PITTSBURGH -- A boy who was 11 when he was accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancée and her unborn son was found guilty Friday of their 2009 shotgun slayings. Lawrence County Judge John Hodge found the now-14-year-old Jordan Brown delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict, in the deaths of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk and her unborn child. The judge closed the trial, held about 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, to the media and all but close family members because of the boy's age during the killings. The boy's lawyer, Stephen Colafella, said it was too early to say if he'd...


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TEAM received an email from YWCA West Central Michigan in regards to its organization of the 07/08/2011 Candelight Vigil at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in Grand Rapids, MI. Here is the email in regards to support services for Domestic Violence Victims. Good Evening Chris, We were heartened to know of TEAM's participation in Friday's vigil in recognition of the 7/7/11 victims.  Thank you. The YWCA West Central Michigan and Safe Haven Ministries are our community's two domestic violence service providers.  Understandably, we are eager to remind our community about the range of services that are available...


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TEAM Official Statement www.humanrightsteam.org The Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement (TEAM) hosted a Candlelight Vigil in Grand Rapids, MI on Friday, July 8, 2011 to remember the murder victims, support the families of the victims, and support the family of Rodrick Shonte Dantzler.  Dantzler's actions have shaken a whole community that TEAM is a part of.  TEAM decided that it needed to act and host a candlelight vigil.  TEAM found out about a candlelight vigil being planned by Shannon and Rick Feutz, TEAM decided to join in on their efforts.  The Feutz family and TEAM co-organized...


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By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 5, 2010; 3:25 PM UNITED NATIONS - The United States submitted Friday at the United Nations to unprecedented public scrutiny of its human rights record, drawing censure from friends and rivals for its policies on detention and the death penalty, but also praise from allies for its candor and willingness to accept constructive criticism. A delegation of top officials, led by Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer, gave diplomats at the U.N. Human Rights Council a detailed account of U.S. human rights shortcomings and the Obama...


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Sri Lankan woman says her Saudi employers drove hot metal into her body COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Doctors removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan maid who says the couple she worked for in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body. L.G. Ariyawathi, who was hospitalized with severe pain after returning Saturday from Saudi Arabia, has said the family she worked for punished her by heating the nails and needles before sticking them into her. X-rays showed that she had 24 nails and needles in her body, said Dr. Keerthi Satharasinghe of Kamburupitiya hospital, about 100 miles...


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© 2010, Change.org Entire Article Taken From: http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/text_messages_one_more_weapon_in_abusers_arsenal We know that being shouted at on the streets can escalate to violence. We also know that dating violence can lead to murder. So should we take it any less seriously when women are victims of "textual harassment," or inundated by voicemails and text messages from spurned lovers and rejected exes? Isn't it just one more part of the larger problem? We've briefly looked at digital dating abuse in the past, and this week, the Washington Post reports that the issue...


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Entire excerpt from SentinelSource.com at:  http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/02/13/news/local/free/id_374230.txt At least 33.4 percent of Granite State women have experienced violence from a spouse, ex-spouse, live-in partner or someone they’re dating — a statistic consistent with the results of a national survey, according to a 2007 report from The N.H. Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence. In New Hampshire, an estimated 166,131 women have been physically assaulted by a partner — nearly 14,000 more than the populations of Manchester and Concord combined — the state...


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1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) Please ensure that you're in a safe location when making this phone call. You can also go to http://www.ndvh.org/ to report domestic violence cases. At the Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement, we can not provide counseling services because we do not have a licensed counselor. Please refer to the above number. If you need our assistance or you would like to anonymously report your story to make an impact for other victims, please email us at teamthemovement.info@gmail.com and we will be happy to assist you. We will give your story weight to send...


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