Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 2, 2011 · 10 Comments
Although the disappearance of Sky Metalwala is playing out in my backyard, I have intentionally remained silent because I was waiting to see whether there was a link between Sky’s father Solomon Metalwala and Glenn Sacks, the leader of the PAS movement. KIRO, the Seattle CBS affiliate, reported tonight that Glenn Sacks and his loyal … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, family court reform, Glenn Sacks, KIRO, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Sky Metalwala, Solomon Metalwala
I have won because I have won myself back. I claim me. – Michele Weldon Michele Weldon has survived domestic violence and breast cancer. She is passionately vocal about fathers who abandon their sons. She is an assistant professor at her alma mater (BSJ and MSJ), Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism. She speaks about … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, artist's date, Between Friends, Book Review, books, child abandonment, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Everyman News, Huffington Post, I Closed My Eyes, litigation abuse, Medill School of Journalism, Michele Weldon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Nicole Brown Simpson, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Sarah's Inn, self-care, survivor stories, The OpEd Project, Therapy, Writing to Save Your Life
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. – Barbara Thompson What does it take to get an arrest of Ron Reynolds? Washington State Trooper Ronda Reynolds was murdered in 1998. Her death … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Ann Rule, Barbara Thompson, books, domestic violence, In the Still of the Night, Jerry Berry, Jonathan Reynolds, KOMO, Lewis County WA, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, police misconduct, Ron Reynolds, survivor stories, Warren McLeod
John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams. He shattered the dreams of the middle class. He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with "family values" hypocrisy, abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, Charlotte Fedders, domestic violence, John M. Fedders, John S. McInerney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, NOW, pit bull abusers, Reagan Administration, SEC, Shattered Dreams, survivor stories, Violence Against Women Act, Wall St. vs. Main St.
Eight people are dead. Another is clinging to life. It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple. We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, domestic violence, family court reform, gun violence, litigation abuse, Michelle Fournier Dekraai, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Salon Meritage, Scott Dekraai, Seal Beach CA, Tokepa KS
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Life is a challenge. There’s struggle and conflict. It’s what you do with that struggle and conflict that matters. – Dewey Bozella Dewey Bozella spent over half his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he was nine years old, he witnessed his father beat his pregnant mother to death. In 1983, … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse of power, Dewey Bozella, domestic violence, Innocence Project, Justice James T. Rooney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, prosecutorial misconduct, Ross E. Firsenbaum, survivor stories, WilmerHale
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on September 29, 2011 · 2 Comments
Chuck Cox Very sad update: Although Chuck Cox did everything possible to try to protect his grandsons, the system ultimately betrayed him. Josh Powell brutally murdered his sons and himself in a house explosion in Graham, WA on February 5, 2012. Chuck Cox has achieved the impossible: he got the criminal “justice” folks in Pierce County, … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with activist, child abuse, child pornography, Chuck Cox, domestic violence, faith-based response to DV, family court reform, Jennifer Graves, John Long, Josh Powell, Judge Kathryn Nelson, litigation abuse, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Pierce County WA, sexual abuse, Steve Downing, Steven Powell, Susan Cox Powell, West Valley City Utah
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Richard North Patterson I mean to root out this system of legalized bribery where all of us sell pieces of the government like shares of stock. – Richard North Patterson Richard North Patterson has written three legal thrillers about child abuse survivor President Kerry Kilcannon: No Safe Place, Protect and Defend, and Balance of Power. A … Read more
Filed under Book Review · Tagged with Abortion, abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Futures Without Violence, litigation abuse, Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson, right to privacy
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on August 12, 2011 · 1 Comment
Storytelling is a critical part of effective advocacy. – Ruth Anne Robbins J.K. Rowling is the queen of writing a new script for her life. While researching her story, I discovered Ruth Anne Robbins’ excellent article, “Harry Potter, Ruby Slippers and Merlin: Telling the Client’s Story Using the Characters and Paradigms of the Archetypal … Read more
Filed under Survive Thrive Joy · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, archetype, child abuse, Divorcing a Narcissist, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, hero's journey, litigation abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, pit bull abusers, Rutgers Law School, Ruth Anne Robbins, Seattle University Law Review, self-care, sexual abuse, Therapy, Wizard of Oz
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on April 28, 2011 · 2 Comments
Nancy Carroll is a PAS mother who has the leadership instincts of Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She has experienced more than her fair share of brutal abuse and hard knocks, but she keeps rolling. Literally. After her leg was shattered, she got in her wheelchair and kept on rolling to … Read more
Filed under OutrageousActs · Tagged with activist, child abuse, emPOWERment, family court reform, litigation abuse, Mothers of Lost Children, Nancy Carroll, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, Rights for Mothers, White House
