Posts in month: August, 2009

Crystal Walters was not at the planning meeting last week to create a new Family Justice Center in Cleveland to help stop domestic violence. Though over 100 professionals attended from 51 different agencies, Crystal did not speak at the event or share her story with the dedicated, determined men and women gathered to plan a series of locations where victims will soon be able to receive services for themselves and their children under one roof. She would have enjoyed the meeting, the dreaming, the laughter, and the sharing. Read more »

Three weeks ago, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) eliminated, by line item veto, the Department of Public Health’s Domestic Violence Program, which was scheduled to provide $16.3 million (a 20 percent cut from last year) for 94 domestic violence shelters and centers throughout California. Read more »