Newsletter: July 2003: Alliance News

Dr. Oriana Linares and Larry Busching join the Alliance Board of Directors. The Alliance’s staff joins our Board of Directors in welcoming its new members. Dr. Linares is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine’s Child Study Center, and has published in the areas of domestic violence and rape and the influence of these traumatic events in the lives of families. Dr. Linares served on the Advisory Board for the Institutional Review Board of the Administration of Children Services of New York City (ACS). Mr. Bushing is the Chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he has prosecuted sex offenses within and outside of domestic violence relationships. Mr. Busching serves on the Mayor’s Child Abuse Task Force and co-chairs the New York State District Attorney’s Association’s Legislative Subcommittee on Sexual Assault and Family Violence.

Board member Richard Glover publishes new book. Richard Glover, CEO of School Safety Professionals, recently published the extensively updated and expanded second edition of School Safety Management: Practical Approaches, Current Theories, and Standards. Mr. Glover coauthored the book with Hank Murphy, COO of School Safety Professionals. The manual is available in the Alliance’s library. Copies may be purchased through the Civic Research Institute online at www.civicresearchinstitute.com or by phone at (609) 683-4450.

Karyn Hadfield joins the Alliance as Research Coordinator. The Alliance is happy to announce that Ms. Hadfield, a Ph.D. student at CUNY and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was hired as our Research Coordinator in January 2003. Ms. Hadfield has already successfully completed a data collection project, and presented her findings at the Criminal Justice Collaboration conference sponsored by the Alliance this past April. For questions about research at the Alliance, you can reach Karyn at (212) 523-5598 or e-mail research@nycagainstrape.org.

The Alliance applauds the City Council for passing by overwhelming majority legislation that will increase survivors' access to emergency contraception. The Alliance thanks all the partners involved in making this legislation a reality, including Council Members Quinn, Moskowitz and Gioia, who were instrumental in spearheading the legislation, and the organizations that advised and supported the creation of the new law, including Planned Parenthood of NYC, NARAL, the NYCLU and others.

Thank You to Sponsors of April’s City Council Forum. This April, the Alliance and the City Council sponsored a forum on the healthcare issues of sexual violence and the impact of violence in city schools. The Alliance would like to thank the members of the Council who sponsored the event: Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Councilwoman Tracy Boyland, Women’s Issues Committee Chair, Councilwoman Yvette Clarke, Women’s Caucus Co-chair, Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, Education Committee Chair, Councilwoman Christine Quinn, Health Committee Chair and Councilwoman Diana Reyna, Women’s Caucus Co-chair.

Harriet Lessel, Executive Director of the Alliance receives award. Tamar Speaks! Chapter II Inc. awarded Ms. Lessel with a Certification of Appreciation for Outstanding and Dedicated Services to Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault. The award was presented by Valerie Andrews, CEO of the organization, at a lovely gospel brunch on Saturday May 3rd in Brooklyn.

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