http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org daily 1 2010-02-01T18:22:49Z http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/125 February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Seems somehow appropriate with Valentine’s Day in the middle. I wonder, do teens do Valentines? Do they actually “date” anymore? I wonder about the Glee world of high school which teens are navigating. This blog is a shared endeavor with Emily Cohen, our Program and Learning Coordinator. No publisher dsorin Healthy Teen Relationships 2012-02-03T18:08:22Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/124 The U.S. Department of Justice has updated its definition of rape. Now we can name more clearly what victims of rape have known for centuries. No publisher dsorin Sexual Violence 2012-02-03T00:40:31Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/123 Christian scripture is very clear. In Romans, Paul doesn’t mince words about the hypocrisy of sitting in judgment on another . . . when you are doing the exact same things. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Child Abuse 2012-01-17T20:44:47Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/122 I was traveling and speaking at a conference in November when the story broke about Judge Adams beating his teenage daughter, Hilary, on tape. No publisher dsorin Current Events Child Abuse 2012-01-17T20:42:31Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/121 The latest study on sexual assault was released in December and for some suggested a new awareness of how widespread sexual violence against women really is. In fact, the new figures by and large merely confirm what we know from earlier studies: violence against women is an all-too-common experience. The bottom line: 1 in 3 women report being victims of rape, beating and/or stalking. No publisher dsorin Current Events Violence Against Women Domestic Violence 2011-12-27T21:45:43Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/120 This time last year I was on my way to Capetown, South Africa, to visit my friend, Elizabeth Petersen and the South African Faith and Family Institute (SAFFI). This was my first trip to this massive continent and, like so many people, I immediately fell in love with South Africa. No publisher dsorin Current Events Other Sexual Violence 2011-11-21T08:40:55Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/119 A former defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky (a priest in the Church of College Football), has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of boys over a 15 year period. No publisher dsorin Current Events Child Abuse Sexual Violence 2011-11-11T02:14:25Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/118 Leymah Roberta Gbowee is now a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Gbowee, who shares the Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, was responsible for organizing a peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. No publisher dsorin Violence Against Women Domestic Violence 2011-11-03T17:19:28Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/117 “Corrective rape.” When I first heard this term, I stopped dead in my tracks. Having thought that I had heard it all when it came to violence against women, here was yet another perverse variation of rationale for sexual assault. No publisher dsorin Current Events Violence Against Women Sexual Violence 2011-10-31T19:14:53Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/116 "If there's one place that you should be safe, it should be in your house of worship." This was the comment made by Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County, Florida, as he began to unravel the murder of a wife by her husband who then went to their church and shot the pastor and assistant pastor in the middle of Sunday services. No publisher dsorin Current Events Violence Against Women Domestic Violence 2011-10-15T22:21:30Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/115 I do wish you had called me. Now you are in deep trouble. I see that human rights lawyers have filed a complaint against you with the International Criminal Court in The Hague. No publisher dsorin Current Events Clergy Ethics Sexual Abuse by Clergy 2011-10-03T17:41:43Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/114 The only real news in the case of the charge of sexual assault against a powerful French politician is that the victim came forward and filed a complaint. The outcome is classic and predictable. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Sexual Violence 2011-09-06T20:30:04Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/113 Ramadan is a time for Muslims to improve themselves and strengthen their relationships with God. Muslims are asked to abstain not only from food, drink and sexual relations from dawn to dusk, but more importantly, to refrain from any immoral or harmful behaviors. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Muslim 2011-08-24T18:23:00Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/112 The brutal murder and dismemberment just a few weeks ago of 9-year-old Leiby Kletzky, of blessed memory, a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Hasidic sect in Brooklyn, NY, has shaken the Jewish community. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Jewish 2011-08-24T18:23:49Z Blog Entry http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/111 As Muslims begin the celebration of Ramadan, I can hardly imagine what my Muslim friends and colleagues might be reflecting upon in light of the bombing and massacre in Norway. No publisher jfredricksen Current Events Muslim 2011-08-03T22:26:08Z Blog Entry