Fairfax County Domestic Violence Community

Upcoming Meetings

• The DV Network will next meet on January 20, 2015 from 10-12.
• The DVPPCC (Domestic Violence Prevention, Policy, and Coordinating Council) will next meet on Thursday, January 15, 2015 from 7:30am to 9:30am at the Massey A Level Conference Room.  

Announcements

• Holiday giving: Don’t forget to spread the word to your family and friends about opportunities to help individuals and families impacted by violence in our community. Visit here for more information. 

•  Victim/Survivor Survey on Firearms: Please fill out this survey with or on behalf of victims to help the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit. 

• The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence is celebrating their 20 year anniversary.  Check out this video featuring DVPPCC Chair David Bobzien.

• Northern Virginia Community College is hiring a Sexual Assault Services Coordinator. Please visit here for the full job description or contact Connie Kirkland (703.323.2136) for more information. Applications and a resume with three professional references can be emailed to ckirkland@nvcc.edu.   

• KARAMAH is hiring a Virginia barred attorney in their Washington D.C. office to represent domestic violence survivors in family law matters.  To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, brief writing sample, and references to mdurrani@karamah.org. All application materials should be sent under the subject line: Application Staff Attorney Position, and all documents should be sent as a single attachment.

• DFS’ Fathers In Touch program will be held from January 7 – March 25, 2015 at the Gum Springs Community Center on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 9pm (dinner provided). Please contact Champana Bernard or Calvin Robinson (703-324-3611) to register. 

• Northern Virginia Family Service has created an Arabic Batterer Intervention Program, which will start on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 from 5-7pm.  For more information or to make a referral, please contact the Information and Referral Coordinator (571-748-2818). Clients may leave a message in Arabic if they are not able to speak English proficiently.

January 14, 2015:  EVAW International is hosting a webinar entitled Opening Doors: Alternative Reporting Options for Law Enforcement and VAWA Forensic Compliance at 1pm.  Click on the link above for more information and to register.   

 January 14, 2015:  BWJP is hosting a webinar entitled Housing Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence in Rental Housing from 2-3:30pm.  Click on the link above for more information and to register. 

 February 2-3, 2015:  Domestic Violence Danger Assessment and Risk Management conference will be held in Boston, MA.  Click on the link above for more information and to register. 

February 24-26, 2015:  Advanced Issues in the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence conference will be held in Atlanta, GA.  For more information, visit here.

March 19-21, 2014: Futures without Violence is hosting a National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence in Washington DC.  For more information, visit here.

April 7-9, 2015: The EVAW International Conference will be held in New Orleans, LA.  Please visit here for more information and to register.

April 22-23, 2015: Virginia’s Building Healthy Futures Conference will be held.  More information coming soon. 

Click here to submit events for the community calendar.

• Show this graphic to anyone who says rape isn’t a real issue in America (Vox.com)
• Why Rape and Trauma Survivors Have Fragmented and Incomplete Memories (Time Magazine)
• What sexual assault does to the brain (Huffington Post)  
  
• §  Trauma and Memory: Why Rape Victims Don’t Report and Why Details Can be Hazy (ABC News)
• One in 5 girls will be sexually assaulted in college.  Here’s how to change that (Washington Post)       
• The Science of Preventing Date Rape (PBS NOVA)
• Fairfax County schools to educate students on sexual assault (WUSA 9)
• These are the women forgotten in the sexual assault crisis (Time Magazine)      
• Pentagon Survey: More sexual assault cases reported (CNN)  
  Department of Defense Report to the President of the United States on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response [Executive Summary]
• Military grapples with stigma of men reporting sexual assault (Stars and Stripes)
• Males are more likely to suffer sexual assault than be falsely accused of it (Huffington Post)
• Sexual Violence in the Muslim Community – Creating Safe, Resourceful Communities  (Patheos)
• The Rolling Stone fiasco is terrible news for rape survivors (The Atlantic)   
• How Much Does Sexual Assault Cost College Students Every Year?  (The Washington Post)
• Media and the Pulse of Rape Culture (NSVRC blog)
• Domestic violence as prevalent for college students as sexual assault (PBS)
• One in Three Women have Experienced Physical or Sexual Violence from Partner (The Guardian)
• Is a Threat Posted on Facebook Really a Threat?  (NPR)
• Supreme Court Case Tests the Limits of Free Speech on Facebook and other Social Media (Washington Post)
• Widening Spotlight on Assault on Women (New York Times)
• NFL was family; Until Wives Reported Domestic Abuse (New York Times)
• Privacy or Poster Child: Janay Rice and the Painful Spotlight of Domestic Violence  (Time Magazine)
• Why the Domestic Violence Community is Cheering on Janay Rice (ESPN)
• Domestic Violence: Home Truths (The Economist) 
• Suicide and Intimate Partner Violence (American Psychological Association)
• ‘Failure to Protect’ Laws Punish Victims of Domestic Violence  (Huffington Post)
• Pair who died in murder-suicide in Arlington were considered ‘the perfect couple’   (Washington Post)
• Knock Out Abuse Gala Aims to Help Abuse Survivors (NBC 4)
• Spy Stalker: New cheap, easy way to spy on others that puts domestic violence victims at risk (ABC 7)
• NFL Owners Endorse New Personal Conduct Policy  (NFL.com)
  • NFL’s new Personal Conduct Policy  (NFL.com)
  • NFL’s Personal Conduct Fail   (CNN)
• Want to Stop Domestic Violence? Start Early (Huffington Post)
• Cosby and Ferguson: Why Addressing Gender Violence and Racial Violence is Not an Either/Or Option  (The Prospect) 
• Domestic Violence Drives Up New York Shelter Population as Housing Options are Scarce (New York Times)

• Innovative Practices for Victim Services (OVC Report from the Field)
• Research in Brief – Teen Dating Violence: How Peers Can Affect Risk and Protective Factor (NIJ)
• OVC TTAC adds 4 new modules to the VAT Online training
• Is domestic violence a bigger problem than we realize?  (Infographic)
• Virginia Adolescent Healthy Relationship Facts (US Dept of Health and Human Services website)
• State Statutory Provisions Addressing Mutual Protection Orders (NCPOFFC report)
• Trans Lifeline (website and hotline for transgender people experiencing a crisis) 
• Understanding the Link Between Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence (private website)
• CDC’s Veto Violence website has been updated
• Rape and Sexual Assault Among College-Age Females (1995 – 2013) (BJS research report)
• Campus [Sexual Assault] Reporting Options (Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force website)
• TA2TA.org  (website for Office on Violence Against Women Technical Assistance Providers to share information about current research, new resources, and training opportunities)
• Rebuilding your self-esteem after abuse (Domesticshelters.org blog)
• Violence just as prevalent in LGBTQ relationships (Domesticshelters.org blog)
• Power Positions – What happens when a person with fame and influence chooses to abuse (Domesticshelters.org blog)
• World Health Organization’s Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014
• Debunking Three Rape Myths (research article, requires journal subscription)
• The Healthy Sex Talk – Teaching Kids Consent, Ages 1 – 21 (The Good Men Project)
• DCJS Model Policy on Human Trafficking
• Home Safe Home: the Housing First Program (Domesticshelters.org blog)