September 2018 Community Education E-bulletin

Welcome to the September 2018 edition of Hope House's Community Education E-bulletin!​

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Domestic Violence Awareness Month
2. Congrats to Rick Spoentgen
3. Hope House Donation Needs
4. Sexual Assault
5. Domestic Violence
6. Miscellaneous News
7. Online Training

 

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

We can all do #1Thing towards eradicating domestic violence.
The #1Thing that will end domestic violence is our collective power.

We're one month closer to Domestic Violence Awareness Month! The national theme this year is #1Thing. What's your #1Thing that will help prevent domestic violence? Hope House will be organizing several projects and displays in October. Look for our luminary display in our front yard, a donation drive on #PurpleThursday on October 18, community displays at libraries, campuses, courthouses, and community centers, and more. We'll have more information on our Events page as we finalize details. If you'd like a domestic violence prevention poster or presentation this October, please call us at 608-356-9123 or email us here. 

Are you a health care provider? October 10 is National Health Care About Domestic Violence Day. Learn more about how your hospital or clinic can get involved by visiting: ​www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health/hcadvday. 

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Congrats to Sauk County Assistant District Attorney Rick Spoentgen!
Congrats to Sauk Co. ADA Rick Spoentgen for being appointed by Attorney General Brad Schimel as one of the 16 new members for the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Response Team! The SART evaluates the state’s response to sexual assault at the local, county, and state level, and makes recommendations and reforms to improve the system response to sexual assault. Learn more here.

 

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Hope House Donation Needs
Monetary donations are most needed.  Individuals have the option of donating ​online.  Please note that a portion of your online donation will go towards PayPal fees.  Donations can be mailed to Hope House, P.O. Box 557, Baraboo, WI 53913. We also appreciate gas cards, gift cards (Walmart, Kwik Trip, Walgreens, Kohl’s), taxi vouchers from Baraboo Taxi, and used cell phones, iPods and iPads.  Please note that we are not accepting used stuffed animals/plush toys, used toys, clothes (except for new sweatshirts and sweatpants), shoes, used books, furniture, TVs, bar soap, hats, scarves or travel-size bottles of shampoo, conditioner, or body wash. Current needs include the following:

• Food: Granola Bars, Instant Oatmeal, Juice, Cereal, Produce, Milk, Eggs
• Cleaning Supplies: Floor Cleaner, 13-Gallon Garbage Bags
• Program Supplies: Pencil Sharpeners, Plastic Safety Scissors (Blunt Tip)
• Clothing: New Women's Underwear (Size 5-7), New Boy's Underwear (Size 4-10)
• Kitchen/Bathroom: 10-Gallon Totes, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Silverware (Forks), Diapers (Size 5 and 6), Kitchen Towels, Deodorant (Men), Full-Size Hair Conditioner

​Special Note about Travel-Size Items: We encourage those looking to donate travel-size items to donate them to the Backpack Project. The Backpack Project strives to provide Baraboo School District students who are financially challenged to enter the school doors on the first day ‘just like everyone else’ and to show these children the community supports and encourages them to learn and do their best. If interested in donating towards this project, please contact Becky Hovde at 608-963-8230 or Hivebiz65@gmail.com.

 

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News
Sexual Assault

• More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse: “The investigation, one of the broadest inquiries into church sex abuse in U.S. history, identified 1,000 children who were victims, but reported that there probably are thousands more. ‘Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all. For decades,’ the grand jury wrote in its report…‘As a consequence of the coverup, almost every instance of abuse we found is too old to be prosecuted,’”…Read more
• When boy told of sexual abuse, his parents asked the priest who raped him to counsel him: “‘The priest said to me,’ Delaney recalled, ‘ ‘Go ahead and tell. Nobody will believe you. Your mother and father already know about this and that’s why they sent you to me.’ He felt trapped. His abuser manipulated him and had a way of making Delaney feel alone and isolated…Delaney said for his parents, maybe it was their generation that was to blame, growing up as such devoted Catholics. ‘It’s ingrained in you through that Catholicism,’ Delaney said. ‘Priests really were treated like they were above everything else. And I can understand why then it was hard to accept that – but that doesn’t excuse it’”…Read more​
• Patchwork of programs serve child sex-trafficking victims: “‘In the ideal world, we’d have a range of services. So that the kid who liked the long-term equine therapy could be treated there. Or the kid who didn’t want to be in any kind of shelter but wanted to get some kind of support in a foster setting or their family home could have that,’ said Carol Smolenski, executive director of ECPAT-USA , an anti-trafficking policy organization. ‘In an ideal world, there’d be a continuum of types of services, but we’re nowhere near that’”…Read more

• How Smartphone Apps Could Change The Way Sexual Assault Is Reported: “Those who've used the app so far, say it's far less traumatizing than reporting face-to-face. One student who says she was sexually harassed on campus by another student says she was too full of fear, and shame to take her complaint to campus administrators. Even as, she says, the harassment started to cause depression and anxiety, she couldn't bring herself to walk into the school's Title IX office to tell a stranger her story. Fighting back tears, she recalls being "afraid of being blamed," and afraid that she wouldn't be believed. She also worried it would have been too embarrassing to recount the explicit, vulgar language that was involved”…Read more
• Brock Turner Loses Appeal to Overturn Sexual Assault Conviction​​

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Domestic Violence

• Police department uses 'lip sync challenge' video to warn millions about domestic violence: “The content has shocked some on social media: A man chokes a woman; a child huddles alone in her bedroom; officers break down a door and come to the rescue. In response to anyone who's surprised at the violence, Craig has a simple message: ‘You know, guys, that's ... real. That's what we deal with. That's what the victims deal with, every day.’ Posting the video was an act of courage for the department”…Read more
• CDC: Half Of All Female Homicide Victims Are Killed By Intimate Partners: “But the new report drew on coroner's reports and death certificates, as well as crime data. It gives an even higher percentage — and provides a much more granular look at women's deaths. The CDC examined more than 10,000 homicides between 2003 and 2014. In female homicides in which the circumstances are known, the killer was a current or former intimate partner about half of the time, the report found...More than 98 percent of those homicidal partners were men”…Read more​
• New Zealand Will Provide Paid Leave To Domestic Violence Survivors: “New Zealand has passed a law that provides paid leave to survivors of domestic violence, making it one of the first countries to do so. Employers must grant 10 days of paid leave to survivors of domestic violence to give them time to cope and potentially escape the abusive situation. This is similar to, but separate from, leave for illness or bereavement”…Read more

 

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Miscellaneous News

• Forgotten Women: The conversation of murdered and missing native women is not one North America wants to have - but it must: “Despite thousands of women going missing every year, and thousands being raped over their lifetimes, startlingly few statistics are available. Given the complicated and tense mesh of federal, state and tribal law – as well as entrenched racism towards indigenous people across North America – cases continue to fall through the cracks”…Read more
• Mollie Tibbetts' Killing Isn't About Women Jogging. It's About Violence Against Us: “If you run or jog, tips about awareness are common, exhaustive even. The reality is that these tips, always geared towards women, likely won’t make violence against us any less pervasive. Our own alertness won’t make men feel any less entitled to harass women”…Read more​
• AG Schimel Partners with Wisconsin Banks and Credit Unions to Curtail Elder Financial Abuse: “‘Elder financial abuse is growing rapidly in Wisconsin; from 2016 to 2017, it increased 17.5 percent,’ said Attorney General Brad Schimel. ‘Tellers at financial institutions are at the frontlines of financial scams. By offering this free training on how to spot financial exploitation at the teller window, we can create an easy defense that will protect consumers’”…Read more

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• 7 Strategies to Turn Trauma Into Strength: “Every single U.S. Army soldier now participates in the $160 million program, which has been shown to significantly decrease substance abuse and increase optimism, good coping skills, adaptability, and character strength. The training is so successful that psychologists are convinced that it can help not only soldiers, but people from all walks of life. Here are strategies trauma psychologists have found particularly helpful to turn struggle into strength”…Read more
• Houston School Removes Sexist Quote From Hallway Amid Outrage: “That was the day Houston-based Twitter user Lisa Beckman posted a photo of the galling quote to her personal account. Her post lambasted Houston Independent School District’s Gregory-Lincoln Education Center, which teaches pre-K through eighth grade, for peddling the harmful idea that women and girls can be blamed for the actions of men and boys, and it received a lot of attention”…Read more
• The End of Masculinity: 5 Steps into the Future for Brands: “Make products that are not for men or women, but for either and all the shades in between. Quit drawing distinctions where they aren't needed…Present men as complex, thoughtful, loving—not as tough guys or doofus dads…They said they felt the pressure to be strong, decisive, unemotional and to know exactly what to do in any situation. Those insights led to Axe's brilliant ‘Is It OK for Guys…’ campaign. In it, real men's private questions became public, showing that men do have doubts and need guidance. What a genius way to normalize this questioning”…Read more

 

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Online Training

• Attachment Vitamins: Interactive Course on Early Childhood Attachment, Stress, and Trauma: "The Attachment Vitamins online course is an interactive, self-paced e-learning course for those adults working or living with children aged zero to five…During the course's nine modules, participants will learn about early childhood social-emotional development; the impact of stress and trauma; the possible meanings of children’s behaviors; the influence of culture on families' socialization goals; and a number of strategies to promote secure attachment and safe socialization practices"...Learn more

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