This press release, “NFL Must Tackle Super Bowl Abuse Myth”, is going out to over 10,000 media outlets at 9am today. Now, we are calling on EVERYONE to call the NFL main office at 1-212-450-2000. Please tell Commissioner Goodell to speak out against the myth that Super Bowl Sunday is the “biggest day of...
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The Foggy Bottom Metro station escalator ended with wind whipping snow and rain around me as I tried to button my wool coat. Having just arrived in Washington D.C. from San Diego my brain rejected the cold until I mistakenly stepped in a puddle of ice and water sending shock waves from feet to...
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Tiger Woods will be starting his 2011 PGA season in San Diego at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course, but thanks to NCFM, the tournament’s Women’s Day event has been renamed Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise. One of NCFM’s banks, Torrey Pines Bank, was a sponsor of Women’s Day which was advertised...
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http://www.tnhonline.com/letter-to-the-editor-women-initiate-domestic-violence-too-1.1372813 4/20/10 Dear Editor, As a nonprofit organization that works with male victims of domestic violence, rape, and false accusations, we ask that you print this letter to give a side of the problem that was not mentioned in the article “Speaker Highlights Domestic Violence Issues” (4/15). Jackson Katz is correct that rape is not just a women’s issue. But...
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On March 31, 2010, the National Coalition For Men joined the Family of Men Support Society (Canada), Amen (Ireland), Ration Shed (New Zealand), Lone Fathers Association (Australia), and Men’s Aid (England) in sending a letter to their respective national leaders challenging the out-dated notion that men are rarely victims of domestic violence. The letter requests that necessary funds and appropriate services...
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On March 8, 2010, NCFM Public Relations Director Steven Svoboda, Esq. submitted written testimony to all members of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of Senate Bill 1777 (SB 1777), which would make genital mutilation of male and female minors illegal. The text of the bill is located at http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st01pdf/ST01777.PDF. The Judiciary Committee is expected to issue a...
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http://avstop.com/news_feb_2010/ncfm_rejects_all_nippon_airways_women_only_bathrooms.htm National Coalition for Men www.ncfm.org
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On 12/9/09, NYU Professor Lind Mills mentioned NCFM’s legal victory for equal rights for male victims of domestic violence in her Psychology Today blog, “Embedded.” http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/embedded/200912/gimme-shelter Excerpt: “That’s why it was major news last October when the National Coalition For Men successfully argued to the California Court of Appeals that state-funded
domestic violence shelters violated the...
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On 12/8/09, WEHC Radio (Emory & Henry College), which airs in Virginia and D.C., hosted NCFM’s Public Relations Director, J. Steven Svoboda, for a show on domestic violence particularly in the African-American community. Svoboda discussed the key points in NCFM’s press release on the Rihanna/Brown incident, NCFM’s work on domestic violence overall, and NCFM’s mission, history and accomplishments. NCFM thanks the co-host, Professor Aris Winger, for...
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NCFM member David Woods, who was the lead plaintiff in the Woods v. Horton victory for battered men, is appearing with his attorney, NCFM member Marc Angelucci, on the national TV show “The Secret Lives on Women” on the WE channel on 12/1/09 and again on 12/22 and 12/29. The episode is called “Husband Beaters.” http://www.wetv.com/secret-lives-of-women/episodes/husband-beaters Husband Beaters...
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