WOCpodcasts

Episode 3: Phyllis B. Frank on Batterer Intervention Programs

May 30, 2018 Domestic Violence, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Sexism and Misogyny

On this episode, our guest is Phyllis B. Frank, the Senior Director of VCS, a mental health counseling and family service agency located in Rockland County, with an anti-racist, social justice mission.  Phyllis has dedicated herself to the battered women’s movement for the past 40 plus years, starting the first NY Model for Batterer Programs.

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Episode 2: Evan Stark on “Coercive Control” as a gendered liberty crime

May 28, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Image, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny

On this episode, our guest is Evan Stark, a sociologist and forensic social worker who has been working at the intersection of feminist activism, child welfare, health research and justice reform since he and his wife Anne Flitcraft, MD helped found one of the earliest shelters for battered women in l970’s. His prize winning book…

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