DoVES, INC.

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DoVES is a non-profit domestic and sexual violence resource center.

We offer a safe shelter, advocacy, outreach services, training on domestic and sexual violence, support groups, and a 24/7 hotline/helpline.

We can be reached at 913-376-0365 or www.dovesatchisonks.org !

 

 

 

Thank You!

DoVES is grateful for the many community contributions that we receive.  This month we would like to thank: Trinity Lutheran Church, First United Methodist Church, Joyce Nolan, and Nikkia Weber. If we left you out, a big thank you for you as well!

Needs List:

Monetary donations for shelter improvements, toys for boys of various ages, pillows, and twin sized sheet sets.

Staff Activities

Grant season is almost over! Sherry and Tess are ready to have a small break in grant writing. We are excited to be doing ‘home repairs’! We have new carpet! The old carpet had around 100 women (plus their children) walking on it a year!  After ten years, it was looking a little worn out!  We will be making other improvements as funding becomes available. This month we finish up our Child Development Training, provided by Carrie Sowers of Atchison Childcare. It has been a fascinating class that looks at child development, trauma, and discipline. Outreach staff are doing various activities this month! Pam is helping at the Jackson County Fair the last week of July. Jessica is working with local beauty shops to raise awareness about domestic violence. Misty is working with the Hiawatha Hospital to create a SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) in the community. Shelter staff, as always, are busy with the hotline, direct client services, and shelter operations.

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime stalking is “a course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person fear.” According to statistics gathered from the Department of Justice, 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men are stalked annually. They also estimates that 62% of stalking against females is done by an ex husband, boyfriend, or partner. Stalking can be done in various ways, but in recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the use of technology to stalk. This is due in part to the advancement of technology, increased awareness of technology, and the price decline in gaining technology. Although cyberstalking (using the internet such as email, social network sites/myspace/bebo, and instant messenger to stalk) is still very common, there are other technological ways to stalk. GPS (global positioning systems) can be placed on cell phones or in cars without knowledge. GPS systems can be bought for less than 300 dollars. Learning how to place a GPS track on a cell phone is only a Google search away!  These technologies are often advertised as a way to ‘watch your wife’. Other technologies include caller id spoofing (Spoof Card), voice changing calling cards, and spyware cameras.  For more information visit the National Stalking Resource Center at www.ncvc.org/src.  This site also has valuable information regarding youth and social networking sites. DoVES can provide information and even presentations on this topic free of charge.  Next month we will discuss “upskirting”, which is where camera phones or other digital technology are used to take pictures up a woman’s skirt. 

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself”

Leo Tolstoy

Stalking: A Look at Technology