Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody:
 "A National Crisis"
The Ninth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference:  BMCC IX
 January 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2012      Friday evening through Sunday
 Make your hotel reservations with Holiday Inn Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY at the Special Conference rate of $99
 Hotel Costs Are Separate From Conference Registration Fees
 Registration fee includes Friday evening cookies/and coffee, lunch on Saturday, and bagels/coffee on Sunday morning
 Holiday Inn has a restaurant; there are also several restaurants and stores close by

Updated Conference Schedule       Presenters       Online Registration       Announcement, Brochure, & Mail-In Registration
Home      Co-Sponsors      Support the Conference      Seminar Materials      Silent Auction
    The Conference in PBS' Film:  Breaking the Silence, Children's Stories      The Courageous Kids Network
 Add your child's hand prints to the Children Taken by the Family Courts Hand Prints Project
Contribute a panel to the "Children Taken by the Family Courts Community Quilt"
 Center for Judicial Excellence: Family Court Crisis Film and Photo Exhibit
 Disclaimers and Terms of Use      About the Conference
Now Available:  Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody:  Legal Strategies and Policy Issues
 Edited by Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. and Barry Goldstein, J.D.

Family courts routinely render battered mothers destitute, homeless, and struggling to survive.
 Please consider offering a space in your room or car to a battered mother who would otherwise be unable to attend.
Details will be emailed to confirmed attendees.


ABOUT THE BATTERED MOTHERS CUSTODY CONFERENCE 

      Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis was created in 2003 by two mothers, Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. of Albany, NY, and Liliane Heller Miller of Charlotte, NC.  Our on-going goal is to host a  national public forum to address the many complex issues facing battered women as they strive to protect themselves and their children during divorce, custody, and visitation disputes.

       In addition, we seek to  raise public awareness by documenting civil, legal, due process, and human rights violations perpetrated on battered women and abused children by  family courts, their professional appointees, Child Protective Services, other government systems, and all who have built an industry which profits from the suffering of mothers and children trying to escape domestic violence.

      The format of the conference continues to develop along with the growing body of scholarly research and case law documenting this issue.  It includes presentations, round-table discussions, and question & answer sessions with nationally distinguished attorneys, researchers, writers, and mental health professionals, as well as domestic violence survivors and their children.  We also seek to foster healing and support for the thousands of mothers, children, and supporting professionals whose lives are being permanently affected on a daily basis.

      The conference is open to lay persons and of special interest to advocates, social workers, psychologists, attorneys, judges, legal personnel, and others involved in the issue of battered women's and abused children's legal and civil rights being routinely violated by juvenile and family courts, DSS, Child Protective Services, and other self-perpetuating government systems.
      Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis is not funded and has no paid staff.  It has been, from its inception, a completely volunteer-driven, self-sustaining, grassroots phenomenon, and is entirely the unpaid work product of its creators and presenters.

      The Conference is neither financially supported by, nor officially affiliated with any one particular
group, organization, gender-based ideology, or political agenda.

Please consider offering a space in your room or car to a battered mother who would otherwise be unable to attend.
 Details will be emailed to confirmed attendees.

Updated Conference Schedule       Presenters       Online Registration       Announcement, Brochure, & Mail-In Registration
Home      Co-Sponsors      Support the Conference      Seminar Materials      Silent Auction
    The Conference in PBS' Film:  Breaking the Silence, Children's Stories      The Courageous Kids Network
 Add your child's hand prints to the Children Taken by the Family Courts Hand Prints Project
Contribute a panel to the "Children Taken by the Family Courts Community Quilt"
 Center for Judicial Excellence: Family Court Crisis Film and Photo Exhibit
 Disclaimers and Terms of Use      About the Conference
Now Available:  Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody:  Legal Strategies and Policy Issues
 Edited by Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. and Barry Goldstein, J.D.

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