This week we are speaking with Captain Eric Threlkeld. Eric will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working within Law Enforcement primarily in New Mexico and abroad and how survivor voices and their histories have been and are his mentors.

For most of the last 20 years, Captain Eric Threlkeld has focused much of his efforts on advising police and community members on domestic violence investigations and community-based approaches to protecting victims and their children.  

Captain Threlkeld spent seven years as a police officer and police adviser in Europe with the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Armenia. Some notable accomplishments in the Balkans include developing the United Nations Mission in Kosovo Police Domestic Violence Unit, implementing a police bicycle patrol unit for the University of Pristina in Kosovo, and the first Community Oriented Police Team in The Republic of North Macedonia.

Captain Threlkeld has lectured and facilitated training on domestic violence in many communities, nationally and internationally, and is a District Court-recognized subject matter expert on the signs and symptoms of non-fatal strangulation and domestic violence.    

Captain Threlkeld is a graduate of the FBI National Academy Class 281 and has a Master of Public Safety degree from the University of Virginia. Currently, Captain Threlkeld leads the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division. 

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at ⁠⁠www.thehotline.org⁠⁠. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at ⁠⁠https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources⁠⁠. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: ⁠⁠https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/⁠⁠. You are not alone.

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This week we are speaking with Angela Phillips Program Manager of the BIP at Grammy’s House. Angela will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

Greetings, all! My name is Angela Phillips. I have been a resident of Artesia, NM for the past seventeen (17) years. I am the program manager and facilitator for the Batterer Intervention Program (BIP) at Grammy’s House. I also facilitate parenting classes. BIP is a 52-week program for men and/or women who have engaged in using force in their intimate relationships. Anyone may attend the program; however, it is typically court-ordered following a conviction of a domestic battery charge or if child protective services deem it beneficial for the family unit. I thoroughly enjoy engaging with clients and encouraging them to use the tools learned in group sessions to help them become better partners, learn more about themselves, or become better parents. I have a bachelor’s degree in social work from Eastern New Mexico University and will be pursuing a master’s degree in the same field from Western New Mexico University starting in the summer of 2024. I feel BIP is an integral part in the eradication of domestic violence as it goes directly to the source of domestic violence. I’m thankful to be part of Grammy’s House and the opportunity to help make changes in our community one client at a time.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at ⁠www.thehotline.org⁠. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at ⁠https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources⁠. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: ⁠https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/⁠. You are not alone.

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This week we are speaking with David Mandel, creator of the Safe & Together Model. David will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence while prioritizing the safety of survivors and children.

With over 35 years' experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, David is the creator of the Safe & Together Model, a transformational approach to changing how systems and practitioners respond to domestic violence when children are involved. He has identified how a perpetrator pattern-based approach can improve the ability to partner with survivors, intervene with perpetrators as parents, and improve outcomes for children.

David is the founder of the Safe & Together Institute, which works with governments and NGOs across the globe, including Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Through their live training, organizational consulting, e-learning, and trainer certification, the Safe & Together Institute provides organizations and systems with a wide range of practice change tools. Currently, the Institute supports almost 300 Certified Trainers and 80 Partner Agencies worldwide. The Model has proven its relevance to multiple sectors, including family court, substance use, law enforcement, mental health, multi-agency efforts, and other disciplines.  The Institute regularly hosts conferences on “Coercive Control and Children” in all the major areas it operates.

David has written or co-written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and white papers, including his most recent one on the alignment of the Safe & Together Model with the children's best interest framework. The Institute's work is regularly the subject of research studies, including a current project examining the relevance of the Model in a First Nation context in Australia. He has just published his first book, "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform the Way We Keep Children Safe from Domestic Violence," which is available online through Amazon.com.  David is co-host, with his partner, Ruth Reymundo Mandel, of one of the most international domestic violence podcast, Partnered with A Survivor.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

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This week we are speaking with David Weaver. David will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence. David will also discuss his earlier work in law enforcement.

David Weaver was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM.  After High school he joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve and started school at the University of New Mexico. After a year he transferred to New Mexico State University where he received a Bachelors of Arts (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Criminal Justice.David started his law enforcement career in Sept. 1990 at the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department. In the following 15 years he worked Patrol, K-9, and was the first Medic on the Special Response Team, eventually becoming a supervisor on that team.In 2004 David moved to northern New Mexico to be closer to my parents and started working for the Taos Police Department, eventually becoming it's Chief of Police and meeting my wife Valorie in the process.After retiring in 2016 David spent a few years becoming a Class III river guide, working in the Cannabis industry, and competing in 24-hour wilderness survival competitions. After a while, David felt the need to get back into working for his community and connected with Community Against Violence and started in their BIP Program as a Facilitator. David’s interests are Dogs, Coffee, Jiu Jitsu.....rinse, repeat!

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at ⁠www.thehotline.org⁠. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at ⁠https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources⁠. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: ⁠https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/⁠. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

This week we are speaking with Johnnie Trujillo. Johnnie will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence. Johnnie will also discuss his earlier work in law enforcement.

Johnnie Trujillo is the Executive Director of El Puente del Socorro. El Puente del Socorro is a Domestic Violence Service Provider for Victim/Survivors, and Children, along with being a certified Domestic Violence Offender Treatment and Intervention Program provider. Johnnie has been the Executive Director of El Puente for 22 years. Prior to joining El Puente, Johnnie was a Law Enforcement Officer for 24 years with the Socorro Police Department. Johnnie retired in 2000 having served the last 10 years of his tenure as the Chief of Police. Johnnie has Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters degree in Administration of Justice and Security.(Referenced during the interview) Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994) | Full Movie | Jason Bateman | James Wilder | Arye Gross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaj52ev7Q4U

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at ⁠www.thehotline.org⁠. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at ⁠https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources⁠. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: ⁠https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/⁠. You are not alone.

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This week we are speaking with Darald Hanusa. Darald will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

Dr. Darald Hanusa is a Board-Certified Diplomate (BCD) in Clinical Social Work and is licensed in the State of Wisconsin as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He currently holds the following credentials: Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor (LSAC), Certified Batterer Treatment Provider (WBTPA), Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP). He has a certificate in Corporate Counseling which includes study in Personnel Psychology, Organizational Development and Workforce Development. Dr. Hanusa is a Senior Preceptor and Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a 1997 recipient of the Luan Gilbert Award for outstanding contributions in domestic violence intervention and prevention awarded by the Dane County Commission on Sensitive Crimes, Domestic Violence Coordinated Community Response Task Force. He is a member of the Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Providers Association and the Dane County domestic violence task force, both of which he is a founding member and past chair. Clinically, Dr. Hanusa has specialized in the area of domestic violence with both perpetrators and the survivors of violence since 1980. Since 1989 he has offered assessment and treatment services for abusive men through the ATAM Program (Alternatives and Treatment for Abusive Men) and counseling for survivors through the Midwest Domestic Violence Resource Center at the Midwest Center for Human Services. He currently offers services in English and Spanish. Dr. Hanusa has provided several hundred presentations, lectures, appearances and workshops concerning a variety of topics. He provides consultation, expert witness services and training to private and public agencies and professionals working with domestic violence, workplace violence, corporate communication and anger management-fitness for duty issues. He has conducted training workshops nationally and internationally, including work with the Department of Defense, Naval and Marine Corps Family Advocacy Programs. Utilizing approaches that focus on cognitive-behavioral, motivational and interpersonal therapies, Dr. Hanusa provides general mental health services for individuals, couples, families, and groups focusing on marital relationship issues, assertiveness/communication skills, stress and anxiety, anger management, child and adolescent behavioral problems, parenting skills, mood disorders, self-esteem and substance abuse.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

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This week we are speaking with Alyce LaViolette. Alyce will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

Alyce LaViolette has worked with victims of intimate partner violence since 1978 and founded one of the first programs in the country (Alternatives to Violence) to work with perpetrators of abuse in 1979.  She speaks nationally and internationally on gender, assessment of dangerousness, hands-on interventions with victims and perpetrators, prevention and expert testimony. Alyce is a speaker for the U.S. State Dept. and recently traveled to Vietnam to work with community and governmental groups. Ms. LaViolette has qualified as an expert witness in criminal, family law, federal and civil cases.  She has published peer-reviewed articles as well as a parenting curriculum (For Our Children), when domestic violence has been an issue and the Sage Publication best-selling book, “It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay”. Alyce has been a keynote or featured speaker at conferences all over the country and received numerous awards for her work including a Lifetime Achievement Award. Also, listen to Alyce’s Ted Talk.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

This week we are speaking with David Adams co-founder of ⁠Emerge⁠. David will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

David Adams was co-founder of ⁠Emerge⁠; the nation’s first abuser intervention program. David is an international expert on domestic violence, abusers, abuser interventions and collaborations, risk assessment, and effects of abuse on adult and child victims, having been a trainer in 48 states and 26 nations. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters and three books, including ⁠Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners⁠.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

NMCADV is excited to announce our brand new podcast — Speaking Of!

Speaking Of is a podcast for people who are directly and indirectly involved in the movement to end domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and in particular, men's violence against women.

Hosted by NMCADV's Director of Battering Intervention & Systems Response, David Garvin, this podcast is an opportunity to focus both on the rich history of battering and abuse intervention work, as well as the current innovations that are taking place now.

Episodes will release on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode!

This week we are speaking with Melissa Scaia. Melissa will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working within multiple arenas including Abuse Intervention Programs, Women Who Use Force, The Coordinated Community Response, Supervised Visitation Programs, and Survivor Services.

Melissa (Petrangelo) Scaia has worked to address gender-based violence for nearly 25 years locally in Minnesota, nationally, and globally.  She is committed to continuing to be a practitioner in work that she trains on internationally related to domestic violence/coercive control.  In Minnesota, she works part-time for Domestic Abuse Project as an Intervention/Prevention Therapist for their men’s intervention program and as the Systems Advocate Coordinator of the Minneapolis Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to domestic violence.  She works internationally as part of the Global Alliance for Women’s Safety and Equality (GAWSE).  As part of GAWSE, she works for UN Women to provide training and technical assistance, currently in Greece, Moldova, and the Asia-Pacific region.  She provides training and technical assistance on addressing women’s use of violence in a CCR and in non-violence programs as co-founder of Domestic Violence Turning Points. She co-wrote a curriculum and videos for working with perpetrators as fathers entitled, Addressing Fatherhood with Men Who Batter.  She is the former Director of International Training at Global Rights for Women, co-founder of Pathways to Family Peace, and former executive director of Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP), also known as “the Duluth Model.”  Before working in Duluth, she was an advocate and the executive director of Advocates for Family Peace (AFFP) for 17 years, a local domestic violence advocacy program.  She wrote her master's thesis on the effects of domestic violence on children and wrote her doctoral dissertation proposal on addressing the safety needs of adult victims of domestic violence and their children in supervised visitation centers. Recently, she authored Safe Consultations with Survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls, a UN Women global guidance on how to conduct focus groups and interviews with survivors.  She serves on the steering committee for the US’s National Network of Abuse Intervention Programs, where she was also recently given the COMPASS award for her work, research, and innovation related to her work on addressing women’s use of violence.  She has also served as a National Advisory Committee Member for Law & Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation for survivor-based healing.  She has conducted assessments and research on topics related to domestic violence:  1) women’s use of violence; 2) using videoconference software to conduct men’s batter intervention programming (BIP); 3) Minneapolis police response to domestic violence; and 4) a needs assessment on North Dakota’s response to domestic violence.  She has also testified/consulted as an expert witness on domestic violence/coercive control in criminal and civil court cases since 2006.

Contact Information:

melissascaia@icloud.com

+01-218-969-3498 – phone/text/WhatsApp

Melissa Petrangelo Scaia – Facebook/Instagram and Linked In

@MelissaScaia – X (Twitter)

www.domesticviolenceexpert.net
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

This week we are speaking with Michael Paymar.Michael will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence and his experiencebeing a part of the development of the Coordinated Community Response.

Michael Paymar, MPA

Michael Paymar is the executive director of Education for Critical Thinking an organization committed to ending gender-based violence and increasing womenin law enforcement. He worked at the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) and the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) for over thirty years.

In 2014 in Geneva Switzerland, Michael accepted the Gold Policy Award (celebrating the best global-policy on ending violence against women and girls) presented by theWorld Futures Council, United Nations Women and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The award was in recognition of the Duluth Model, its founder the late Ellen Pence, organizers at the DAIP, leaders of the criminal justice system, lawenforcement, battered women’s programs and human service providers that contributed to the success of the model.

Michael has conducted training on the implementation of the Coordinated Community Response(CCR) for effective interventions in domestic violence cases in Montenegro, Tajikistan, Republic of Georgia, Morocco, Slovenia, Hungary, China, Scotland, Israel, Sweden, Ireland, Japan, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland, and throughoutthe United States including Guam and Puerto Rico.   

Michael and Ellen Pence co-authored the book Education Groups for Men who Batter: The Duluth Model, thecurriculum Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter; one of the most widely used treatment programs for IPV offenders. They also wrote and produced the award-winning documentary With Impunity: Men andGender Violence.

Michael is the author of the book Violent No More:Helping Men End Domestic Abuse—now in its 3rd edition. This self-help book and the accompanying workbook is widely used in offender groups, by counselors who work with IPV offenders, abusive men who want to change, andwomen seeking to understand the dynamics of battering.   

Michael served on the Duluth City Council for eight years and in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 18 years. In the Legislature, Michael chaired the Public Safety Committee which had financial oversight over the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Department of Corrections, Department of Human Rights and crime victim programs. He was a leader in combating sex-trafficking, funding crime victim programs, prison reform, human rights and gun violence prevention.

Michael earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Hamline University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the College of St. Scholastica.

Video: Michael Paymar, Battered Women’s Movement Leader

This week we are speaking with Yesenia Delgado. Yesenia will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

Yesenia Delgado was born in 1998 in Las Cruces, NM, to parents who immigrated from Mexico in pursuit of the American dream. In 2015, she was part of the varsity tennis team that led Gadsden High School to the NM State Tournament for the first time in 35 years. During her senior year, she competed in New Mexico’s 2016 Educators Rising State Conference, where she won second place in the K-3 Children’s Literature competition with a book she wrote and illustrated using traditional watercolor. Yesenia graduated in the top ten percentile of her class and received several scholarships, including the Regent’s Success Scholarship, the Ralph W. Dressel Memorial Endowed Scholarship, and the Hiram Hadley Scholarship, which enabled her to begin her studies at NMSU as a Crimson Scholar. She pursued a major in English with a focus on creative writing and minors in English literature and art.

In 2021, Yesenia worked with Border Servant Corps, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting immigrants and refugees while promoting social justice along the U.S. - Mexico border. July of 2022, she began her career at La Casa, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing support and services to victims of domestic violence. She started as a compliance monitor for their Behavior Intervention Program, which aims to address and reduce domestic violence by working with individuals who perpetrate domestic violence. Four months later, Yesenia stepped up to the challenge and expanded her role to facilitate La Casa’s first Spanish-speaking BIP group. In July of 2023, she was promoted to supervisor of the program.

This week we are speaking with Paul Kivel, social justice educator, activist and writer. Paul will share his rich history of his work in social justice.

PAUL KIVEL is a social justice educator, activist and writer whose work spans five decades in community education, engaged parenthood, political writing, and practical activism.

Kivel works for collective healing, transformation and justice. He asks us “How can we live and work together to nurture each individual and create a multicultural society based on love, caring, justice, and interdependence with all living things?”

Kivel was a co-founder of the Oakland Men’s Project and a leader in the anti-violence movement developing resources to work with men against sexism and male violence.  He is also part of the group that started SURJ—Showing Up for Racial Justice and a leader in the anti-racist movement developing resources for white people working for racial, economic and gender justice. 

Kivel’s most recent books are a revised, updated 4th edition of Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice and Living in the Shadow of the Cross.https://paulkivel.com/  https://christianhegemony.org/

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

This week we are speaking with Aaron Newman Program Manager of the BIP at Family Crisis Center. Aaron will share the rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence.

Aaron has spent the majority of his career serving his community.  Aaron began serving his community when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps two months after graduating High School.  While serving in the Marine Corps Aaron gained the skills and traits to become a compassionate leader, instructor, and mentor with the desire to help others.  Aaron continued to serve his community at his local senior center where he served and advocated for older adults to enrich and improve their quality of life, which led Aaron to become an Elder Abuse Advocate at the Family Crisis Center.  While at the Family Crisis Center Aaron like many others working in the Domestic Violence field serves and advocates in multiple areas and capacities for those affected by abuse and violence.  Aaron now facilitates Battering Intervention groups for both men and women.  Aaron’s desire to serve and help others continues as he educates and serves those in his groups with compassion and empathy. 

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

Love our conversations? Make sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. You can submit questions and feedback to dgarvin@nmcadv.org.

Join us this week for Men Stopping Violence - Speaking Of: Men Stopping Violence! Ulester Douglas, Dick Bathrick, and Greg Loughlin will share their rich history of the Social Justice work provided by Men Stopping Violence in the movement to end domestic violence.

Ulester Douglas is a social justice advocate, licensed psychotherapist, former executive, and a nationally recognized leader in the movement to end violence against women.

Mr. Douglas has provided consultation, training, and keynote presentations in 40-plus states, Europe and the Caribbean. For his advocacy to end domestic violence, Douglas was honored by Lifetime Television for Women, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the Ford Motor Company, and the City of Atlanta. He has also received numerous awards including a National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, the National District Attorneys Association’s Stephen L. Von Riesen Lecturer of Merit Award, the National Black Herstory Task Force’s Comrade Salute Award, the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Collaborate Award, and the Deborah C. McDorman Memorial Award for “Exemplary Humanitarian Efforts and Advocacy to End Domestic Violence.” In 2010 Mr. Douglas was invited to the White House to help commemorate the launch of the Obama administration’s domestic violence initiatives. And in 2015 he was appointed to the Georgia Commission on Family Violence by then-Governor Nathen Deal.

He has authored and co-authored articles and curricula on family violence and other social justice issues including the book chapter “Working With African American Men Who Batter: A Community-Centered Approach to Prevention and Intervention.”

As a consultant and trainer, Dick Bathrick brings analysis and practice regarding gender race and class to promote transformational change in individuals, organizations and communities. Bathrick co-founded Men Stopping Violence (MSV) in 1982, and he brings more than three decades of experience in progressive social change to the work of ending violence against women. 

As part of MSV’s national training team, he has co-led trainings for a variety of organizations, including the National Council of Churches, the US. Army and U.S. Marines, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, The National College of District Attorneys, and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

He is the author or co-author of a number of articles including, “⁠Deconstructing Male Violence Against Women: The Men Stopping Violence Community Accountability Model⁠” (2008, Violence Against Women, Sage Publications); “⁠How Do You Know Your Batterer Program Works?⁠ (2007, Domestic Violence Report); and “Male Privilege and Male Violence: Patriarchy’s Root and Branch” (1990, The Crossing Press). He has co-authored several curricula, including the manuals Men at Work: Building Safe Communities and Men Stopping Violence: A Program for Change.

He also authored the book “⁠WE ARE THE WORK, The Making of Men Stopping Violence⁠” 

Greg Loughlin is an Atlanta-based writer, trainer, facilitator, and policy advocate with over 20 years of experience engaging men and communities to prevent male violence against women.He is an instructor at Georgia State University’s School of Social Work and a consultant with the Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults (IVYY) Project at Grady Health System. Previous leadership positions include Director of Strategic Initiatives at Men Stopping Violence; Executive Director of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence; and Co-Coordinator of the Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project.

In 2020, he co-authored a chapter on preventing male sexual violence published in the Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan by Springer Cham.

He invites you to connect with him at ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-loughlin/⁠

This week we are speaking with Dr. Lisa Young Larance. Lisa will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with Women Who Use Force and Abuse Intervention Programs.

Lisa Young Larance, PhD, LCSW, LMSW, is a distinguished practitioner-researcher with wide-ranging clinical, community, and prison-based practice experience. Her direct service work includes providing individual trauma-informed therapy, co-facilitating intervention groups, and program design and implementation. Dr. Young Larance’s macro-social work practice is rooted in meeting organizational and community needs while serving violence-involved families. She is known globally as an anti-violence intervention pioneer who created foundational and innovative community-based programming for diverse women with domestic and sexual violence survivorship histories brought to systems attention for their use of non-fatal force [See the Vista Program and curriculum (JBWS, Morris County, New Jersey, USA) and the RENEW Program (Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.)]. She also co-developed and implemented Meridians for Incarcerated Women serving women housed in Michigan Department of Corrections facilities. Dr. Young Larance’s extensive consulting work includes the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence (U.S.A.), Harmony House’s Nurturing Hearts Violence Prevention Program (Hong Kong, China), the +SHIFT Program (Victoria, Australia), and the United States Air Force’s Family Advocacy Program (Global). Her leading-edge scholarship focuses primarily on understanding systems-involved women’s legal, child protection, and antiviolence intervention experiences. Dr. Young Larance investigates how women’s institutional contact can both replicate intimate harm and facilitate positive change. Her work emphasizes the strategies women employ to navigate surveilling systems and their agency in healing from trauma while creating community. She is widely published, most notably in Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, BMJ Open, International Social Work, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Psychology of Violence, and Violence Against Women. Her forthcoming book, Broken: Women’s stories of intimate and institutional harm and repair, was published by the University of California Press and available August 6, 2024. Dr. Young Larance is an assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, there is help available. Please call The Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit their website on a safe device at www.thehotline.org. Or find your nearest New Mexico domestic violence program at https://www.nmcadv.org/find-nm-resources. 

If you are looking for an intervention program, click this link to see a listing for most States in the USA: https://www.biscmi.org/offender-intervention-programs-listing-by-state/. You are not alone.

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Erin House's article on Women Who Use Force: https://www.biscmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wwuferinhouse.pdfMeridians curriculum: https://www.batteringinterventiontraining.com/26-2/
Ellen Pence video from the BISC-MI Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orZM13MakVMPractitioner Panel: Practical Complexities and Considerations of Providing Groups for Court-Ordered Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_iitjb7HnUWhen She Hits Him (National Conference): https://www.biscmi.org/wshh/

Lisa Young Larance website: https://www.lisayounglarance.com/Lisa Young Larance Book: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/broken/paper

This week we are speaking with Ed Gondolf. Ed will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by focusing his research and work with those who perpetrate the intimate partner abuse.

Curriculum Vita

Edward W. Gondolf, EdD, MPH is the former director of Research for the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute (MARTI; 1990-2011), where he conducted grant-funded research on the response of the courts, mental health practitioners, alcohol treatment clinicians, and batterer programs to domestic violence. He is best known as the lead investigator of the multi-site evaluation of batterer intervention programs funded by the Centers for Disease Control from 1994 to 2001. In 2005, he completed a four-year clinical trial of specialized counseling for African-American men arrested for domestic violence, under a grant from the National Institute of Justice, and a comparison study of case management with similar men under a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. He most recently evaluated the effectiveness of supplemental mental health treatment for domestic violence offenders under a four-year NIJ grant.

Gondolf is also professor emeritus of Sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During 1991 to 1994, he was the founding president of the Domestic Abuse Counseling Center in Pittsburgh. From 1988 to 1992, Gondolf served as a research fellow at the Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, and as clinical consultant to the Domestic Relations Clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh. He was research consultant to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1993-96, and other current research projects.

Gondolf has authored 10 books on wife abuse, including Men Who Batter: An Integrated Approach to Stopping Wife Abuse (Learning Publications, 1985), Battered Women as Survivors: An Alternative to Treating Learned Helplessness (Lexington Books, 1988), Psychiatric Response to Family Violence: Identifying and Confronting neglected Danger (Lexington Books, 1990), Assessing Woman Battering in Mental Health Services (Sage Publications, 1998), and Batterer Intervention Systems: Issues, Outcomes and Recommendations (Sage Publications, 2002), as well as over 140 research and clinical articles on men who batter, domestic violence in general, and community development.

His most recent books are the critical research review The Future of Batterer Programs: Reassessing Evidence-Based Practice (Northeastern University Press, 2012), and a qualitative summary of practitioner perspectives on the field, Gender-Based Perspectives on Batterer Programs: Program Leaders on History, Approach, Research, and Development (Lexington Books, 2015).

Gondolf has achieved a national reputation in the field of domestic violence that has brought numerous invitations for research, writing, and guest lectures. He has presented numerous invited lectures on the effectiveness of batterer programs, and been quoted or cited in a variety of prominent national newspapers and magazines: Scientific American, Esquire, Psychiatric News, USA Today, New York Times Magazine, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Pittsburgh Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Time Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Bride's Magazine, Mademoiselle Magazine, and Changes Magazine.

Books by Edward W. Gondolf

Articles referenced during the interview:
The Case Against Anger Control for Batterers
Evaluating batterer counseling programs: A difficult taskshowing some effects and implications
The Evidence-Based Practice Movement:Contributions,Controversies, and Recommendations
Research Evidence on Batterer Program Effectiveness
The weak evidence for batterer program alternatives

This week on Speaking Of, we are speaking with Lisa Nitsch. Lisa will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence by working with those who perpetrate the violence and his experience being a part of the development of the Coordinated Community Response.

Lisa Nitsch, MSW

Chief Operating Officer

House of Ruth Maryland

Community Engagement Center

2521 North Charles Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21218

lisanitsch@hruthmd.org, (443) 569-0449

Lisa is responsible for House of Ruth Maryland’s intervention services for abusive partners, the Training Institute, which coordinates professional development for staff, external community education, and professional technical assistance, as well as agency-wide initiatives. She has been with House of Ruth Maryland since 1998 and has advanced through a variety of positions, including overseeing the agency’s Clinical Services for survivors and their children, the Teen Initiative, and the Developmental Childcare Center.

Lisa is Vice-Chair of Baltimore City’s Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, a member of the City’s Domestic Violence High Risk Task Force, and an appointed member of the Maryland Governor’s Family Violence Council. For several years, she was on the Board of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, served as Vice President of the national organization, Women in Fatherhood, and as Co-Chair of Maryland’s Abuse Intervention Collaborative. Lisa has been on training teams for notable organizations such as Futures Without Violence, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Women of Color Network, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, and the National District Attorneys Association. She has served as an advisor to the United States White House, the National Institutes of Health, the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, and the United States Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children & Families.

Lisa is most proud of being recognized as a field leader in Ed Gondolf’s 2015 book, “Gender-Based Perspectives on Batterer Programs”, her 2013 award from the Center for Urban Families for her “years of dedication in serving Baltimore City’s most vulnerable citizens”, and the Special Day of Honor designated for her by Mayor Nagin in 2007, for “promoting positive outcomes and providing support to the fathers of New Orleans” following the devastation of hurricane Katrina.

Her current, but ever-changing, interests include developing programs for abusive partners within disinvested communities that address the dual experience of both holding privilege and being oppressed, increasing access to learning tools for service providers globally, and exploring community-based accountability models that function outside of the criminal legal system.

Lisa’s roots run deep in her hometown of Baltimore City, Maryland, where she has helped raise two of her nieces and continues to proudly live with her husband of more than 20 years.

Join us this week for - Speaking Of: Penelope Morrison will share her rich history of her work as a research practitioner in the movement to end domestic violence.

Penelope Morrison, Ph.D.

Dr. Morrison holds a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to arriving at Penn State New Kensington, she served as a co-investigator and senior research associate at Magee-Women’s Research Institute where she developed interdisciplinary collaborations with investigators at RAND, Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Morrison has also served as a qualitative methodological expert on projects related to veteran’s health, PTSD, informed consent, maternal to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ youth and substance use, telemedicine, and patient-provider substance use communication.

Dr. Morrison’s own research interests are focused on addressing health disparities for underserved populations of women and children. Her most recent research utilizes traditional ethnographic methods to investigate what intervention practices work best for promoting long term behavioral change among men who perpetrate violence against women, and how to best stem the epidemic of intimate partner violence in the United States.

Publications: https://newkensington.psu.edu/person/penelope-morrison

This week we are speaking with Jeff Edleson. Jeff will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domesticviolence by focusing his research and work with those who perpetrate the intimate partner abuse. 

Jeff L. Edleson
Jeffrey L. Edleson is a Distinguished Professor of theGraduate School in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. He was appointed to the Harry & Riva Specht Chair in Publicly Supported Social Services in 2016 and served as Dean from August 1,2012, to September 1, 2019. He spent 29 years on the faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and was Founding Director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse (MINCAVA).

Edleson is ranked as one of the world’s five top scholars studying domestic violence with a focus on children exposed to domestic violence. He has published over 130 articles and 12 books on domestic violence, groupwork, and program evaluation.

He has conducted intervention research and provided technical assistance to programs across North America as well as in numerous countries including Australia, Argentina, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Korea and Singapore. He was a member of the U.S. National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women and of the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention workshop planning committee. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Panel on Research on Violence Against Women and served as a consultant to the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prof. Edleson is an Associate Editor of the journal Violence Against Women and has served on numerous editorial boards. He is Co-Editor of the Oxford University Press book series on Interpersonal Violence and the Sage book series on Violence Against Women.

He is the co-author with the late Susan Schechter of Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice (1999, co-authoredwith Susan Schechter, NCJFCJ), better known as the “Greenbook”.

His own books include:

·        Working with Children and Adolescents in Groups (1987, with Sheldon D. Rose , Jossey-Bass);

·        Intervention for Men who Batter: An Ecological Approach (1992, with Richard M. Tolman, Sage);

·        Ending the Cycle of Violence: Community Responses to Children of Battered Women (1995, co-editors  Einat Peled and Peter G. Jaffe, Sage);

·        Future Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families (1996, co-editor Zvi Eisikovits, Sage);

·        Evaluating Domestic Violence Programs (1997, Domestic Abuse Project);

·        Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention, and Social Policy (2001, co-editor Sandra Graham-Bermann, APA Books);

·        Parenting by Men Who Batterer Women: New Directions in Assessment and Intervention (2007, co-edited withOliver J. Williams, Oxford University Press);

·        The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence (2008, co-editor Claire Renzetti,  Sage Reference);

·        Companion Reader on Violence Against Women (2011,co-editors Claire Renzetti and Raquel Bergen, Sage)

·        Battered Women, Their Children, and International Law: The Unintended Consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention (2012, with Taryn Lindhorst, Northeastern University Press); and

·        The Sourcebook on Violence Against Women (2018,3rd Edition, co-editors Claire Renzetti and Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Sage)

Prof. Edleson is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and received his Masters and Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has practiced in elementary and secondary schools and in several domestic violence agencies.

School of Social Welfare                                           

University of California                                              

120 Haviland Hall #7400                                           

Berkeley, CA 94720-7400

Phone: (510) 643-6664
Email:jedleson@berkeley.edu
Homepage:https://www.jedleson.com/

Referenced during the interview:
Group Treatment for Men Who Batter (1985)
Internet Archive Wayback Machine:https://web.archive.org/MINCAVA in the Wayback Machine:https://web.archive.org/web/20250101091458/https://ssw.umn.edu/mincavaVAWNET in the Wayback Machine:https://web.archive.org/web/20120724114902/http://dvam.vawnet.org/

This week we are speaking with Bea Coté, Executive Director of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs. Bea will share her rich history of her work the movement to end domestic violence.

Bea Coté M.Ed., LCSW, LMFT

Bea Coté is a therapist and advocate who has worked exclusively with abusers for over 24 years. Prior to that, her focus was on child and family mental health and safety.

She is the founder of IMPACT+ Abuse Prevention Services, which provides access to DVIP/Battering Intervention services, supports programs like Legacy, and spreads a message of prevention of domestic violence throughout the Carolinas. The IMPACT DVIP is the only such program certified by the State in Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland and Union counties and also serves Mecklenburg County.

Bea trains and consults regionally, nationally and internationally on all facets of domestic violence/intimate partner abuse and has developed an expertise in an overlooked DV demographic: the abuser. She especially enjoys training therapists and family law attorneys.

She reminds the community that #OnlyAbusersCanStopAbuse and #InterventionISPrevention and that anytime there is a discussion about domestic violence in your community, those who work with the abusers must be at the table. Bea reminds us that IMPACT+ is rebranding. Find them at www.impactdv.org. "Thank you to our Board, our partners, our advisors and volunteers."

(We are rebranding! Find us at www.stepuptofamilysafety.org and on Charity Navigator; or for our IMPACT program referrals, www.impactdv.org)

Thank you to Belmont’s Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church for providing us a Gaston County place to meet!

Referenced during this podcast episode:

A Call For Change Helpline: https://acallforchangehelpline.org/

Battering Intervention Programs article by Bea Coté M.Ed., LCSW, LMFT

https://www.biscmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bea-Cote-FA-47-2-Fall24-Cote.pdf

This week we are speaking with Scott Miller, Executive Director of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs. Scott will share his rich history of his work the movement to end domestic violence.

Scott Miller

Scott Miller is the Executive Director for the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs and has worked for the DAIP since 2000. Scott coordinates Duluth’s coordinated community response to domestic violence by managing the system change efforts, the Duluth Family Visitation Center and men’s nonviolence program. Scott trains nationally and internationally on the Duluth Model method of organizing. He also develops specific community interventions using the Duluth Model and creates new resource materials and curricula for use in communities working to end violence against women. Scott has also co-authored the latest edition of DAIP men’s nonviolence curriculum Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter.

Scott works independently as an expert witness in criminal and civil trials to explain how the tactics of abusers and the associated risks generated by battering are linked to the counterintuitive behaviors of victims. Scott has testified more than 40 times in state district courts and federal/military court.

In 2021, Scott was hired by the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy through the University of Minnesota School of Social Work in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Scott will provide domestic violence training to child protection workers across the state of Minnesota.

From 2001 to 2015, Scott was a contract trainer and forensic interviewer for First Witness Child Abuse Resource Center in Duluth, MN. Scott was responsible for conducting forensically sound interviews of children suspected of being physically or sexually abused as part of a criminal investigation. Scott also trained nationally on how to conduct interviews with children and work from a multidisciplinary team approach in the investigation of child abuse.

Scott Miller has been working in the women’s movement since 1985.

This week we are speaking with Dr. Oliver Williams, social justice educator, activist and writer. Oliver will share his rich history of his work in social justice.

Oliver Williams, Ph.D.

Dr. Williams is a Professor of School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, in St. Paul, MN. From June 1994 to September 2017 he was the Executive Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC). He has also served as the Director of the Safe Return Initiative that addresses the issues of prisoner reentry and domestic violence from 2003-2016 and the Director of the African American Domestic Peace Project (AADPP) that works with community leaders in 10 cities across the United States to address domestic violence from 2010 to 2021.

He has worked in the field of domestic violence for more than forty years. Dr. Williams is a clinical practitioner; working in mental health, family therapy, substance abuse, child welfare, delinquency, and sexual assault programs. He has worked in battered women’s shelters, developed curricula for batterers’ intervention programs and facilitated counseling groups in these programs. He has provided training across the United States and abroad on research and service-delivery surrounding partner abuse.

Dr. Williams has been appointed to several national advisory committees and task forces from the Center for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Office on Women’s Health, and the U.S. Department of Education. He has been a board member of various domestic violence and human service organization, including the early days of the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1999-2000 and the National Family Justice Center Alliance Advisory Board, 2006 to 2016. In 2000, he was appointed to the National Advisory Council on Domestic Violence by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and U.S. Attorney General. In 2010 he hosted a roundtable on youth and violence for the U.S. Attorney General and participated in a roundtable with the U.S. Attorney General on issues related to fatherhood and participated in a Whitehouse Roundtable on Fatherhood and Domestic Violence. He has conducted training for the U.S. Military Family Advocacy programs in the U.S. and abroad. He has presented on numerous Family Violence, Research, and Practice organizations in the United States, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, and Germany. In 2015 Dr. Williams was invited to speak at the United Nations about domestic violence among Africans in the United States and in Africa. His research and publications in scholarly journals, books, reports and videos have centered on creating service delivery strategies to reduce violent behavior and support victims of abuse. He has consulted with the NFL, MLB, and NBA on issues related to domestic violence.

Dr. Williams has received many awards, among them include an award from the American Psychological Association; an International “Telly Award” for his documentary work; the National “Shelia Wellstone Institute Award” The Alliance for Hope from the International Family Justice Center related to his National work on Domestic Violence; and a Distinguish Alumni Award from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work. Dr. Williams received a bachelor’s degree in social work from Michigan State University; a Masters in Social Work from Western Michigan University; a Masters in Public Health and a Ph.D. in Social Work both from the University of Pittsburgh.

Will 2 Change: https://www.will2change.org/

This week we are speaking with Fr. Chuck Dahm. Da Fr. Chuck will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by focusing his efforts within the faith community.

Charles W. Dahm, O.P.is a Dominican priest and the Director of the Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Outreach.

While pastor at St. Pius V parish, a large Hispanic parish in Chicago, for 21 years, Fr. Chuck developed the largest parish-based domestic violence program in the U.S., with seven full-time counselors. After retiring as pastor, he was named Director of Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Outreach where he has preached about domestic violence at all weekend Masses at 180 parishes and developed approximately 100 parish ministry teams to raise awareness about domestic violence and respond to the needs of victims.

Fr. Chuck holds M.A.s in theology and philosophy from Aquinas Institute and a PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was co-founder of the 8th Day Center for Justice, a Catholic peace and justice center in Chicago, where he served for twelve years. During this period, Fr Chuck helped found and support several organizations, such as Illinois Citizens for Better Care, a nursing home advocacy organization, and the Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America, an organization working for an end to war and promote defense of human rights.

While pastor at St. Pius V parish, Fr. Chuck co-founded and is currently Board president of The Resurrection Project, an economic development corporation and community organization, which has created 600 affordable rental units and over $700 million worth of investment in Hispanic neighborhoods. He co-founded and is a board member of The Chicago Workers Collaborative, an advocacy organization for day laborers. He served for 20 years as a board member of San Jose Obrero Mission, a men’s and women's interim shelter. He also helped found and is currently a board member of Parenting for Non-Violence, which helps parents in violence ridden areas parent their children effectively.

He is the author of two books: Power and Authority in the Catholic Church, Cardinal Cody in Chicago, and Parish Ministry in a Hispanic Community.

Website:

https://www.domesticviolenceoutreach.com/

When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women:

https://www.usccb.org/topics/marriage-and-family-life-ministries/when-i-call-help-pastoral-response-domestic-violence

This week we are speaking with Craig Norberg-Bohm, social justice educator, activist and writer. Craig will share his rich history of his work in social justice.

Craig Norberg-Bohm

Craig Norberg-Bohm, is a senior member of our field, starting off in 1977, when he first attended the 3rd National Conference on Men and Masculinity. Life changed. And Craig has been an inventor, mentor and leader in our field ever since. Craig recently retired from 15 years working with Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. where he was founder and past director of Jane Doe Inc.’s Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign. In 1978, Craig was one of the founders of RAVEN (Rape and Violence End Now) in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the earliest men's centers in the U.S. established to engage men to end men's violence against women. Craig is a founder and past co-chairperson for the North American MenEngage Network, a chapter of The Global MenEngage Alliance. He is also past president of Community Works, a fundraising federation made up of cooperating social justice organizations across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Craig is the Operations Manager for MERGE for Equality, currently offering training on Developing Healthy Boys for Early Childhood Educators.

In addition, Craig consults with organizations on strategy for engaging men and boys and pursues mentorship and coaching for individuals entering the field.

I am the father of a now 30-year-old son who suffers major mental illness. As a result I participate with a support group for care givers. I love music, golf, dance and a good beer now and then. I am always looking forward to participating in this ongoing collaboration.

Other web references:

• https://www.mergeforequality.org/

• https://namen.menengage.org/

• https://nurturingfathers.com/

• https://www.janedoe.org/whiteribbonday/

• https://www.whiteribbon.ca/

• https://whiteribbon.org.au/

• https://www.janedoe.org/

Books:

Ronald Levant: https://drronaldlevant.com/

Craig mentioned Ronald Levant's work, where a quick search will find a good number of publications, including the rather famed Male Role Norms Scale. His newest book is a memoir. Craig also likes his earlier title "Masculinity Reconstructed".

Men's Work, Paul Kivel

End of Manhood, John Stoltenberg

Real Boys, William Pollack

This week we are speaking with Eric Mankowski. Eric will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by focusing his research and work with those who perpetrate the intimate partner abuse.

Eric S. Mankowski (he/him), Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Portland State University. His research, teaching, and consultation practice address gendered forms of violence in its social ecological and structural contexts, with particular focus on the social construction and transformation of masculinity. His recent work with doctoral students examines restorative justice processes in surrogate IPV victim impact panels, and the relationship between masculinity ideology and desire for power in abusive male partners. He developed the Battering Intervention Program Proximal Outcomes survey, which is used to evaluate programs throughout the U.S. and world. As co-chair of the Oregon Department of Justice Batterer Intervention Programs Advisory Committee, he has studied the implementation of legal standards for partner abuse intervention program throughout the United States.

https://www.biscmi.org/the-archives/

https://www.biscmi.org/do-battering-intervention-programs-work/

https://www.doj.state.or.us/crime-victims/advisory-committees-task-forces/batterer-intervention-program-bip-advisory-committee/

https://sites.google.com/view/genderandviolencepdx/home?authuser=0

https://workplacesrespond.org

This week we are speaking with Dan Saunders. Dan will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by focusing his research and work with those who perpetrate the intimate partner abuse.

Daniel G. Saunders

Professor Emeritus of Social Work

Daniel Saunders, professor of social work, established one of the first intervention programs for men who batter and helped to establish crisis and advocacy programs for battered women in the 1970s. His research, teaching, and service center on the problems of dating and domestic violence. His specific studies focus on offender program evaluation, the traumatic effects of victimization, and the response of professionals and the public to dating and domestic violence. His research has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Justice. In addition, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholars grant to conduct research at the Te Awatea Violence Research Centre, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Professor Saunders' most recent projects involve an evaluation of supervised visitation programs for the children of battered women and a survey of child custody evaluators regarding their beliefs about domestic violence. Based on his publication record, a 2019 report listed him in the top 100 most influential contemporary social work faculty. In 2024, the analytics company Elsevier listed him among the world's top 2% of scientists.

Research Interests/Focus

Domestic and dating violence, direct practice, program evaluation.

Curriculum Vitae: https://ssw.umich.edu/sites/default/files/documents/faculty/cvs/saunddan_cv.pdf

List of Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=L5uCO3AAAAAJ

This week we are speaking with Dr. Trish Singh is the owner and Clinical Director of A New Awakening in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Trish will share her rich history of her work the movement to end domestic violence.

Dr. Trish Singh, Ph.D., LPCC

Dr. Trish Singh is the owner and Clinical Director of A New Awakening in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There, she leads comprehensive outpatient treatment programs specializing in mental health and substance abuse recovery. With over twenty years of experience, Dr. Singh has dedicated her career to implementing evidence-based interventions that address the complex needs of individuals and families affected by behavioral health challenges.

A dedicated advocate in the domestic violence intervention field, Dr. Singh has been instrumental in designing and implementing programming aimed at breaking cycles of abuse, supporting offender rehabilitation, and fostering long-term behavioral change. Her expertise in trauma-informed care and court-mandated treatment programs has positioned her as a trusted resource for community partners, including the criminal justice system, social service agencies, and advocacy groups.

At A New Awakening, Dr. Singh continues to expand access to quality behavioral health services, ensuring that individuals receive the support, counseling, and resources needed for lasting recovery and personal growth.

A New Awakening, Inc. https://anewawakening.com/

Description: This week, we are speaking with Barbara Hart. Barbara will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence.

Full bio available here

1988 Manual Safety for Women

A Collection of Writings By Barbara J. Hart

2004 Manual Safety for Women

Future Directions for BIPs: Examining the Power of Male Peer Support and Building Alternative Support Communities

Statement on Accountability

Barbara J. Hart, JD: Brief Chronology of Work with Men’s Movement to End Violence AgainstWomen in Pennsylvania

Join us this week for - Speaking Of: Etiony Aldarondo will share his rich history of his work as a researcher, educator, and practitioner in the movement to end domestic violence.

Etiony Aldarondo, Ph.D.

Dr. Aldarondo is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience in domestic violence research and advocacy, mental health services, community partnerships, and higher education administration. His academic trajectory includes appointments in the Family Violence Research Program at the University of New Hampshire, Harvard Medical School’s Cambridge Hospital, The Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Boston College, the University of Miami (UM), and Albizu University. The recipient of various recognitions for educational excellence and community involvement, Dr. Aldarondo’s scholarship focuses on positive development of ethnic minority and immigrant youth, domestic violence, and social justice-oriented clinical practices. His publications include the books Advancing Social Justice through Clinical Practice (Routledge), Programs for men who batter: Intervention and prevention strategies in a diverse society (Civic Research Institute with Fernando Mederos, Ed.D.), and Neurosciences, Health and Community Well-Being (San Luís, Nueva Editorial Universitaria with Dr. Enrique Saforcada and Mauro Muñoz). Dr. Aldarondo has a long history of involvement with grassroots advocacy organizations. He was Founding Executive Director of the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence as well as Founding Director of the Community and Educational Well-Being Research Center at UM. He is Past Executive Director of The Council on Contemporary Families and is on the board of directors for The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

The Melissa Institute Resources:https://melissainstitute.org/scientific-articles-subject/

The Melissa Institute YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@themelissainstitute

This week we are speaking with Rich Tolman. Rich will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence by focusing his research and work with those who perpetrate intimate partner abuse.

Rich Tolman

Richard M. Tolman is the Sheldon D. Rose Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan and an American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellow. He is currently a steering committee member of the National Battering Intervention Program Network and co-chairs the NBIPN Research committee. Rich's life work focuses on prevention and intervention to end gender-based violence (GBV). He began this work as a practitioner in a battering intervention program in Anchorage Alaska in 1980. Subsequently he worked in BIPs in Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan. He helped to set BIP standards in both Illinois and Michigan. He was an author of one of the earliest books on battering intervention- Edleson, J. L., & Tolman, R. M. (1992). Intervention for men who batter: An ecological approach. Sage Publications, Inc.

His contributions to the domestic violence literature include the development of a widely used measure of psychological maltreatment of women, demonstrating the accuracy of survivors’ predictions of future abuse, research on how intimate partner violence impacts low-income women’s economic, physical and psychological well-being, and adolescent intimate partner violence. Rich co-led a research team that conducted a series of global studies on men’s involvement in prevention of GBV.

His current projects include research on survivors' perspectives on the effectiveness of battering intervention, campus sexual assault prevention, the prevention of abuse during pregnancy, and relatedly, on supporting men to be positive partners and parents.

Safety For Women: Monitoring Batterers’ Program by Barbara J. Hart

Richard M. Tolman, Sheldon D. Rose Collegiate Professor of Social Work, School of Social WorkShon Hart’s Website: ⁠⁠https://www.shonhart.com/ ⁠

This week we are speaking with Rhea Almeida. Rhea will share the rich history of her work in the movement to end domestic violence.

Rhea V. Almeida, MS, Ph.D., founder of Institute for family services, is a family therapist, trainer and educator. Creator of a Liberation Based Healing Perspective in family therapy, Dr. Almeida is the author of numerous journal articles and four books: Expansions of Feminist Theory Through Diversity (1994), Transformations in Gender and Race: Family and Developmental Perspectives (1998) and co-author of Transformative Family Therapy: Just Families in a Just Society (2008) & Liberation Based Healing Practices (2018).

She is Founder of the national Liberation Based Healing Conference currently in its 20th year!

In 2005 she received the American Family Therapy Academy Distinguished Award for Innovative Contributions to Family Therapy. She has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Pure Oxygen, Family Therapy Networker

Dr. Almeida is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She grew up in Uganda and London before coming to the U.S.

https://www.instituteforfamilyservices.com/

JERRY TELLO

Jerry Tello is an internationally recognized authority in family strengthening, therapeutic healing, cross-cultural issues, and motivational speaking. Over the last forty years as a noted therapist, author, performer and program developer, Mr. Tello has incorporated his real life experience, together with research-based knowledge, and indigenous, culturally-based teachings, to engage all in a reality-based healing and growth-inspiring experience. Mr. Tello is the author of children's books, professional publications, culturally-based curricula, motivational CD's and other media. Mr. Tello has received numerous awards including the Ambassador of Peace Award and Presidential Crime Victims Service Award.

Jerry Tello is a father, grandfather, son, brother and relative of many. He is from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots, and was raised in the South Central/Compton areas of Los Angeles. Over the last 40 years, he has dedicated himself to the service of individuals, families, communities. He has done so by speaking to over half of a million people, and training thousands of service providers across the nation. Mr. Tello is considered an international expert in the areas of: transformational healing, men and boys of color, racial justice, and community peace and mobilization.

He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network and is currently Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos, and curricula addressing fatherhood, youth “rites of passage,” culturally-based family strengthening, and healing the healer. He is the author of Recovering Your Sacredness, A Father’s Love, a series of children’s books, coeditor of Family Violence and Men of Color, has served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, and has published a series of motivational health and healing CDs. He has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Latina and Lowrider magazines. He is the recipient of numerous awards, which include the 2016 Maria Shriver’s Annual

Advocate for Change award, the 2015 White House Champions of Change award, two California

Governor’s Awards, the Ambassador of Peace Award presented by Rotary International, and the 2012 Presidential Crime Victims Service award, presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno.

Finally, in collaboration with the American G.I. Forum, Mr. Tello was part of an effort providing domestic violence awareness, healing, and support services to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Persian Gulf veterans and their spouses. Presently, he continues to serve families and communities directly at the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier, California and is a member of the Sacred Circles performance group, a group dedicated to community peace and healing. He is the proud father of three children: Marcos, Renee, and Emilio; and grandfather of Amara, Naiya, Greyson, Harrison, Vivienne and Elias.

Maestro Jerro Tello: https://www.jerrytello.com/

This week we are speaking with Dominique Waltower, motivational speaker and Violence Prevention Advocate. Dom will share his personal story of perpetration of domestic violence as well as his rich history of his work with other men to end their domestic violence.

My name is Dominique Waltower, I am a motivational speaker and Violence Prevention Advocate. I have been speaking/training publicly for over 9 years and I specialize in

presenting in an engaging and thought-provoking manner. I have trained on a variety of topics including Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment, Domestic Abuse, Child Abuse,

Anger Management, Stress Management, The Process of Change, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Change and De-escalation.

I have worked in multiple areas of Human Service Field for over 25 years. I have experience in Child Welfare, Probation, Drug Treatment, Dropout Prevention, Continuing Education and Domestic Violence/ Sexual Assault. I hold a bachelor’s

degree in Sociology/Psychology from CSU Bakersfield.

I am currently a contracted speaker/facilitator with Camp Pendelton Marine Base, UC Davis Continuing Education and A Call to Men.

I have spoken at several conferences and trainings on this and other topics. Please have a look at some of my past events:

1. 2015, 2016,2107, 2018, 2019 San Diego County DV Essentials Training

2. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, CRC 40 Hr. DV Training, Encinitas Ca.

3. 2017, 2019 Keynote Speaker, US Marines MCAS Miramar San Diego Ca.

4. 2018, Keynote Speaker, Indigenous Stop Domestic

Violence Conference, Brisbane, Australia

5. 2018, Keynote Speaker, DV/ SH 32nd Street Naval Base, San Diego Ca.

6. 2018, Keynote Speaker, Southern Indian Health Council, Barona Ca.

7. 2019, DV/SA/SH Training US Marines Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Ca.

8. 2019 Workshop Presenter, Shifting the Lens Conference Los Angeles

9. 2019, Fort Hood Military Police Brigade, Killeen Texas

10. 2019, Keynote Speaker, US Air Force Presenter Scotts Air Force Base,

11. 2019, Trainer, Option House 40 HR DV Training

12. 2019, DV Training, Center Against Sexual Assault of Southwest Riverside County

13. 2020, Keynote Speaker, New Jersey Judicial Council, New Jersey

14. 2020, Shifting the Lens Conference, Keynote Speaker, Virtual

15. 2020, DV/ SH Training Army Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Seattle, WA.

16. 2021, Keynote Speaker, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence Annual Conference, Los Angeles, Ca.

17. 2022, Keynote, National Council OF Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno NV

18. 2023, Consultant, Gila River Indian Community, Phoenix Arizona

19. 2023, Keynote Speaker, MCAS Miramar, San Diego Ca.

20. 2023, Keynote Speaker, Fresno State Football, Fresno Ca.

21. 2024, IVAT workshop presenter, San Diego Ca.

22. 2024, Keynote Speaker, Fresno State Football, Fresno Ca,

23. 2024, keynote Speaker, Oregon Judicial Conference, Sunriver Oregon

Mentioned during the interview:
Dominique Waltower website: https://www.dwaltower.com/

Will2Change: https://www.will2change.org/

This week we are speaking with Paul Bukovec. Paul will share his rich history of his work in the movement to end domestic violence, the development of early intervention programming, and more!

Paul Bukovec, LSW, was the Director of Menergy, a counseling center for men which he founded in 1994. In this capacity he served as chief clinician for a practice that specialized in the treatment of perpetrators of domestic abuse. As head of this treatment program for wife and partner abusers, he was responsible for programming, clinical supervision and the coordination of all direct service, including individual and group evaluation and treatment for offenders, and training and outreach presentations on domestic violence in a wide variety of settings. He served as a consultant and trainer for local and state wide domestic violence agencies and coalitions. To the service community-at-large, Mr. Bukovec served as a case consultant for domestic violence cases involving victims and perpetrators. He spoke at many national and regional professional conferences and was featured as a guest on local television and radio on numerous occasions. He was featured with his program on the ABC-TV news show "20/20," December 1987.

In 1984, Mr. Bukovec became the founder and director of Project RAP for Family Service of Philadelphia, designing the first abuser treatment program in the Philadelphia area. During his ten year tenure, Bukovec organized and chaired The Brown Bag Forum, a monthly professional training series featuring local experts speaking on a variety of subjects relating to family violence, which served hundreds of clinicians locally. In 1988, Mr. Bukovec coordinated and chaired a major two-day national conference: Violence in the Family, hosting over 400 professionals from around the U.S.

An active member of the state-wide Batterers Intervention Network, Mr. Bukovec was a co-author of Standards for Batterers Programs promulgated by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. He also wrote a monograph, Psychotherapy for The Male Batterer published in The Renfrew Perspective.

Mr. Bukovec was a full time assistant professor for four and one-half years in the Child Care Department of Temple University, and a part time instructor for Community College of Philadelphia for several years. He has also been a field supervisor for graduate social work students from Smith College, Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Social Research, the University of Pennsylvania, Allegheny University, Rutgers University, and Temple University. He guest lectured at most of the local colleges and graduate clinical programs.

Paul retired in December of 2013. He now spends his time cooking, writing, camping and hanging out with family.

Crusty Bits of Scrapple: Sketches, Scuffles and Tough Tales from Philly by Paul Bukovec

Jackson Katz, Ph.D., is an educator, author, and scholar-activist who has long been a major figure in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equity and prevent gender-based violence. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention, one of the longest-running and most widely influential gender violence prevention programs in North America and beyond.

The multiracial, mixed-gender MVP program was the first system-wide prevention initiative in the college and professional sports culture in North America, as well as in all branches of the US military. MVP introduced "bystander" training to the gender violence prevention field; Katz is one of the early architects of this now broadly popular approach.

He is also a journalist and author who has published numerous popular as well as academic articles on a range of cultural and political topics, along with three books, the classic Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, and the award-winning Man Enough: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity. His new book is entitled Every Man: Why Violence Against Women Is a Men's Issue, published in February by Penguin Random House UK. The American version is due out in September from Bloomsbury Publishing.

Katz is also a regular contributor to Ms. Magazine, where he writes about masculinities, sex, violence, and politics. He is the creator of numerous educational documentaries, including the classic Tough Guise series, as well as The Man Card: 50 Years of Gender, Power, and the American Presidency, released last fall. He is co-founder of the Young Men Research Project, which explores better ways of engaging young men politically. His TEDx talk -- about violence against women as a men's issue, has been translated into 27 languages and has over 5.5 million views.

Katz is an acclaimed lecturer who has delivered thousands of speeches and conducted leadership trainings in all fifty U.S. states, eight Canadian provinces, and every continent except Antarctica.

Jackson Katz, Ph.D.

Founder & President

MVP Strategies

https://jacksonkatz.substack.com/

https://www.jacksonkatz.com/

https://mvpstrat.com/

For Jackson's talk at TEDxWomen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvSfeCRxe8