WE DID IT! The ABC News television show 20/20 has heard you loud and clear. They
are now considering producing an hour-long story on a MOTHER who has suffered/is
suffering from domestic violence and has had a negative experience within the
family court system.
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This video says it all!! Please watch it, read what it says, listen
to the song, then absorb the meaning. This is no joke!! It happens
all the time!! Feel free to share this far and wide.
Every DV Survivor that has had a child with their abuser runs the
risk of becoming an NCM, and when you look at the stats that state
that 1 in 3 women will be abused, and out of those women, 1 in 5
will have children with their abuser, these are startling numbers of
Survivors that may in the future run the risk of loosing their
children to their abusers, not to mention those that already have.
The goal of UAADV is to Unite
and Network Survivors across the Nation, to be one Voice.
Providing DV Victims, Survivors, and NCM's the hope to Survive
today, tomorrow, and beyond.
NCM-BTS is reaching out towards those Mothers that run the
risk of loosing their children to their abuser, and supports,
empowers, and brings Hope to those Mothers that have already lost
their children.
Here you will find Hope, Empowerment, and the Networking
needed to help wage the war against the abuse of the abusers and the
court system. Here you will read documentation from NCM's that
have lost their children from those that can share it, stories from
those that may not be able to speak out so loud as of yet, and as
always, hope for a brighter future for the children.
Through our NCM-BTS List NCM's are able to support and Empower each
other through the daily struggles of the continued abuse dealt out
by not only their abusers, but by a system that is broken. A
system that is ill equipped to handle, or is blinded by the needs of
Protective Mothers that are striving to protect their children,
striving to be Mothers to their children.
A Network of
NCM
Represented States has emerged from this need, their purpose is to
gather together the Survivors, NCM's, and Advocates in their state.
Only by doing this, connecting to the resources and supporters of
their individual states, and by working together as one Nationally,
can something be done for the NCM's and the children that are at
risk.
Because United as one Voice, it's Time to Break the
Silence...............
When I
despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth
and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for
a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall––think of
it--always. --Mahatma
Gandhi
"Fathers who battered the mother are twice as likely to seek sole
custody of their children as non-violent fathers."– American
Psychological Association's Presidential Task Force, Violence and the
Family. (2000)
"Abusers/batterers who are criminally liable for their violence none the
less are getting sole or joint custody in
approximately 70 percent of challenged child custody cases." – The
American Judges Foundation, Domestic Violence in the Courtroom:
Understanding the Problem, Knowing the Victim. (1996)
"Between 50-75 percent of the men who batter their wives or female
partners also abuse their children. "– Lenore E. Walker et al,
"Beyond the Juror's Ken: Battered Women." 7 Vermont Law Review 1,
(1982)
