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National Stalking Awareness Month – Presidential Proclamation

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 31, 2015 Presidential Proclamation — National Stalking Awareness Month NATIONAL STALKING AWARENESS MONTH, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every person deserves to live freely and without the fear of […]

AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – January 2016

Summary of Monthly Conference Call between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, January 4, 2016 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time   OVW Staff:  Associate Directors Michelle Brickley and Amy Loder, Program Manager Kim Galvan AVA Board Members:  MaryEllen Garcia, Julia Fuller-Wilson, Maureen Monagle AVA Executive Director:  Dorene Whitworth   TOPICS DISCUSSED:   Joint STOP Administrators and […]

AVA/OVW Conference Call Summary – November 2015

Summary of Conference Call Meeting between AVA& OVW Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time     OVW Staff: Associate Director Michelle Brickley, Program Managers Kim Galvan, Omar Mohammed, and Kevin Sweeney AVA Board Members: MaryEllen Garcia, Michelle Bynum AVA Exec. Dir.: Dorene Whitworth     TOPICS DISCUSSED:   STOP Administrators’ […]

New PA Law Strengthens Protection from Harrassment

Updated: NOVEMBER 29, 2015 — 1:08 AM EST  CLEM MURRAY / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan on Nov. 12, 2015, discusses a sexting case uncovered in the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District. by Michaelle Bond, Inquirer Staff Writer. After three boys harassed and distributed explicit photos of a 13-year-old classmate, her life as a freshman at […]