Posts Tagged ‘legal’
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Cherokee Family Violence Center would like to thank our community for the generous support we have all year and especially during the holidays. THANK YOU and Happy Holidays from CFVC Staff! As a reminder, we are still have our raffle open! We will being drawing to see who the winner is…
Read MoreStop Violence Against Women Day 2016
Earlier this week, four of our Advocates joined hundreds of others at the Georgia State Capitol, to urge Legislators to strengthen Georgia’s existing Family Violence laws. The 17th annual Stop Violence Against Women Day, drew attention to the issue of domestic violence and sexual assault in Georgia. The event is sponsored by the Georgia Commission…
Read MoreCongratulations Rhiannon!
Rhiannon Beard has become a valuable asset to the staff of the Cherokee Family Violence Center Legal Department while she has been completing a semester long undergraduate internship. This is her last week at CFVC but we have far more to celebrate than just her work – Rhiannon, a Junior studying Human Services at Kennesaw…
Read MoreCFVC Advocates Complete HSPD Citizens Police Academy
Three Cherokee Family Violence Center Advocates completed the Holly Springs Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy earlier this week. The Academy focuses on various aspects of law enforcement over a six week period. The Advocates and nearly 20 other community members, attended weekly sessions intended to offer a historical perspective of American law enforcement and its…
Read MoreHappy Halloween from CFVC
Cherokee Family Violence Center’s Family Support Coordinator, Brooke Larson, and Legal Program Coordinator, Tommie DeGonzague, made an interesting discovery outside of our office today! We are in the Halloween spirit at CFVC and hope you and your family have a safe and spooktacular day.
Read MoreHandy Guides for Legal Clients
Our friends at the law firm of Torriente Marum, LLC have done a fabulous job of describing just how to document harassing and stalking behaviors often documented through text messages. Their guides document how to best use screen captures and how to preserve the content from your device for use in court, and are sure…
Read MoreNew Ground in Gun Control Issues
There has been a lot of press recently concerning laws on firearms possession by Domestic Violence offenders. The coverage has been seemingly prompted by the State of Washington enacting a law which requires offenders under protective orders surrender their firearms to the authorities. This concept, within the movement to end violence against women, certainly isn’t…
Read MoreAbusers' Access to Guns Limited by Supreme Court Decision
Our friends at the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) have posted an exciting update on their blog concerning the recent, unanimous ruling by the high court in United States vs. Castleman. The ruling clarifies which Domestic Violence crimes qualify for firearms restrictions, previously limited by the Lautenberg Amendment: In Castleman, the Supreme Court resolved this…
Read MoreA Survivor’s Story: Anonymous
The following post is excerpted from a letter written by a CFVC client, who graciously allowed us to share her story of survival from abuse and services received from CFVC: I am a survivor of Domestic Violence. I spent [many] years living in an unsafe and unpredictable environment. I lived in constant fear of my…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement Outreach
Our agency provides outreach materials to local Law Enforcement agencies to provide to victims of Intimate Partner Violence on-scene. We have found this to be an effective method of reaching more victims, and informing them of our supportive services. Today, we provided zipper pouches full of materials to the Holly Springs Police Department for use…
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