Announcing our new film
 Out of the Shadow: 
Shining Light on Domestic Violence

We are pleased to share with you our new film based on the October 5, 2019 Day of Action Against Domestic Violence. The film includes footage from many of the events that brought together activists and artists to raise awareness of Domestic Violence. 

Healing Voices - Personal Stories supported various groups across the country in creating their individual events, held in Albuquerque, Española, and Santa Fe, NM; Fayetteville, AR; Dallas, TX; Hays, KS; Ithaca and New York, NY; and Salt Lake City, UT. 

October, designated as Domestic Violence Month, is just around the corner. We hope you will find ways to share this new film along with our others. Visit our website to see descriptions of the films. 

Here's a direct link to Out of the Shadow
To the many people who helped make last October 5th a very meaningful day, we send applause and gratitude. Many of them appear in the film. Thank you all, participants and supporters, so very much! We send special thanks to Co-Director and Editor Lynne Wimmer for the outstanding job she did editing the many photo's and videos sent to her. 

Most of all, we hope you will find opportunities to share the film and to make this October a Month of Action. We must bring Domestic Violence out of the shadow, especially in this challenging time.

Our mission to raise awareness of Domestic Violence continues!
We thank you for your continued interest.

Radio Podcast 9/21/19​

Tuesday, March 13 at 8:30 am, Armenian Center

The Commission works to Address Violence against Rural and Indigenous women-Challenges and Strategies. The panel discussed the prevalence of Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking of rural and Indigenous women, identify lifestyle, religious, and cultural framework considerations, describe the panel members’ “lessons learned” in overcoming these access challenges, and explore changes needed to improve future response. Panelists will include educators, service providers and survivors.

Rural and Indigenous women face specific challenges in accessing services when they’ve experienced sexual violence, domestic violence, or human trafficking. For many rural and Indigenous women, lack of access goes far beyond location restrictions. When services are provided, it is often done with little understanding of the inter-generational distrust of institutionalized systems, as well as lifestyle, religious, and cultural frameworks that impact acceptance of services. 

The goal for the attendees is to 1) Recognize the unique challenges facing rural and Indigenous women when they experience violence; 2) learn strategies to address these challenges in trauma-informed, culturally sensitive ways in order to best serve victim/survivors of violence.

The International Public Policy Institute is committed to stopping violence against women in the form of Human Trafficking, especially sex trafficking. We have worked on policy development at many levels and venues. IPPI members provide education about human trafficking and promote Human Trafficking prevention programs. IPPI has participated in CSW and provided parallel events at CSW for many years.

Panelists:
Shelia Swasson, B.A., Dorthy Stucky Halley, L.M.S.W., Sharon Sullivan, Ph.D. , Leona Stucky Abbott, Ph.D.