http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org daily 1 2010-02-13T01:04:25Z http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/31 A woman recently shared with me her experience of being assaulted and stabbed by her abusive husband. As she recovered from her injuries, she turned to her church, expecting pastoral care and support. No publisher MMukai Domestic Violence 2010-06-18T19:39:37Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/53 As I was presenting a workshop recently on how we should challenge the roadblocks which the church can present to battered women and affirm the resources, I noticed one participant was very quiet and reserved. No publisher MMukai Sexual Violence Domestic Violence 2010-03-12T23:22:37Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/48 On February 8, 2009, 19-year-old Chris Brown and 20-year-old Rihanna, music icons scheduled to perform that evening at the Grammys, engaged in an argument while inside a vehicle that escalated into a fight. Rihanna suffered visible injuries and was treated at a hospital. The next day Chris Brown surrendered himself to authorities. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence 2010-06-18T19:37:25Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/155 A head injury? Alcohol? Drugs? Depression? An argument? Everyone who knew Jovan Belcher is grasping for an answer to “why?” We only know what we read in the paper, but there is nothing all that unusual here when a man kills his partner and himself. The story is pretty predictable. This is domestic violence. No publisher dmcinnis Current Events Domestic Violence 2012-12-07T20:29:26Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/56 “The turning point in every social justice movement occurs when the authentic leadership of survivors is met with the genuine commitments of our most power social institutions.” So said my colleague, Judith Beals, in 2002 in the midst of the disclosure of extensive sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence 2010-03-12T23:23:27Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/96 Before “Yes, We Can,” there was “WE CAN.” Women Empowered Committed Against Negativity (WE CAN) is an organization whose office is in a house on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. The leader of WE CAN is Loretta Joseph. She is a Roman Catholic laywoman who has organized Catholic and Protestant women outside the church in order to get the work done—i.e. the work of supporting and empowering women in their real lives. No publisher MMukai Domestic Violence 2011-01-05T22:23:24Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/171 Dear Forty-five Obstructionist Senators: The President used the word “shameful” to describe the Republican filibuster two days ago in the U.S. Senate of bipartisan legislation to address gun violence. “Shameful” doesn't even begin to describe what you did. This was an act of pure cowardice. No publisher ecohen Current Events Violence Against Women Domestic Violence 2013-04-19T17:43:43Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/92 Since my visit to South Africa is supported by the U.S. Department of State Speakers’ Program, the Consulate staff has arranged some of my meetings. They asked me to go to a YMCA afterschool program and meet with the youth workers and the youth. It has been many years since I worked specifically in youth ministry, but I pressed ahead—and I am so glad I did. No publisher MMukai Current Events Healthy Teen Relationships Domestic Violence 2010-12-07T21:28:24Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/138 When I was about nine years old, I remember a dinner table conversation between my father and mother. I think we had just received news that my favorite uncle, the doctor, had beaten up my aunt. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Domestic Violence 2012-06-18T04:37:25Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/69 March 8 is International Women’s Day. So I was pleased this past week to be in New York City for events surrounding the 54th Annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Not only is women’s work never done, our agenda continues to expand. No publisher MMukai Child Abuse Sexual Violence Domestic Violence 2010-03-15T15:32:46Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/44 An ex-husband took advantage of the annual family gathering at his in-laws’ house to inflict his violence on his ex-wife and her family. He appeared at the door dressed as Santa, and one of the children let him in. He opened fire on the 25 people there and then set fire to the house. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence 2010-03-12T22:48:04Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/43 So Pastor Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, got the attention of the media. And his church members. He called for a week of “congregational copulation” to take people’s minds off the economy. Pastor Young has added his blessing to our already highly sexualized culture. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence Sexual Violence 2010-03-12T22:48:50Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/42 Another murder in a church; another domestic terror homicide. On Nov. 23, Joseph Pallipurath entered the St. Thomas Syarian Orthodox Kananaya Church in Clifton, NJ and killed his wife. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence 2010-03-12T22:48:56Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/40 “Compare the raw numbers. In the same seven-year period [2000-2006] when 4,588 U.S. soldiers [in combat] and police officers [on duty] were killed by hostiles or by accident, more than 8,000 women – nearly twice as many – were shot, stabbed, strangled, or beaten to death by the intimate males in their lives." No publisher MMukai Domestic Violence 2010-03-12T22:49:10Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/71 Last week, Charles Parsons murdered his wife during a couples’ counseling session at Calvary Lutheran Church south of Seattle. He turned himself in and has been charged with first-degree murder and assault. No publisher MMukai Current Events Domestic Violence 2010-03-24T00:23:21Z Blog Entry