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

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   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.


 

Conference Presenter

RENEE BEEKER
National Family Court Watch Project
www.NFCWP.org
 

Renee Beeker is Founder and President of the National Family Court Watch Project.

renee.jpgA speaker and advocate for reform of the judicial system since 1996, Renee is a respected contributing member to many professional and grassroots organizations and also serves on various committees both in her state and nationally.   

Renee has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences around the United States.  Renee’s article, “The Illusion of Protection Uncovered: Review of the Special Journal Issue on Child Custody and Domestic Violence,” was published in the February/March 2006 issue of the Domestic Violence Report. 

Renee has designed a comprehensive Court Watch observational instrument that is being used in the National Family Court Watch Project, which has collected data from over 530 courtroom observations in 6 states.

 Renee Beeker is also President of Michigan National Organization for Women, Former National NOW Board member from the Great Lakes Region and Chair of the NOW Family Law Advisory Ad Hoc Committee.   Renee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Communications from Eastern Michigan University.

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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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