Gayle D'Ambrosio Crabtree

Voices of Hope Lunch Buffet welcomes self defense expert Anny Jacoby of Realistic Female Self-Defense. She brings you the answers needed by victims of domestic violence on how to have fun more safely on Halloween Night.

Calls are welcome live on the air at 718.506.1545 or may be emailed in advance to voicesofhope@hopeforhealing.org. This show was requested by one of our listeners.

Be sure to listen in and tell others about this segment. Any victim of domestic violence who is considering going out on Halloween will want to listen to this important show. It happens at 12 Noon right here on Voices of Hope on Blog Talk Radio.

Gayle D’Ambrosio-Crabtree is a founding member of the Holston Conference Domestic Violence Task Force of the United Methodist Church. She is an in demand speaker and trainer who equips clergy to better respond to victims of domestic violence within their congregations.  She is the Founder of the Hope For Healing Organization, “making hope happen for survivors every day.”

Anny Jacoby is the Founder/President of the Realistic Female Self-Defense Company.  Anny’s mission is to reach out to every avenue available to teach these skills at the corporate level, to emergency services, victim support groups and agencies, schools, colleges and health service providers.  Her professional programs are designed for every age group from children to seniors, as well as a program designed specifically for the disabled.

Anny Jacoby

TO IMPLEMENT H.R. 3695, THE HELP FIND THE MISSING ACT INTO BILLY’S LAW, Simply Cut/Paste the Following Letter and send out to your Federal Congressperson:
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October XX, 2009

TO: Congressmen XXXX

FROM: Name – Address – City/St/zip

RE: H.R. 3695, The Help Find the Missing Act (Billy’s Law)

Dear Congressmen XXXXX:

Thank you, in advance for reviewing my letter and the information below. As a Representative of our district, I am hoping that you will support H.R. 3695. This is very important to me and as a member of our community I believe this is important to all, and hopefully to you as well.

It is no longer a rare occasion in which one may become a missing statistic, rather it happens more often than we would like. The growing number of citizens with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive disabilities also has shown a tremendous increase in missing loved ones, which also includes those with other cognitive disorders such as autism.

Your support, and those of your colleagues, are desperately needed. We feel if we do not gain support the bill will just die off. This bill is very necessary. We only want to have the gaps closed that will enable families of missing to have one source to be able to search for their loved ones.

Some recent published examples are:

* 200 unidentified bodies,in Florida, right now from 60’s and 70’s lying in wait in county morgues, unidentified. http://micurl.com/lyewu

* In Los Angeles, there are 4815 unclaimed. http://coroner.co.la.ca.us/htm/ucplist.cfm

Every year tens of thousands of Americans go missing, never to be seen by their loved ones again. Additionally, there are also an estimated 40,000 sets of unidentified human remains that are being held or disposed of across the country. Sadly, because of gaps in the nation’s missing persons systems, missing persons and unidentified remains are rarely matched. The Help Find the Missing Act (Billy’s Law) is an effort to fix these gaps. We want to help families to have the resources so that we can lessen the burden on the system as well as bringing loved ones home for a proper burial.

Please review the below and help by supporting H.R. 3695

Filling in the Gaps of the Nation’s Missing Persons Systems

Endorsed By: Connecticut Department of Public Safety, National Forensic Science Technology Center, National Center for Forensic Science, Doe Missing Persons Network, Center for Hope, Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, Inc.

Sponsored by Representatives Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ted Poe (R-TX)

This legislation is named after Billy Smolinski of Waterbury, Connecticut who went missing on August 24, 2004 at the age of 31. Billy’s family knows all-too-well the systemic challenges in trying to find the missing. They quickly learned that while federal law mandates law enforcement report missing children, there are no such requirements for adults – or unidentified bodies. Compounding this problem is the fact that local law enforcement agencies, medical examiners, and coroners, often don’t have the resources or training to voluntarily report these cases. Finally, even when missing adults and remains are reported, the wide-range of unconnected federal, state, local, and non-profit databases to help match the missing with unidentified bodies, makes finding a match an often insurmountable challenge.

Billy’s Law builds upon recent efforts to address these issues by:

* Authorizing, and therefore helping to ensure funding for, the National Missing Persons and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), which was created in July 2007 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide a missing persons/unidentified database that the public could access and contribute;

* Connecting NamUs with the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in order to create more comprehensive missing persons and unidentified remains databases and streamlining the reporting process for local law enforcement;

* Creating an incentive grants program to help states, local law enforcement and medical examiners/coroners report missing persons and unidentified remains to NCIC, NamUs, and the National DNA Index System (NDIS);

* Calling on the DOJ to issue guidelines and best practices on handling missing persons and unidentified remains cases in order to empower law enforcement, medical examiners and coroners to help find the missing.

In closing, I thank you again for your review and hopeful support. Should you have any questions or needs, I am sure that Representative Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ted Poe (R-TX) would be honored to respond to your inquiries.

Respectfully,

XXName

XXAddress

XXCity/State/Zip

XXPhone Number

“TIME’S UP!”

This is a site you will want to read EVERY day.  Each day a different writer will bring the readers a new perspective on victim’s rights from their personal angle.

Time’s Up! is a collection of bloggers who are champions for victims of crime. Through this group we hope to bring awareness to the injustices to victims and to search out solutions with an SOS to those in the capacity to make changes happen.

Our writers are from all backgrounds including domestic violence, advocates and survivors, personal safety, murder, missing persons and cold cases.

We also include those who are an inspiration to us through coaching, pastoring and uplifting.

Time’s Up! for victims and their rights to be ignored.

List of “Who’s Who” of “Time’s Up!”

Jillian Maas Backman, Intuitive Life Coach, Radio Host

Sandra L. Brown, MA, CEO of The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction

Gaetane Borders, Psychologist, President/Peas In Their Pods

Robert Carpenter, CEO New Birth Orlando, Inc.

Pamela Chapman, Founder/iAscend Programs, Author

Karen Rae Elkins, Professional Woman Angler

Michelle Simonsen, True Crime Writer, Activist

Anny Jacoby, Personal Safety Certified Trainer

Gwendolyn Lindsay-Jackson, Attorney, Legal Analyst, Media Constultant

Randy McCall, Presiden/Founder, Victim Assistance Online

Sheryl McCollum, Director, Cold Case Investigative Research Institute

Susan Murphy Milano, Violence Expert, Strategist, Author, Consultant

Charles Moncrief, Anglican Priest

Cherry Simpson, Victim’s Rights Activist

Tanya Warrington, Inspirational Writer

Moving Out, Moving On:  The Book that Saves!

In Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month,  Author and Expert Domestic Violence Strategist, Susan Murphy Milano, is offering her innovative book, Moving Out, Moving On at a discount to anyone who is in a violent relationship, or knows someone who needs to safely move away from abuse.

This book is available in quantity for agencies, shelters, coalitions and any other organizations who deal with victims of abuse.

For the month of October you can order a hard copy of the book which includes a CD of all of the important forms you will need to use.  The hard copy (for $15 including postage) can be ordered at the following email:

contact@imaginepublicity.com

Include your name, address and quantity and you will receive a quick response with further instruction.

If you would like an instant EBook copy it can be ordered by going to this link:

CLICK HERE

The Ebook also includes samples of forms to use, as well.

Moving Out, Moving On will not only save you thousands in dollars, it could very well save a life!

Through clear examination, simple forms and worksheets, Moving out, Moving on , logically takes the reader through all the necessary preparation and information gathering to effectively seek legal redress, protect one’s assets and credit, address considerations regarding children, define alternate living arrangements, and deal with the myriad of financial problems and concerns surrounding a divorce or break-up. Moving out, Moving on, also addresses in detail abusive relationships, domestic violence and stalking and how to safely confront these situations.

Moving out, Moving on , is more than a simple workbook, but a true plan to take control of one’s life and face the future head on. This is not just another “divorce book” written by a so called “expert.” Moving out, Moving on, is authored by a person who truly knows…Susan Murphy-Milano

I wanted to thank you for all of your help this past year spreading the word about The Fresh Air Fund. We had nearly 8,000 children enjoying their best summers yet. All of the wonderful folks who blogged, posted banners, tweeted, and joined our Facebook Page and Cause have just been amazing. We put together a video montage of images from the summer and some other fun stuff here to thank you:

http://freshairfund-news.com

If you’d like to share this wonderful news with your readers or followers that would be fantastic. If you haven’t become a fan or our Facebook Page, please do – facebook.com/freshairfund and our twitter handle is @freshairfund. Please shoot me back the link if you are able to post so I can share it with the rest of the team.

Again, thank you so very much

Sara
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Sara Wilson, Fresh Air Fund
sara@freshair.org
www.freshair.org

“Moving Beyond Murder” Exclusive Interview with Amy Leichtenberg

Amy Leichtenberg, exclusive interview today with Susan Murphy Milano.

Show Time: 4:00 PM EST 3:00 PM CST 1:00 PM PST Call-in Number: (347) 326-9337
If you have a question for Amy… and are unable to call in please email me at contact@movingoutmovingon.com and it will be read on air Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Show Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/susanmurphymilano