis of battered women.
|
MARJORY D. FIELDS, ESQ.
Retired New
York State Supreme Court Justice and retired family court
judge.
Counsel to Beldock Levine Hoffman in
NYC and International Family Law Chambers in London. Fields
works on public policy issues addressing legal remedies and
protection for women victims of family violence, abuse, and
sex crimes. |
BARRY GOLDSTEIN, ESQ.
NY attorney representing battered
mothers; author of
Custody-Visitation Scandal Cases
and
Scared To Leave, Afraid To Stay |
ANNE GRANT, M.A., M.Div.
Emmy Award winning TV writer and
producer; Methodist Minister. As Exec. Dir. of
Women’s Center of Rhode Island, she documented legal
abuses at RI Family Court and DSS. Read
her blogs at
Custodyscam and
Littlehostages. |
PATRICIA JACKSON HATAMI
Psychotherapist and counselor since 1981, practicing in New
York and Colorado.
Founder of Jackson Justice Center, Inc. in Denver.
Patricia also maintains an ongoing private practice under
the title of Jackson Consulting, Inc. |
PAUL HOLDORF, ESQ.
Retired New York corporate lawyer who later volunteered with
Trial Lawyers Care to help 9/11 victims. In 2006, he
joined the Family Court Watch Project as an observer in NJ
and is now on the board of the NFCWP.
|
KARIN D. HUFFER,
M.S., M.F.T.
Marriage and Family Licensed
Therapist;
ADA Court Advocate;
Author of the
highly
acclaimed book,
Legal
Abuse Syndrome |
JOY JACKSON
|
TOVAH KASDIN, ESQ.
Program
manager at Jewish Women
International (JWI);
responsible for the
Legal Project,
designed to help battered women understand and navigate the
civil and criminal legal systems |
ARIEL
KING, MPH, MBA, PHD
Is the grateful mother of Ariana-Leilani, “The Little
Ambassador” for the last 5.5 years, and an advocate for children and
youth world-wide through the Ariel Foundation International
www.ArielFoundation.org |
EILEEN KING
Regional Director for the Eastern Region of
Justice for Children, based in downtown Washington, D.C. |
TOBY KLEINMAN, ESQ.
Founder,
Center for Protection of Children;
Associate Editor of the
Journal of Child Custody |
JAN LANGBEIN
Senior Policy Advisor, Office on Violence Against Women,
U.S. Department of Justice: |
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LIANE J. LEEDOM,
M.D.
Author |
MASSACHUSETTS PROTECTIVE MOTHERS FOR CUSTODIAL
JUSTICE
Dedicated to
preventing re-victimization of battered women and children
in legal intervention throughout Massachusetts and beyond.
massmoms@yahoo.com
|
MILDRED D. MUHAMMAD
Executive Director,
After The Trauma, Inc.;
author,
A Survivor's Journal;
subject of the TruTV
film,
"The D.C. Sniper's Wife, The Mildred Muhammad Story"
|
WENDY
MURPHY,
ESQ
Author,
And Justice For Some;
Founder
and Director,
Victim Advocacy and Research Group;
Adjunct Professor,
New England Law/Boston;
Popular Legal Analyst,
CNN, MSNBC, FOXNEWS,
CBS, etc. |
PATTI JO NEWELL
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
|
SUSAN OMILION
My Avenging Angel: Women Who Thrive
after Abuse |
RITA SMITH
Executive Director,
National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
|
MARCIA
PAPPAS
President,
NOW NYS
Marcia has
been called "the most visible activist in NYS."
|
JOAN PETERSON
BSW, MPA
Mother of 5, DV
Survivor, Social Worker, and Advocate
|
ANGELA SHELTON
Hollywood actress,
activist, and creator of the multi- award winning
documentary,
Searching for Angela Shelton |
GARLAND WALLER
Boston U. Film Professor
and producer of
multi-award winning documentary
Small
Justice: Little Justice in
America's Family Courts.
Garland's
newest compelling video
is of interviews from the 2008 conference. |
IRENE WEISER
Founder and executive director of
Stop Family Violence;
Coordinator of
Family Court Reform Coalition,
comprised of
advocates, organizations and professionals formed in
response to the national crisis in the custody court system. |
URSULA WILLIAMS
Community
Services Director for Turning Point a domestic violence
residential and nonresidential program in Southern Indiana
which serves 12 counties. She provides direct services
to victims’ not desiring shelter as well as community
connections. |
KAREN WINNER, ESQ.
Author of
Divorced From Justice: The Abuse of
Women and Children by Family Court Judges and Attorneys,
the book
that was
one of the first researched, documented reports of family
court abuse. |
JOAN ZORZA,
ESQ.
Family law attorney,
original co-author of
the
VAWA;
Editor of
Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report; National
leader
in the struggle to protect battered women for over 30 years. |