White House Appoints Lynn Rosenthal as White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
Jun 27th, 2009 by admin
Washington, D.C. – The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) today applauded President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for naming Lynn Rosenthal as White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. A champion in the movement against domestic and sexual violence for three decades, Rosenthal led NNEDV from 2000 to 2006
Prior to her service at NNEDV, Rosenthal directed the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. There, she developed groundbreaking service models for rural and legal services. She also created the state’s first comprehensive plan to help survivors find housing. Rosenthal most recently served as the executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
She played a major advocacy role in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and 2005 and has assisted states and local communities with its implementation.
Rosenthal has also worked closely with corporate partners to bring millions of dollars to local communities to respond to domestic violence. She has also partnered with The Allstate Foundation to develop a national initiative to promote economic empowerment for survivors of violence.
By choosing Lynn, the administration is choosing to make a real difference in the lives of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.”
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This all looks fine to those who have not witnessed the real truth inside the secret family courts, where reporting domestic violence is the worst move you can ever make.
It is a secret trap. Money is the name of this game and lawyers are the only players - as abused and abusers are pawns on the board, as are the children.
So few professionals have any idea of what domestic abuse is really about- they just do not get it.!!
Women are seen as possessions of the Patriarch subconsciously.
Court is a patriarchal corporation where most judges and agents of the state condone domestic violence and invariably blame the woman.
If the system was protecting protective mothers- then why do we have over 100,000 women with children on the run from their male abusers and the system designed to protect them??
I have been working since 1995 on this and see the situation get worse not better.
And why do lawyers (even women lawyers who specialize in ‘family practise’) still treat their abused clients as though they want or deserve the abuse–or else they’d just leave?
This is in the same category as divorcing women having to sue for part of “his” earnings, pension, assets. Pardon me? If she had a right to family assets, she wouldn’t have to spend thousands lining the pockets, again, of those family lawyers, who in the end, usually receive more than she does.
I have no idea about the appointment.
AN OPEN LETTER TO LYNN ROSENTHAL,
NEW WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
On June 26, 2009, Vice President Biden named Lynn Rosenthal as White House Advisor on Violence Against Women (VAW). Rosenthal has championed the movement against domestic and sexual violence for three decades, leading the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) from 2000 to 2006. Most recently, she served as executive director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Previously, she played a major advocacy role in reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act and assisted states and communities with its implementation. For the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, she developed service models and created the state’s first comprehensive plan to help survivors find housing. She has also worked with corporate partners to promote economic empowerment for survivors and to bring millions of dollars in aid to communities in responding to domestic violence.
Ms. Lynn Rosenthal
White House Advisor on Violence Against Women
Dear Ms. Rosenthal,
As you are aware, domestic violence is a matter of life and death for millions of women. There simply is no excuse for domestic violence resources to fail to assist victims in need—yet each month, it is estimated that thousands of abused women are turned away from state and federally funded domestic violence coalitions and shelters each month. These victims have no recourse when this happens, and no place to report their experiences or grievances.
The cold, hard reality is that these victims are falling through the cracks—ignored by the very organizations whose mission it is to assist them. Because of this failure, a growing number of victims are reaching out to Survivors In Action (SIA), a non-profit national advocacy group that provides individual assistance to victims of domestic abuse.
Ms. Rosenthal, given your extraordinary qualifications and clear commitment to preventing domestic violence, SIA is encouraged by your appointment as White House Advisor. Your appointment signals recognition at the highest levels of government that now is the time for real change and domestic violence resource reform. Without such reform, more victims will be subject to what advocates and victims now refer to as “The DV Run Around,” and more will die.
We believe the DV Run Around occurs in large part because there is so little oversight of how funds are used by the thousands of state and federally funded domestic violence organizations and no assessment of whether these organizations are meeting victims’ needs. Accordingly, SIA is leading a two-pronged movement for national domestic violence resource reform:
• First, we are advocating that the government audit the federal grants and other funds that domestic violence organizations receive to determine how these funds are being used and to ensure accountability.
• Second, we are advocating the creation of a Federal Domestic Violence Oversight Committee to oversee state and federally funded domestic violence organizations and provide victims a place to document their experiences and file complaints.
As evidence of increasing public recognition of the urgent need for measures like these, we have obtained more than 1,000 signatures on our petition for Domestic Violence Resource Reform in just a matter of weeks.
As stated by Family Violence Prevention Fund President Esta Soler, “At a time when domestic, dating and sexual violence are pervasive problems that touch every community, and on average three women are murdered each day by their husbands or boyfriends, we need renewed attention to this issue and increased resources for victims and prevention measures.”
Ms. Rosenthal, I can’t express this any more clearly than Ms. Soler has in her statement above. The victims of domestic violence desperately need—and SIA respectfully requests—your support for the above measures. Please stand up for these reforms now.
Thank you so much for your attention and concern.
Sincerely,
Alexis A. Moore
President
Survivors In Action
“No Victim Left Behind”
What is Survivors In Action?
Survivors In Action (SIA) is a non-profit national advocacy group that supports victims and the families of victims of any crime, including domestic violence, identity theft, elder abuse, cyber-stalking, stalking, child abuse, rape, and sexual assault, Other national organizations typically help victims at specific points in their abusive experience cycle—such as when they first report the abuse or in writing parole opposition letters—leaving “gaps” in needed services. SIA is the only organization that fills the gaps, providing support through all stages of the journey from victim to survivor, with no time limitations, cut-off dates, or conditions. Our mission is to ensure that no victim anywhere in the nation is left behind.