11/11/2009 - The Commercial Appeal published a Letter to the Editor from MAWC's executive director about domestic violence.
11/05/2009 - Dr. Lynda Sagrestano, Center for Research on Women; women's
rights leader Gloria Steinem; Jennifer Gooch, CROW assistant, and Deborah
Clubb, Memphis Area Women's Council, at the Tennessee Women's Economic
Summit in Nashville Oct. 20.Deborah Clubb, executive director of the Memphis Area Women's Council,
described Shelby County's Coordinated Community Response to Domestic
Violence (CCRDV) on a panel during the 2009 Tennessee Women's Economic
Summit in Nashville on Oct. 20.
As leader of the CCRDV for Operation: Safe Community, Deborah described
the new domestic violence judge and court that opened on Sept. 1, the steps
taken to organize a Family Safety Center and success in forming the Erase
Domestic Crime Collaborative to foster partnerships creating additional
shelter, victim advocates, prevention outreach and other services to turn
victims into safe survivors.
Domestic violence-related crimes are the only category rising in Shelby
County. Simple and aggravated assaults between family or household members
is up almost 8 percent.
The Women's Council has provided leadership and advocacy around domestic
violence since our founding in 2003. For information on how to become
involved and materials that explain signs of DV and how to response -- go to
www.erasedomesticcrime.com.
Also at the summit, our partner in the Women's Economic Security
Campaign, Shante Avant from the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis,
presented on the education panel about goals of the WESC. Immediate focus
is to engage women's organizations in the discussion about 'green jobs' and
about reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
our nation's current public assistance law, so that it will better support
women into true economic self-sufficiency. Get further info at
www.wfgm.org.
