Center for Judicial Excellence

Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis

May 9, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox, a domestic violence survivor, activist and educator. Dawn has been working as a registered nurse for 23 years and runs Women Count USA, a national database that compiles data on femicides in the United States.  Dawn began this project in 2017 out of her…

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Episode 16: en(gender)ed Reflections on the “Family Court” series–a look back with our guest, Michael

August 9, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts

Greetings en(gender)ed listeners: This is the second “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael.  He joins me as we reflect back on episodes, 7 (Nancy S. Erickson), 9 (Joan Meier), 10 (Barry Goldstein), 11 (Kathleen Russell), the first set of episodes on the first family court crisis.  Michael and…

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Episode 11: Kathleen Russell of the CJE on judicial accountability, media oversight and protective parent advocacy

July 6, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy

On today’s show, our guest is Kathleen Russell, Executive Director of the Center for Judicial Excellence (CJE), a non-profit based out of California whose mission is to protect vulnerable children in the family court system and to strengthen the integrity of all courts by creating judicial accountability.  The organization’s strength is rooted in its unique…

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