I founded Women's Legal Resource in 2006 to help women who face the brutal challenges of the family law court system. After going through my own experience in the Family Law Court without the financial resources to obtain proper counsel, I was faced having to represent myself. All though I faced many legal hurdles, I felt the need to help other women and advocate specifically for those who are Domestic Violence Victims. Women's Legal Resource is a nonpartisan organization that supports the efforts for Domestic Violence Reform and Family Law Reform. The present laws as they are written are flawed and do not meet the language of our ever growing savvy Hi-Tech protocol of the 21st Century, which places victims in danger.
A victim recently reached out to the newly appointed White House VAWA Advisor, Lynn Rosenthal and during the conversation, Rosenthal stated, “I can’t do nothing to help your situation.” Rosenthal continued by saying, “the Vice President is very concerned on this topic and I relay your situation to him.”
I should say I am disappointed, but I won’t. This is exactly what I expected would happen. I sent a letter to Rosenthal, Attorney General Eric Holder and two employees of the crime victims compensation board here in California and received no response from either party.
What I am deeply concerned with is this, a victim was brave enough to make that call, explained her story, and was basically given a canned response to a crisis. I no longer have respect for Vice President Biden, in fact, talk is cheap at this point. If Vice President Biden is so concerned about violence against women, why won’t he take notice to the fact that the very system he created and supports is flat out failing?
It just proves that Lynn Rosenthal was placed there to be a face with no executive power to help anyone and is merely a glorified answering service for the Violence Against Women Act. Is this going to save the lives of women and children?
Why is the White House making it so hard for the public to get answers to a very simple question, "Can you help me". What is Lynn Rosenthal's real purpose with the White House? Could it be that the system Vice President Biden and Rosenthal believe in is a farse?
Please read the comment placed by this victim at: http://www.examiner.com/x-17770-Sacramento-Abusive-Relationships-Examiner under the article Working with the White House to keep victims from falling through the cracks. by Alexis A. Moore
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