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PR: Dishonest Portrayals by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Phone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Dishonest Portrayals by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence WASHINGTON / August 7, 2012 – Women commit half of all partner abuse, but the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence (MCEDV) all but ignores the widespread problem of female-initiated partner aggression. SAVE, a national victim-advocacy organization, calls [...]
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PR: Police Academy Curriculum Stereotypes Men as Abusers

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Police Academy Curriculum Stereotypes Men as Abusers WASHINGTON/August 2, 2012 — Maine’s predominant aggressor policy removes the presumption of innocence from the accused and labels men as abusers, says victim-advocacy group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE). The Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s “Identifying Predominant Aggressors in Domestic Violence [...]
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PRESS RELEASE: Most Support Reform of Violence Against Women Act, SAVE Survey Shows

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Most Support Reform of Violence Against Women Act, SAVE Survey Shows Washington, DC/July 17, 2012 — A strong majority of registered voters participating in a national survey support reforming the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). These persons support measures currently being debated in Congress that are designed to [...]
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PR: SAVE Applauds Justice Dept. Probe into Wrongful Convictions

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Phone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org SAVE Applauds Justice Dept. Probe into Wrongful Convictions WASHINGTON / July 12, 2012 — Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) welcomes the recent announcement that the Department of Justice and FBI are launching a probe of thousands of criminal cases to determine whether defendants were wrongly [...]
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PR: After Fake-Rape Video Goes Viral, SAVE Hosts False Allegations Summit

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Phone: 301-801-0608 After Fake-Rape Video Goes Viral, SAVE Hosts False Allegations Summit WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012  — Three weeks after release of a video of Wanetta Gibson confessing to a false claim of rape, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is hosting a conference in Washington DC devoted to [...]
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PR: As Victim Credibility Dwindles, SAVE Calls on Prosecutors to File Charges in Brian Banks False Rape Case

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org As Victim Credibility Dwindles, SAVE Calls on Prosecutors to File Charges in Brian Banks False Rape Case WASHINGTON / June 26, 2012 – One month after revelations of Wanetta Gibson’s false rape accusation, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging Los Angeles County prosecutors with unacceptable [...]
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PR: Unblinding Lady Justice: SAVE Calls on Dept. of Education to Respond to Civil Rights Complaints

Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Telephone: 301-801-0608 Unblinding Lady Justice: SAVE Calls on Dept. of Education to Respond to Civil Rights Complaints WASHINGTON / June 19, 2012 – Over a year after the Department of Education issued its controversial sex assault policy, the federal agency has yet to respond to concerns about civil rights violations. Stop Abusive [...]
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PR: Following Brian Banks Release, SAVE Raps Media for Allowing Rape ‘Hysteria’

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Telephone: 301-801-0608 Following Brian Banks Release, SAVE Raps Media for Allowing Rape ‘Hysteria’ WASHINGTON / June 14, 2012 – Following the release of Brian Banks after 5 years in jail on a false rape conviction, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is calling on the media to report rape allegations in [...]
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SAVE Announces Resignation

WASHINGTON — SAVE announces that Natasha Spivack, member of the SAVE Board of Directors, will be resigning her position due to other professional responsibilities. Her resignation will be effective June 1, 2012. Ms. Spivack has served as a member of the SAVE Board of Directors since the organization’s founding in 2009. Ms. Spivack is known [...]
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PR: House Approves Violence Against Women Act: SAVE Applauds Long-Overdue Reform Measures

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org House Approves Violence Against Women Act: SAVE Applauds Long-Overdue Reform Measures WASHINGTON / May 17, 2012 – The House of Representatives has passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by a 222-205 margin. Responding to public discontent, H.R. 4970 contains a number of measures [...]