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President Obama Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month

President Obama Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 3, 2011

President Obama released a statement today to mark the beginning of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2011. In it, he affirmed his administration’s commitment to preventing and ending domestic violence in the United States. He also called on all citizens to do our part to teach children the importance of healthy, non-violent relationships.

Read the full statement from President Obama below and join Futures Without Violence in celebrating this important month of awareness.

  

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release October 3, 2011

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, 2011

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we recognize the significant achievements we have made in reducing domestic violence in America, and we recommit ourselves to the important work still before us. Despite tremendous progress, an average of three women in America die as a result of domestic violence each day. One in four women and one in thirteen men will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. These statistics are even more sobering when we consider that domestic violence often goes unreported.

The ramifications of domestic violence are staggering. Young women are among the most vulnerable, suffering the highest rates of intimate partner violence. Exposure to domestic violence puts our young men and women in danger of long-term physical, psychological, and emotional harm. Children who experience domestic violence are at a higher risk for failure in school, emotional disorders, and substance abuse, and are more likely to perpetuate the cycle of violence themselves later in life.

My Administration is working not only to curb domestic violence, but to bring it to an end. Last year, we announced an unprecedented coordinated strategy across Federal agencies to prevent and stop violence against women. We are empowering survivors to break the cycle of abuse with programs to help them become financially independent. We have prevented victims of domestic violence from being evicted or denied assisted housing after abuse. And we are promoting tools for better enforcement of protective orders, while helping survivors gain access to legal representation.

In addition, as part of the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services announced historic new guidelines that will ensure women receive preventive health services without additional cost, including domestic violence screening and counseling. The Affordable Care Act also ensures that insurance companies can no longer classify domestic violence as a pre-existing condition.

Last December, I reauthorized the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, giving communities life-saving tools to help identify and treat child abuse or neglect. It also supports shelters, service programs, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline, linking tens of thousands of victims every month to the resources needed to reach safety. I encourage victims, their loved ones, and concerned citizens to use this hotline for more information at 1-800-799-SAFE or visit www.TheHotline.org.

This is not just a job for government; it is a job for all of us. Vice President Joe Biden's "1is2many" initiative reminds us that everyone has a part to play in ending violence against youth. By engaging men and women, mothers and fathers, and schools and universities in the fight, we can teach our children about healthy relationships. We are asking everyone to play an active role in preventing and ending domestic violence, by stepping up to stop violence when they see it. During National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we recommit to making sure that no one suffers alone, and to assisting those who need help in reaching a safer tomorrow.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2011 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I call on all Americans to speak out against domestic violence and support local efforts to assist victims of these crimes in finding the help and healing they need.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.

BARACK OBAMA

Linda Brakeall Battered Women Standing Up for Themselves

Battered Women Stand Up for Themselves!

One of the worst aspects of being a battered woman is the feeling of being alone, of feeling that no one knows and no one cares. And that you can’t tell anyone because the fear and embarrassment of being exposed as a victim is as bad as the pain of being beaten.
I had an alcoholic abusive father. I’ve been there. I have a very good friend who after years of friendship told me her story about her first husband and how she lived as a captive for 8 years before she found a way to get out and get on with her life.
I don’t have to explain to you what you – and many others – have gone through. You know all that but let me share with you what I’ve learned through a variety of experiences; some of them my own.
Those who batter women are typically bullies and bullies only respect other bullies. You have to get mentally and physically tough enough to stand your ground, draw a line in the sand and GET OUT. Chances are it will not be in that order.
Getting out and getting safe is the first and best choice. You’ll need support to do that. Go to http://www.google.com/ and search "battered women Columbus" or whatever your city or state is and find the resources you need.
Take a self-defense class wherever you can find one. You can often find them close by in adult education at the local high school, college or YMCA. Women who know how to defend and protect themselves stand taller, walk with more confidence and project an aura that discourages abuse.
The underlying issue is all about setting boundaries, isn’t it? And they have to be set early and often. And you have to stand your ground. Most battery doesn’t start with an in-the-hospital beating. Most start with one slap. If the bully got away with that, it escalated…and so on. Self-respect requires boundaries.
If you’ve got kids, you probably know about setting boundaries and just have to apply the same knowledge that you have applied to raising your kids. “No, you cannot have candy before dinner. That’s the rule. You don’t have to like it, but that’s the rule.” You firmly stick to your guns this time and next time it gets easier but if you back down you’ll have to start all over again. And the next time it’s harder because they assume you will buckle. They cannot respect you if they don’t take you seriously.
Strong women set boundaries and are taken seriously. Strong women get respect. Strong women act strong on the outside even when they don’t feel like it on the inside. You can do this. You have a world full of women rooting for you.

Afraid to Love

One of the most beautiful things in this world is to find true love. When you are in love with someone you really do not want the beautiful feelings to end. You feel like you are walking on clouds barefoot and everyone is about love. The pain comes when things are no longer meshing the way that you want, and the love begins to fade. You try to hold on for dear life in hopes that everything will eventually work out, and when it doesn't we are devastated. We experience all sorts of thoughts, we think about revenge and suicide. We want to get that person back for breaking our hearts and we experience so much pain that we want to take our own lives. You can get through, the feelings will change and the pain will subside. You have to know that this is only temporary, as anything in life. Never be afraid to love, because love is truly a learning experience and in order to experience you must take the ride. Never be afraid to ride the train of love, no matter where it may take you.

To love is a Must

Love is a beautiful thing and I believe why we get so angry with our breakups is because we shared our hearts and it hurts when it is not appreciated. To give your heart to someone is not an easy task, and for them not to hold your heart dear is painful and disrespectful, but do not allow hate to cover your spirit, for your heart deserves to be shared with someone else who may or may not appreciate it again. So we must remember there are no guarantees, but the experience is definitely worthwhile.

Failing Leads to Success

You would think as a people all of the hurdles we jump over would keep us in shape, but I believe it sharpens the spirit. You see when you fail at something, you may cry over it, but then you realize, had I done this or that, things would have turned out better. Failing is not failure, it is gaining experience and knowledge. That is why our parents have the right to teach us, because they have more experience in certain areas. You have to fail in order to learn, failing humbles, inspires and allows us to change course and start again. Failing is on the path to success. Sharock P.

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

There are two kinds of people in this world, those that lend a hand, and those that lend a foot, know the difference for who kicks you when you are down and who stretches out a hand to help you up, for one should never get the two confused. Sharock P.

There are always going to be people that support you in this world and people who glow because of your misery. Pay close attention to people you call friends, pay very close attention. Sharock P.

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Written by Associated Press on October 3, 2011 10:06 am

FORT KNOX, Ky.— For Marcia Anderson, the promotion from brigadier general to major general validates the work of everyone who came before her.

Anderson on Thursday became the first African-American woman given a second star as a general in the U.S. Army during a ceremony at Fort Knox. It’s a day, Anderson said, that black soldiers who fought during the Civil War or the Tuskegee Airmen could never have imagined.
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“But, they still signed up and served,” said Anderson, who lives in Verona, Wis., when not on active duty.
Anderson, who will leave her post as deputy commanding general of the Human Resources Command at Fort Knox on Friday, received the promotion after a three-decade long military career. She is moving to the office of the chief of the U.S. Army Reserve in Washington, D.C.
Anderson’s father, Rudy Mahan of Beloit, Wis., served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, but never got to fulfill his dream of flying bombers. He drove trucks instead. It’s something Anderson attributes to the narrow options available to blacks at the time.
“There were just limited opportunities,” Anderson said in an interview after her promotion.
Her military career started almost by accident. When she was a student at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., Anderson signed up for ROTC after being told the “military science” course would fill her science requirement.
“I pretty quickly found out it was much more than a substitute for gym class,” Anderson said.
Ahe stayed with the military, fulfilling her eight year commitment before deciding to re-enlist in the reserves. Anderson, an East St. Louis, Ill., native, said she was a captain, working on training soldiers “just off the street,” when it occurred to her it was a job she enjoyed and wanted to keep doing.
“Before there is a war fighter, there is a trainer,” Anderson said. “I get really excited about training soldiers. I think it’s the best job in the Army.”
The military promoted Anderson periodically and, when she became a brigadier general, Anderson became the highest-ranking African-American woman in the Army. She arrived at Fort Knox about a year ago to work on combining the Army’s Human Resources Command under one roof from stations in Richmond, Va., St. Louis and Indianapolis.
Fort Knox Commander, Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, told Anderson she is “a role model, not only to me and those that worked with you, but to countless soldiers.”
“I am very, very grateful,” Freakley said.
Maj. Gen. Gina Farrisee, who oversees the Human Resources Command, said Anderson was tenacious and diligent in making sure soldiers got the information they needed.
“To me, it is very hard to fathom Human Resources Command without you,” Farrisee said. “This is going to be very hard.”
Despite the plaudits, Anderson never lost sight of what her father and others went through to make her career possible.
“This is for people like him who had dreams deferred,” Anderson said.

Tragic! HS Cheerleader Mysteriously Dies While Cheering

Written by Associated Press on October 3, 2011 11:16 am 

 

LOS ANGELES— When students return for school Monday morning at Washington Prep, they’ll be greeted by crisis counselors and missing one of their beloved classmates, a cheerleader who died after collapsing during a football game.

Angela Gettis, a 16-year-old sophomore at the school, was rallying the crowd Friday night in the fourth quarter of a tie game at Fremont High School when she suffered an apparent cardiac arrest, Los Angeles Unified School District spokesman Tom Waldman said.
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The game stopped as coaches and trainers ran to help. Bystanders performed CPR while waiting for paramedics to arrive. Gettis died about three hours later at a hospital, becoming the second teenage girl from Los Angeles district schools to die over the weekend after a dramatic campus incident.
School officials planned to discuss Gettis at a Monday morning news conference.
School district Superintendent John Deasy said the girl was “a wonderful young lady. It is a catastrophic loss for the school and for the community. My heart goes out to her family.”
Gettis was a good student, said officials at the inner-city school in a rough area of Los Angeles. She planned to attend college and wanted to major in forensic science, school principal Todd Ullah told KABC-TV.
At least two tribute pages memorializing the teen popped up on Facebook as news of her death spread.
Grief counselors and a makeshift memorial also await students at South East High School in South Gate, where a 17-year-old student was stabbed during a lunch break in front of many student witnesses.
The student, Cindi Santana, died at a hospital late Friday night, Deasy said.
Another student and an administrator who tried to help Santana had minor injuries.
Santana’s former boyfriend, 18-year-old Abraham Lopez, was being held on suspicion of murder, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. Deputies reached by phone did not know whether he had retained an attorney.

Disrespect Around the world for Our President

China’s “Obama Fried Chicken” Sign Offends Sharpton, African Americans

Written by NewsOne Staff on October 3, 2011 8:33 am

 

A fast-food restaurant in Beijing called Obama Fried Chicken was derided in America yesterday as a racist rip-off.
Its sign shows a grinning caricature of President Obama’s head on a skinny version of Colonel Sanders’ body.
Below it, written in Chinese, is the slogan: “We’re so cool, aren’t we?”
“It’s insulting, offensive and plays to racial stereotypes,” the Rev. Al Sharpton told The Post.
“What makes it even worse is that when we deal with this global competition between the US and China, for them to be mocking the leader of the free world, I find it even more appalling.”

Big Business Or Slave Labor? What Prisoners Make In Jail

Written by NewsOne Staff on October 3, 2011 2:59 pm

 

 

If you thought slavery or human exploitation was over, think again.

Many human rights organizations are condemining what they call human slavery in which Wall Street investors and big companies are investing in the prison industry as they don’t have to worry about strikes, vacations, compensation time or unemployment insurance. They dont have to deal with sicknesses or lateness. Many of these prisoners are threatened with solitary confinement if they refuse to work for these wages.
This also makes it very clear to people that there are more incentives to lock up people in this country. The US has become extremely attractive to companies who would usually use labor in 3rd world countries. They now look toward prison wages for all the advantages they offer a corporation. The U.S. is 5 percent of the world’s population, but comprises a quarter of all prisoners in the world.
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Check out some random facts about the prison labor industry and some of the companies involved in it.

• Starbucks contractor Signature Packing Solutions once hired Washington prisoners to package holiday coffees as did Nintendo with their Game Boys.
• Microsoft once had prisoners shrink wrap software
• In Texas, inmates produce brooms, brushes, bedding, mattresses, toilets, sinks and showers.
• Dell once had inmates recycle PC’s but a watchdog group pprevented them from doing so because it would expose inmates to toxins.
• Inmates have also produced missile cables. They also cut aircut components which pay them 7.00 an hour when on the outside union wages would be 30.00.
• California inmates sew their own garbs.
• Prisoners in Wisconsin once helped build a Walmart in 2005 until community uproar halted the program.
• Prison industry pproduces 100 pct of all military helments, ammo belts, bulletproof vest, etc.
• Private prisons pay from 93 cents to $4.73 per hour.
• Federal prisons pay from  93 cents to $1.25 per hour.

When Does Supporting Black Men Become Tiring?

Written by Tamika Mallory on September 30, 2011 1:01 pm

A few days ago, a couple of girlfriends and I got together for dinner to catch up, vent and let off some overheated steam. What started off as escapism from our every day battles quickly transformed into a precise focus on those very struggles.
‘Tamika, I want to talk about anything but politics, nothing serious please,’ is what they said.” But before you knew it, our discussion revolving around the men in our lives soon enough was fixated on the economy, jobs, housing, disproportionate incarceration rates – oh, and sex. As these external factors deteriorate, so too does family life, relationships and of course so too does the sex.  It’s time to be frank and honest ladies and gentlemen.
It’s no secret that the economic downfall of ’08 and the continued ramifications have affected us the most. With staggering unemployment rates that are double and sometimes triple the rates of joblessness among whites in some areas, a crippling rate of foreclosures, inadequate schools, reduced after-school programs and diminished opportunities overall, communities of color are bearing the brunt of this financial disaster.  And not surprisingly, more of our men are sometimes resorting to desperate means of providing for their families — and as a result — an astronomical number are finding themselves behind bars. The many that continually push to find legit work are losing faith as they are often the last ones hired in an environment where employers often look out for ‘their own’ first.
My friends and I, some who are married and some in serious relationships, all agreed on one thing:  we’re just flat out tired of trying to encourage these men out here. Even though we fully comprehend the dynamics at play that make it so extraordinarily difficult for our brothers to find work, we are simply exhausted from giving all of our energy and unconditional support – while at the same time holding down our own work. Black men often complain that we nag too much.  But what happens when the nagging stops?  Does that mean that we no longer care?  Or have we matured to a place of understanding what the other person may be going through? Perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between.
While we try to support our men both emotionally (and these days many times financially), we may be forgetting to take care of ourselves as well.  And with more men in jail, we’re clearly not receiving the attention we deserve, and let’s be honest there are also more and more women pleasing other women as a result. When men are broke or struggling, are we just no longer turned on?
The economic crisis clearly isn’t going to be resolved overnight.  But as we women continue to find strength to not only motivate ourselves but the men we love, we must also remind these men to get it together in order to keep the passion alive.  For not only is the Black family structure at risk, but so too is our physical bond as man and woman.  And who in their right mind wants that.

UNITED WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The world censures those who take up arms to defend their causes and calls on them to use nonviolent means in voicing their grievances. But when a people chooses the nonviolent path, it is all too often the case that hardly anyone pays attention. It is tragic that people have to suffer and die and the television cameras have to deliver the pictures to people’s homes every day before the world at large admits there is a problem.
– Bishop Carlos Belo
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Non-violence can truly flourish when the world is free of poverty, hunger, discrimination, exclusion, intolerance and hatred – when women and men can realize their highest potential and live a secure and fulfilling life. Until then, each and every one of us would have to contribute – collectively and individually – to build peace through non-violence.
– Anwarul Chowdhury
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Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
– Cherie Carter-Scott
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The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
– Elderidge Cleaver
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We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.
– Dorothy Day
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For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man’s road to freedom. Once hope has taken hold, courage must unite with wisdom. That is the only way of avoiding violence, the only way of maintaining the calm one needs to respond peacefully to offenses.
– Oscar Arias Sanchez

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT A FAD, IT CONSTANTLY PLAGUES OUR COMMUNITIES

Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.”
– Dianne Feinstein
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“If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night.”
– Rep. Mark Green
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Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
– Salma Hayek
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There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.
– Salma Hayek
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“One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.”  Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.”
– Nicole Kidman
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Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.”
– Herbert Ward
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That’s all nonviolence is – organized love.
– Joan Baez

OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH

“Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you love and think loves you in return. It is estimated that approximately 3 million incidents of domestic violence are reported each year in the United States.”
– Dianne Feinstein
Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations –in contrast to depending on affirmation from others. Judith Bardwick- the Plateauing Trap 8, 1988
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. by Mark Caine – author
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others. Winston Churchill
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“Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.” Charles Jones

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New principal at Rogers Elementary aims high

Ann Broomes is the new principal at G.D. Rogers Garden Elementary in Bradenton. The school will have about 300 students for the 2010-2011 school year. Last year the school received the only F grade of any traditional public school in the region.
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By ROBERT NAPPER
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Published: Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, August 20, 2010 at 9:38 p.m.

BRADENTON - Things could not have gone much worse at G.D. Rogers Garden Elementary School in Bradenton last year, when the new school received the only F grade by any traditional public school in the region.

Facts

Ann Broomes

Age: 45
Family: Husband, Darwin, four sons and a daughter, all
grown.
Education: Bachelor's in accounting, master's in
educational leadership from the University of South Florida.
Teaching experience: 7th-grade Haile Middle School
math teacher for five years.
Administrative experience: Three years as assistant
principal at Orange Ridge-Bullock Elementary School.
Teaching Philosophy: "As a
school system we deal with the whole child. These kids are good kids, they
all just need someone to care."

But the F grade, and test scores that showed only one in five third-graders were proficient in math, have not dampened the enthusiasm of the school's new principal, Ann Broomes.

Broomes faces the same challenges as any new principal -- from learning the names of teachers and staff, to building momentum for learning, to just discovering the lay-out of a new campus.

But Broomes arguably has the toughest task of any of the roughly 15 new principals who take the helm Monday at schools in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Broomes must bring up dismal test scores, and prepare a staff that was almost completely turned over during a shake-up that came in the wake of the F grade.

But she also has to find a way to improve learning among a student population that is overwhelmingly poor and highly diverse at a school whose inaugural principal was ousted after just one year.

And yet, Broomes carries a grin from ear to ear while talking about those challenges, in part because she knows that with an F grade from the state last year, things can only improve.

"I am just so excited. There is just so much positive energy around me," she said. "And the district has given us so much support in everything we need."