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When L.Y. Marlow's 23-year- domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, A federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Census Bureau old daughter told her the father survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families to stop following a plan that would have had it winding of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicdown operations in order to complete the Census 2020 life, and the life of their child, story, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesscount at the end of September. she knew something had to be push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further The federal judge in San Jose late Saturday issued a temdone. Out of her frustration said about Marlow. training for law enforcement porary restraining ordera against theLife Census Bureau and the with law enforcement's handling Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, Child's ProtecCommerce Department which oversees the agency. The of the situation, she decided to who reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselorder stops the Census Bureau from winding down operastart the Saving Promise cam- “get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. tions for now with a court hearing scheduled on Sept. 17. paign. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradicount of every U.S. resident which occurs ev“It seems to be a vicious cycle person can get it.” She said atThe theheadcate domestic violence, we must ery will 10 years,look helpsatelected decide $1.5 trillion that won't turn my family end of the day, the book bothofficials sides of the how coin. is distributed. results loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to haveinafederal dia- funding We need to addressThe both thealso vic-impact the critical process of apportionment – that is, the determining shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow of how many congressional seats each state receives. ence at the District Heights Also present at the event was said. Domestic Violence Symposium Mildred restraining requested the The ex-temporary Marlow wouldorder, also like to seeby a coali5 The Fish Market Restaurant in Clinton reopenedMuhammad, Sept. 4 onbut May 7 at the District Heights tion of cities, counties and civil rights groups wife of John Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raisefollowing a protests have not abated. (Anthony Tilghman/The WashMunicipal Center. The symposuit filed against the U.S. Census Bureau, agrees who was sentenced to six consecawareness among children in with the ington Informer) sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without plaintiffs’ bureauschools. restore itsShe previous plan parole demand public that andthe private Afterand a racial incident forced abyClinton restaurant Family Youth Services a Maryland jury for hisfor rolefinishing in feels to of beOctober, educat- instead of the children census at need the end to close two months, Fish Market Center of for themore city than of District the the Beltway Sniper attacks ed about violence. usingina revised plan todomestic end operations on Sept. 30. The Heights andits thedoors National Hookreopened Friday, Sept. 4.2002. Police maintained a Mildred Muhammad is had argued “We have to stop beingwould pas- cause the coalition the earlier deadline Uppresence of BlackinWomen. the parking lot as protests the continued founder ofacross After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chil- in the Census Bureau to overlook minority communities Marlow has written a book, the property. Police stood between Black customer ana organization that helps theleading drento about domestic violence,” census, an inaccurate count. “Color Butterfly,” which is aothersurvivors of restaudomestic violence and aMe protester yelling at each outside the Marlow said. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh indicated in her ruling story fourstreet. generations theirformer children. Marlow worked tothat break rantabout near the On Juneof26, and a Black custhat previous court caseshas had concluded it’s in the pubdomestic violence. The wore bookanis“I Can’t “I Breathe” lived in fear for six years. Six that theCongress cycle of be abuse her family, tomer, Daryl Rollins, t-shirt lic interest fairlyin apportioned and that the inspired by her own experiences, yearsheincouldn’t fear is wear a long time. It isfunds and is confident theanpolicies inside the restaurant. Rollins was told federal be distributed using accurateshe census, writand grandmother, not an easyhusband, thing to come is pushing for will and start thatinterest tip thethose shirtofbyherowner Sherry Giovannoni’s ing,out “the balance of the hardships public herRick. mother and hersaid daughter. of,”29 sheinterview said. process. Giovannoni during a July her sharply in Plaintiffs’ favor.” She said every time she part readsof the Mildred Muhammad saidbureau“Ihas plan to take these offices policies toheadquarhusband was no longer business and had The emailed regional and excerpts from her book, she people a Congress and implore them tothe Combeen seeking treatment forstill mental healthwho issues.want She to help ters, confirming that the statistical agency and canemphasized not believeher thehusband words came domestic violence must change our laws,” Marlow said. doesn’t “have a filter and atvictimmerce Department “are obligated to comply with the from her.can“Color Me Butterfly” be careful of how they go into “I will not stop until these politimes be insensitive” in reference to his conservaCourt’s Order and are taking immediate steps to do so.” won 2007views, National “Best life,senand understand cies are passed.” tivethe political adding that hethe hasvictim's no “racist” The bureau added that further guidance will be providBooks” Award. Tia Carol Jones can be reached timents and values. Stay tuned. that she may be in “survival ed later. “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI Elaine Davis-Nickens, president of the National Hook-Up the firstsaid timethere ever,islegislation is on the Senate calendar to make the District of BlackFor Women, no of Columbia a state. consistency in the way domestic Senate violenceThe issues are has dealtstarted with the by procedural process, known as Rule 14, to bypass committee consideration of the House-passed D.C. statehood piece (H.R. 51) and place the legislation directly on the Senate Calendar of Business. That action makes the bill available for floor consideration for the first time in history, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) and U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.), the sponsors of the District statehood bill, announced on Aug. 25. The bill will be placed on the calendar formally when the Senate returns from its August recess. Placement on the calendar doesn’t guarantee the legislation floor consideration and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has repeatedly said he will not bring it up for a vote. However, Norton said Senate Democrats pushed this procedural process demonstrating the importance of H.R. 51 to the Senate Democratic Caucus. “After 216 years of Congress denying D.C. residents congressional voting rights and full local self-government, we are on the cusp of another historic first for a D.C. statehood in a year of historic firsts for D.C. statehood,” Norton said. “Thanks to Sen. Carper’s leadership, as well as the work of D.C. residents and local and national advocacy groups, over 90 percent of Senate Democrats are co-sponsoring the D.C. statehood bill, a record by a large margin. We will take every opportunity including using the procedural tools of the Senate, to highlight to the American public the importance of D.C. statehood.”
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Senate Puts D.C. Statehood Bill on its Calendar—A First
We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.
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