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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 [...]
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PR: SAVE Calls on Lawmakers to Stand Tall for Victims and the Constitution during Upcoming VAWA Vote

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org SAVE Calls on Lawmakers to Stand Tall for Victims and the Constitution during Upcoming VAWA Vote Washington, DC/May 15, 2012 – A leading victim-advocacy organization is calling on Representatives to support reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, H.R. 4970. Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) [...]
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PR: VAWA Must Stop Funding Lethal Mandatory Arrest Policies

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org VAWA Must Stop Funding Lethal Mandatory Arrest Policies Washington, DC/May 8, 2012 — States that enacted mandatory arrest policies saw a 60 percent increase in intimate partner homicides, according to a Harvard U. study. Now, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is calling on lawmakers involved [...]
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PR: Battering the Truth: SAVE Report Reveals Many Abuse Statistics are One-Sided or False

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Battering the Truth: SAVE Report Reveals Many Abuse Statistics are One-Sided or False Washington, DC/April 11, 2012 — The federal government spends $76 million a year for domestic violence education programs, but 90 percent of the claims made in these programs are one-sided, misleading, or completely untrue, according to a [...]
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PR: $1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org $1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges Washington, DC/April 4, 2012 – Following release of three reports by the Department of Justice, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging that many grants made under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [...]
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PR: SAVE Chides Media for ‘Sound-Bite’ Coverage of Abuse Bill

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org SAVE Chides Media for ‘Sound-Bite’ Coverage of Abuse Bill Washington, DC/March 21, 2012 – Media accounts of the Violence Against Women Act bill, currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, are focusing largely on the political horse-race, charges victim-advocacy group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE). This “sound-bite” coverage [...]
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PR: Violence Against Women Act Poses Threat to Civil Rights, Group Charges

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Violence Against Women Act Poses Threat to Civil Rights, Group Charges Washington, DC/March 19, 2012 – A recently issued report highlights a broad range of civil rights abuses that arise from policies endorsed by the federal Violence Against Women Act: http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/SAVE-Assault-Civil-Rights.pdf. The report, from Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), [...]
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PR: Accusing U. Campaign Targets Dept. of Education Sex Directive

Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Accusing U. Campaign Targets Dept. of Education Sex Directive Washington, DC/February 17, 2012 – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is set to launch Accusing U., a national campaign designed to educate college students about the Department of Education’s new Sexual Assault Directive. SAVE says the Directive subverts fundamental due [...]