Announcing New Judicial Institute on Adolescent Relationship Abuse
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), in partnership with Futures Without Violence, and support from the Office of Victims of Crime, will offer a new three-day, highly interactive workshop to enhance the ability of state and tribal court judges to respond to cases involving teens and relationship abuse.
Futures is excited to be partnering with NCJFCJ to offer this groundbreaking training for judges. Given the prevalence of teen dating violence in the United States, it is critical that members of the judicial field are equipped to respond to these cases.
The Institute will be held July 9 - 11 in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, and to register, click here.
Girls Not Brides
We’re happy to report that the US Senate has passed the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act.This legislation supports adolescent girls around the world, shielding them from the harmful practice of child marriage, which often has devastating consequences for girls, their families and their communities.
Introduced by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), champions and lead sponsors of the bill, the legislation recognizes the practice of child marriage as a human rights violation, requires the development of a multi-year strategy to address child marriage and integrates successful interventions to prevent child marriage into existing U.S. development programs.
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Futures’ Work to Engage Men Highlighted During Capitol Hill Briefing
Congressional staffers packed a House of Representatives hearing room Monday to learn more about important and effective programs to engage men and boys in the work of ending violence against women. Futures Without Violence’s Coaching Boys into Men program was highlighted and Futures’ newest team member, Casey Corcoran, led the panel. William Kellibrew shared the personal and heart-breaking story of witnessing his mother and brother’s murder and being forced to beg for his own life as a 10-year-old boy. He has committed himself to working to end domestic violence through the foundation that bears his name.
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