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A few local and regional MA/NY CT people made a valiant effort with others across the nation and from 
abroad to attend a recent remarkable national conference. The BMCC is now online for leaders and the public to  
reframe the epidemic of Coercive Control and Domestic Violence and Abuse.

The 11th Battered Mothers Custody Conference (BMCC) drew experts such as Barry Goldstein, Evan Stark and Wendy Murphy.
Other reformers and advocates included as Rose Garrity who leads the board of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and works with the National Organization for Men Against

Every season brings its joys and sorrows...as more people take time to garden outdoors, maybe they can tend to the 
living situations people in their homes and communities face. The secrets can be hard to comprehend, the laws and courts
or programs to intervene or punish out of whack (often revictimizing women, moms and kids..and IF there are cases of 
adult males being abused, they also can lose out..but the majority of real harm and control of a family falls to the male
perpetrators in a state and country..and the reality of courts is that they allow for that in custody cases all too often.
 
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