Remembering Domestic Abuse Victims and Survivors – Sharing of The Hotline.org
https://www.thehotline.org/
I recently came across an excellent resource that I wanted to share as we are approaching Memorial Day…as a day to remember and honor America's military men and women who lost their lives in service to their country. It’s also a great day to remember those people who are fighting for their lives on a daily basis as survivors of domestic violence.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Victims and survivors contacting The Hotline can expect highly-trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.
They have an extensive list of resources to help identify abuse and support resources: https://www.thehotline.org/identify-abuse/
The also have information specifically for Native American Services: https://www.thehotline.org/get-help/native-american-domestic-violence/
There is also a listing of the services offered for Legal Help: https://www.thehotline.org/get-help/domestic-violence-legal-help/
From this webpage you can find a link to The National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors, formerly known as the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. This website addresses the unique needs of victims of gender-based violence who have been criminalized as a result of their experiences of being abused by providing specialized technical assistance, resources, and support for victims and their defense teams. Equally important, they also train and build alliances among national, state-wide, and local organizations to improve justice for survivors everywhere.
Here is a list of services they offer:
Provide support in the form of technical assistance, consultations, training, and assessments to communities and organizations looking to create systemic change.
Develop research, guides, and other tools to address trends and “hot topics” related to gender-based violence.
Serve as a resource for local advocacy programs and state coalitions interested in providing enhanced legal responses and support to survivors.
Support appellate advocacy through legal research, analysis and writing support.
Serve as experts for policymakers and the media.
Identify best practices in systems and local communities and help promote their implementation nationwide.
Undertake special projects to identify emerging issues, and ensure the resources we provide are based on the realities of all survivors.
They have an extensive list of resources available for the following topics:
Children and Domestic Violence
Coercive Control
Defense Center For Criminalized Survivors
Gun Violence
Institutional Analysis
Legal Approaches To Prevent Family Violence
Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit
Reimagining Coordinated Community Response (CCR)
Systems Change and Advocacy
They also have excellent information for Criminalized Survivors. Criminalized survivors are victims whose experiences of being abused are related in some way to their involvement in the criminal legal system. Often, they are arrested and incarcerated for doing what they needed to do to survive and protect their children and loved ones. Criminalized survivors are re-victimized by the very systems that were intended to protect them. Defense attorneys, advocates, and others interested in assisting criminalized survivors can find an extensive list of resources as well.
In my particular situation….I have made several references in recent articles and on the https://reportabusecayuga.com/ website to the “orchestrated meat grinder incident”…which is only 2 weeks away from the one-year anniversary of an incident that has changed my life and so many others lives forever….with no end in sight and no due process with the corrupt legal system in Cayuga County. I wish I would have found this website a year ago…so I wanted to share it now, in case some else could benefit from the resources. Of course I also just reached out to them to explain my own situation as well as providing them with the link to the Cayuga County Case Study webpage which details what Cayuga County, NY and Cornell University have been doing to keep my time occupied. I also extended the offer to provide them with the substantial amount of documentation and reports that I have been filing with various organizations…in spite of the serious unethical and corrupt systems that I am facing through the Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office and as a result of Cornell University’s (now infamous) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies which are very much in the news these days...of of May 21, 2024 to be exact.
In the spirit of trying to force GOOD out of challenging situations, I wanted to share these excellent resources with you…as I know I am not alone in these types of battles. For those people who may be in a similar situation as me...I hope you remember how I am facing these battles and that you gain strength from my ACTIONS...and from knowing that I will continue to fight back until there is a resolution to this grotesque abuse that I continue to be subjected to. They may try to break me physically, mentally, and financially….but they will never break my spirit. Never.
-Jerry
