This site is being constructed in honor and remembrance of my mother Betty G.Sales-Stumpf. October 29th, 2008 -A Battered Mother, a survivor and Grandmother- now 'un-chained' and flys with the wind. Granny- loves her granddaughter more than anything- you baby are the light in her heart, and she is the wind beneath your wings, fly high, fly free-and Never, ever not ever---give up, Be the Change - You are powerful and Awesome. Courageous Kids-the future indeed is yours  more: 

"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere."

 - Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel

SUSAN MURPHY MILANO'S JOURNAL

              Domestic Violence Expert and Strategist Author-Advocate- Media Consultant

 www.AngelFury.org

www.RightsForMothers.com

www.TheLizLibrary.org

www.LeadershipCouncil.org

www.StopFamilyViolence.org

Fighting the 'Hidden American Disgrace of Court Abused Children'

   KS-FCRC is a coalition of advocates, professionals and organizations formed in response to the national crisis in the custody, care, juvenile, domestic court system, where all too often, victims of domestic violence and or child abuse-Judges order children to live with abusers, and or; are routinely  placed in 'foster care'- forced therapeutic jurisprudence-  Judges silence, sever contact with, sanction and or jail the parent who tries to protect their children from harm.

Domestic Violence (DV) by Proxy: 

Why Terrorist Tactics Employed by Batterers Are Not "PAS"

• New Domestic Violence is on The Rise In Shawnee County

• SPECIAL: Kansas Senate Joint Committee on Children's Issues

  Testimonies Dec 4, 2009   

What IS Fair for Children of Abusive Men?   

by Jack C. Straton, Ph.D.

This is Really Hard to Believe

    By Barry Nolan  

Video for Jana  

 

 

 

 

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

 There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible,

but in the end, they always fall––think of it--always. -- Gandhi  

www.AngelFury.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Center for Judicial Excellence "Photo Exhibit"     

 

  2008 Family Law Documentary: Crisis in America's Courts; Our Children at Risk

 

PBS: Documentary: Breaking the Silence; Childrens Stories

 

 

 

The Leadership Council - Press Release Sept 22, 2008

Over 58,000 children a year court ordered into unsupervised contact with abusers According to a conservative estimate by experts at the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence (LC), more than 58,000 children a year are ordered into unsupervised contact with physically or sexually abusive parents following divorce in the United States. This is over twice the yearly rate of new cases of childhood cancer. (more )

 

Video and Speakers from the Sixth

Annual Battered MothersCustody Conference 

January 9th-12th, 2009 Albany, NY

http://bmcc6.blip.tv/

 

The Faces of Battered Women and The Loss of Their Children.  News media BMCC, Albany, NY   BatteredMothersCustodyConference.org

Battered Mothers Custody Conference Interviews [IMPORTANT: The following audiovisual piece includes real-life interviews featuring disturbing verbal content and statements on child abuse and domestic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.]

 

Commentary   womensforum.com By Garland Waller   The start of the New Year always fills me with hope, with plans for change, with determination. But for me, there is also an annual event that overshadows the hoopla and superficial goals. For me, the New Year heralds the Battered Mothers Custody Conference ... full article

This is Really Hard to Believe   Opinion By Barry Nolan      This is really hard to believe. I am sitting in a room filled with women who were beaten, and violated in terrible ways. The room is not in Bosnia, or some far flung third-world hell-hole. I am in a function room in a hotel in Albany at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference. ... full article

 

 

 

"Fighting the 'Hidden American Disgrace"
of Court Abused Children"

 

We lived in fear, depression, hopelessness and helplessness for years. Some of us ran away from our abusers. Some could not handle the trauma and committed suicide." "We who survived, got older and stronger. Now we are telling the world how much we were hurt, first by our abusers and then by the courtthat refused to protect us. 

 

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