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Get to Know a Convicted Survivor
Newsweek’s Daily Beast Covers Sin by Silence
“From inside a California prison, a group of women convicted of murder is working to change the way we think about domestic violence. Jessica Bennett looks at a new documentary that tells their story. When Brenda Clubine killed her husband in 1983, there were 11 restraining orders against him and a warrant for his arrest. […]
Sin by Silence on RT
San Francisco Public Radio Interview
“How do we break the silence around domestic violence? On the next Your Call, we’ll speak with Olivia Klaus, director of Sin by Silence, a domestic violence documentary about incarcerated women speaking out. We’ll also be joined by Brenda Clubine. She spent 26 years in prison and founded Convicted Women Against Abuse to change laws […]
Standing Room Only
We just finished our workshop at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence here in New Orleans, LA. With Lynn Rosenthal, the White House Advisor on Domestic Violence and Eve Ensler, of V-Day, being the keynote speakers I have to admit that I was very intimidated about the attendance of our workshop. We advertised […]