Domestic Violence Resources to Share

Thank you to all for a wonderful evening! For those unable to benefit from being at our panel discussion in person, stay tuned... we will upload video soon!

• You may read a journalistic summary of the event by a student reporter here:
• Due to popular demand: please find last night's Prezi Presentation (full of useful links, statistics, and visuals)!
• Please download a list of NYC and NYS organizations that work with domestic violence issues if you would like to inquire more or to volunteer.

To hear a Domestic Violence survivor speak about her experience firsthand including some powerful statistics, this TEDx talk is a good resource.

Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave

In need? Curious to learn more? Find out what our main National and New York organizations are doing to combat domestic violence. On campus here at Teachers College, learn more about the role of the Title IX Coordinator.

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits sex and gender discrimination, including sexual harassment and gender-based misconduct, in educational programs and institutions.  Students, staff, or faculty can report issues related to the above to the Teachers College Title IX Coordinator.

The Office of the Vice President of Diversity and Community Affairs

To establish Teachers College as an institution that actively attracts, supports and retains diverse students, faculty and staff at all levels, demonstrated through its commitment to social justice, its respectful and vibrant community and its encouragement and support of each individual in the achievement of his or her full potential. 

SWG Project & Panelists

AGAPW & Panelists

Special thanks to Teachers College photographer Heather Van Uxem Lewis for our lovely photos! Please find the full album, including photos from others as well, here.

Domestic Violence, Gender, & Culture: Shining a Light

Program: Media Presentation, Panel Discussion, Wine Reception

As a part of our series on Violence Against Women, join us for an important gathering to raise awareness of domestic/intimate partner violence and the role of culture and gender-inequity.

When: October 17, 2013,  Thursday, 6:00-9:00pm.

Featuring: Sujata Warrier, Ph.D.   – Director of the NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence; Jennifer DeCarli, Esq., LMSW – Executive Director Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence; and many more.

Click for more details and to RSVP. Seats are limited!

Check out the new NYC campaign press release for "That's Abuse" here.

Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence has unveiled a multi-layered public service campaign that will empower victims of intimate partner violence to seek they help they need. "That's Abuse" will appear at bus shelters, subway cars and platforms, grocery store circulars, community-based organizations, businesses throughout key neighborhoods, and common areas at numerous City agencies.  

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Victims of domestic violence, or their friends and family, can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-SAFE (7233), 24 hours a day, anywhere in the U.S. to speak to a counselor and find local support services.

Homosexuality, Kinky Sex, & the DSM

Program: Colloquium presentation

From what do we suffer? Is it from a disordered psyche, iatrogenic disorder, or violations of societal rules? This lecture will discuss the Sexual Disorders section of the new DSM-V, particularly the paraphilias, gender identity disorders, and their justification and validity for treatment. 

Where: Thompson 136

When: Monday, April 22, 2013
Time: 10:00am – 11:45am

Charles Silverstein, Ph.D. 

Who: Dr. Charles Silverstein is best known for his activism within the radical gay movement of the 1970s, his publications, and his founding gay-affirming psychotherapy services for the LGBT community. He was the psychologist who made the presentation for the deletion of homosexuality as a mental disorder from the American Psychiatric Association’s manual of disorders called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. He also led the attack upon any attempt to change the sexual orientation of gay people, and particularly the use of electrical aversion therapy.

Flyer: Download

How to Survive a Plague

Program: Movie Screening; Discussion/Q&A with Director & Sexual Health Psychologist; Reception to Follow

Come watch this Oscar-nominated documentary about the early years of the AIDS epidemic and speak firsthand with the director and co-writer of the film which earned him the John Schlessinger Award. The author of The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience and faculty of Applied Psychology, Public Health & Medicine at NYU will also dialogue about the history and its impact today. Survivors and interviewees from the documentary and book will be in attendance.

When: March 13, 2013, 5:00 -9:00pm

Featuring: David France, Director & Co-writer; Perry Halkitis, Ph.D., Researcher & Author