The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) has announced its 2008 Executive Directors Conference, scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at the Crowne Plaza Austin North Central in Austin. The conference is a worthwhile opportunity for program executive and finance directors to gather and exchange important information on trends, best practices, and inventive approaches to family violence. One of the major goals of this year’s conference is to enhance program leadership staff’s knowledge of financial management issues, budgets and cost allocation, and fundraising elements.
Continue Reading »

The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) has announced its 2008 Executive Directors Conference, scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at the Crowne Plaza Austin North Central in Austin. The conference is a worthwhile opportunity for program executive and finance directors to gather and exchange important information on trends, best practices, and inventive approaches to family violence. One of the major goals of this year’s conference is to enhance program leadership staff’s knowledge of financial management issues, budgets and cost allocation, and fundraising elements.
Continue Reading »

By Loribeth Weinstein

As we enter the final stretch before this historic election, the economy and the war in Iraq are at the forefront of our minds, and for good reason.

The seriousness of these issues for all Americans cannot be overstated, but I’d like to take a moment to focus on those for whom our current crisis literally will hit too close to home. October is more than just the month before November: It’s also Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Domestic violence is the American epidemic we don’t want to talk about, hear about or know about.

But in my 30 years as an advocate for women and children, I’ve never been more concerned about the victims of domestic violence than I am right now. Families already buckling under the weight of domestic violence in the best of times can collapse in times of economic downturn and war.

JewishChronicle.org

By: Ashley Edwards

The first time I visited Nacogdoches, it was raining and the humidity was unbelievable. I remember driving home with my parents saying, “There’s no way I’m going to that school.” Well here I stand four years deep, and I couldn’t be any prouder of my experiences in Nacogdoches Friendships, houses, organizations, churches, internships and jobs in this town have truly shaped me into the fine (if I may say so) young lady I am.
ThePineLog.com