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About the Women's Justice Center |
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Safety
and Justice for all women and girls !
An
Overview of WJC Projects
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Summer 2003
Advocacy: The core of our work at Women's Justice Center is advocating for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, especially in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. Since our founding in October, 1998, we have helped over 700 women escape from this violence with their children, and we've given information and consultation to many more.
One of the things we're most proud of is that of all the women we've helped escape a violent situation, we've only had to put ten women in a shelter. We work very hard to make sure women don't lose their housing, and to make sure that police and prosecutors get the perpetrator under control.
Improving Criminal Justice Response to Violence Against Women and Children: Good law enforcement response to violence against women is key to saving women's lives. We work tirelessly to improve this response from police, prosecutors, judges, and probation officials. Most recently we worked in collaboration with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to create an assessment tool for evaluating law enforcement response to domestic violence. (See document )
www.justicewomen.com: Our fully bilingual web site is visited by over 3,000 people each week, educating people around the world. The site has more than 80 original, paired English/Spanish documents on rape, domestic violence, and child abuse.
Bilingual Booklets: Women's Justice Center writes and publishes bilingual booklets on violence against women. We distribute these booklets free of charge in Sonoma County. We've now distributed over 15,000 of these booklets. There are eight titles, including;
- How to Help a Friend
- Special for Immigrant Women
- Tips for Testifying
- 12 Teaching Scenarios
- A Rape Quiz
- The Greatest Escape
- and more. Call us if you would like copies!
Talks-Trainings-Workshops: We educate to stop the violence. And we teach others how to advocate for victims. Every year Women's Justice Center gives 40 to 50 talks, trainings, and workshops in English and Spanish around the community. Recent talks include the SRJC Community Health Worker Program, ESL classes, Southwest Community Clinic Comadre Program, Social Advocates for Youth counselors and staff, Russian River Counselors, and many more.
More Women and Minorities for our Local Police Agencies: Through education and advocacy, we work to increase the number of women and minorities in local law enforcement. We also track the sex and race statistics of local law enforcement agencies, advocate for women and minority cadets and officers, and educate the community and law enforcement on the measures needed to improve recruiting and retention of female and minority officers.
The Teresa Macias Federal Civil Rights Case: We investigate and advocate on cases selected to make major social change. One such case was the Teresa Macias domestic violence homicide which we worked with the Purple Berets. In June, 2002, as a result of the landmark lawsuit, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department was ordered to pay $1 million for failing to respond properly to Teresa's more than 25 calls for help before she was murdered. The Macias case established for the first time women's constitutional rights to police protection in 11 western states.
Justicia: Women's Justice Center publishes and distributes 2000 copies of its quarterly newsletter, Justicia, keeping our supporters and community informed and involved in stopping the violence against women.
The Georgia Moses Memorial Site: Women's Justice Center established and maintains a memorial at the Petaluma site where 12 year-old Georgia Moses was murdered in August, 1997. The site reminds us that Georgia Moses' murder remains unsolved, and that sexism and racism kill.
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