Our Board of Advisers

We're thrilled to announce that we've named our board of advisers. These 11 people have kindly offered to share their expertise with the project -- to look over our shoulders a bit as we complete the film and launch distribution and outreach.

The make up of the board reflects the scope of the film. Advisers come from our three primary locations: Duluth, MN; Baltimore, MD; and New York. The advisers are:

Cathryn Curley, Safe Haven Shelter

Ed Heisler, Community Education Coordinator, Safe Haven Shelter

Debra Holbrook, coordinator, forensic nursing, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Sally MacNichol, Director of Programs, Connect NYC

Tanya Macleod, Organizer, Voices of Women Organizing Project

Scott Miller, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, coordinator of men’s' groups and coordinated community response.

Colleen Moore, Family Violence Response Program, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Anne Paulle (Board Chair), DV consultant; Adjunct Prof., Monroe College

Linda Riddle, Executive Director, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

Ruth Smith, VIP Community Services, Bronx NY; Adjunct Prof, Monroe College

Evan Stark, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers-Newark.

Production Update

A busy week working on the film. Yesterday we had a shoot in Duluth. Camera man Dominic Howes drove up from Minneapolis to shoot a men's group meeting at the Duluth Absue Intervention Project. Dominic also interview two members of the group. Scott Miller of the DAIP co-facilitated the group and coordinated the shoot.

In the meantime, Thavisouk Phravath (Thavi) is working on our trailer and has also started cutting interview excerpts which we plan to post on our web site. Thavi, by the way, is a big deal. His film, "Nerakhoon--The Betrayal" has been nominated for a Spirit Award and is also on the short list for an Academy Award. I think he is going to win both.

Zoe and Mik are working on the film web site. We hope to launch in about two weeks.