Down the Rabbit Hole

TW: This podcast explores topics of intimate partner violence, abuse, and other forms of trauma. Please listen with care.

For this year’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we wanted to take a closer look at social media and dating violence relationships, and how the two intersect and overlap. Today we are joined by two members of our TCFV Prevention team– Lalitha and Viv. Together with today’s hosts Samantha and William, our guests describe their first experience of social media, how the platforms and the way we use social media have evolved, how social media breeds entitlement and impacts relationships, and an assessment of the dangers of being online. We also take a closer look at how abuse manifests on social media, how to set yourself up for safer online experiences, the role of caretakers in supporting their dependents who are on social media, and our hosts and guests all weigh-in with some practical and advice for how to navigate social media while in a relationship

This podcast explores topics of intimate partner violence,

Welcome back to Down the Rabbit Hole and Happy New Year! To kick off 2024, we’ll be speaking about economic justice and how it pertains to immigrant survivors. We are joined by our wonderful colleague, Lauren Lluveras, who is the Immigration & Economic Justice Policy Manager here at TCFV. Lauren shares how she defines economic justice as well as what it can mean to truly thrive. We discuss why economic justice is important for the movement against domestic violence, how money influences relationships, the many vulnerabilities that immigrant survivors face, and how community support is a vital resource for immigrant survivors.

Coerced Debt

Accounting for Survivors’ Economic Security Atlas: Mapping the Terrain

Immigration & Survivor Resources

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This podcast explores topics of homicide, intimate partner violence, abuse, and other forms of trauma. As you are listening, please do so with care and take a break if you need it. 

Released in October 2023, Honoring Texas Victims (HTV) reveals Texas' intimate partner fatality statistics from 2022 and share the victims' stories. Today, we are joined by two of its compilers and TCFV Support to Service Providers team members, Mikisha Hooper and Sarah Hilderbrand. They are here to share their findings from HTV 2022 and to discuss further actions for violence prevention in Texas. Mikisha and Sarah explain why leaving a relationship is a treacherous period for victims of abuse, how the age ranges of intimate partner abuse perpetrators reveal just how dire the situation is, why we need to stop using age to deflect the real truth, and all the details relating to firearms that can be found in HTV 2022. We also explore the responsibility of law enforcement, the challenges of identifying prohibited gun possessors, the importance of accountability, and some things TCFV is doing to raise awareness of violence prevention in Texas.

You can find links to the 2022 report, fact sheets, and narratives here: https://tcfv.org/publications/.

If you have any questions about this episode or the HTV report, please email us at [email protected].

Although the holidays often are and can be a time of joy for

Safety Planning Resources:

https://vawnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/files/2016-11/TAGuidance-DVHolidays2011.pdf

https://www.thecenteronline.org/2021/12/14/when-the-holidays-arent-happy-managing-dv-and-its-impacts/

https://www.thehotline.org/resources/safety-planning-for-the-holidays/

https://www.workplacesrespond.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Safe-for-the-Holidays-12.2021-FINAL.pdf

https://www.hhs.texas.gov/news/2021/11/domestic-violence-resources-available-during-holidays

https://www.rainn.org/articles/safety-planning

Join the TCFV crew as we cover various topics and how they intersect with gender-based violence. This episode will feature Deb Butts, our Finance Manager, and Ryan Thomas, our Grants Writer, as they discuss some of the basics as well as the more nuanced, and sometimes confusing, pieces of Finance and Grants within family violence programs.

Federal Funding Sources for Family Violence Centers & BIPPS:

https://tcfv.org/wp-content/uploads/tcfv_federal_funding_sources_flowchart_2021.pdf

Bookkeeping Toolkit:

https://tcfv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Nuts-and-Bolts-of-Bookkeeping-A-Toolkit_Complete_v3.pdf

This year TCFV celebrates its 45th anniversary! For today’s conversation, we are joined by TCFV’s most-tenured staff member, Maria Jose Angelelli, Director of Support to Service Providers. She has been part of the organization for 40 years, so what better person to host for our 45th birthday conversation? We talk about all about Maria’s TCFV career journey from volunteer to program director, and then she shares the story of how TCFV came to be and the growth and development she has witnessed over the years. You’ll also learn about the history of communication within our organization, how the COVID-19 pandemic altered the way in which we do things, how the mission has evolved over the years, and what Maria hopes to see in the future, plus so much more. Lastly, we remind you October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to check in with your local program(s) and see what they’ve got going on for DVAM and how you can get involved this month and throughout the rest of the year. Thanks for listening! 

Please note that this episode talks about the Domestic Violence Movement, so listen with care.  

Here are some of the resources mentioned in this episode:

Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) 

TCFV: A History (pdf version)

The Myers-Tucker-Angelelli Archives⁠ 

National Domestic Violence Hotline 

If you have any questions about this episode, please email us at [email protected].

Welcome to season four of Down the Rabbit Hole! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), and today, October 11th, is Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day. Often healthcare workers are ill-equipped to deal with the nuances that come with treating survivors or dealing with domestic violence situations. So today, we’ve called upon Cathy Glenn to discuss the importance of educating medical professionals on standards of providing detailed care that survivors of abuse so desperately need. After previous experience as an emergency trauma nurse, Cathy is now the Injury Prevention Trauma Outreach Coordinator at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas. Her passion extends to partnering on issues relating to family violence and its intersection with healthcare. She explains why it’s so important for healthcare workers to beef up their knowledge on domestic violence, why she only learned about domestic violence in the ER after already graduating from nursing school, and how the opportunities for violence prevention and intervention in healthcare extend far beyond the emergency room and trauma unit. We also discuss some red flags for telling when someone needs help from an abusive partner, how to extend healthcare services for survivors past their initial treatment date, how to make the ER safe for medical staff, and other ways that healthcare professionals can get involved in issues of domestic violence away from the hospital. We hope you enjoy this fall-inspired, pumpkin-flavored, information-packed season four opener! 

For more information about Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day, check out Futures Without Violence's Action Kit.

Also check out IPVhealth.org to learn more about cultivating partnerships between advocates and healthcare professionals.

If you have any questions about this episode or if you are a health care provider looking for family violence training or collaboration opportunities, please email us at [email protected].

William and Samantha are excited to launch Season 4 of DTRH during this upcoming Domestic Violence Awareness Month! We'll be launching this season with a bonus episode to celebrate Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day on 10/11/23. Regular episodes will air every third Wednesday of the month, beginning 10/18/23. Come join us Down the Rabbit Hole!

Trigger Warning: This episode deals with domestic violence, survivors and offenders, and the most recent legislative session.

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Trigger Warning: This episode deals with domestic violence, survivors and offenders, and the military. 

Our TCFV colleague Tabetha joins us today to explore issues of domestic violence in the military. Tabetha uses her experience and expertise in the military, as a law enforcement officer, and as a survivor advocate to compare and contrast the military response to domestic violence with civilian responses. She points out some surprising dimensions to this conversation that might not occur to civilians, such as the impact of foreign residence, law enforcement differences, and more, while also shouting out some meaningful progress and improvements that have been made in recent years. Tabetha advocates for compassionate and survivor-centered solutions, and at the end of the episode, she shares a little of her vision and hopes for the future.

If you have questions about this episode, please email us at [email protected].