While incarcerated I never realized the time, effort and complete commitment that had been put into the making of Sin By Silence. After the dust began to settle from my initial release, Olivia asked me if I would be willing to work with her to help put an actual face to the project and speak […]
Patt Morrison featured Sin by Silence on her 89.3FM radio show. As she stated in her blog after the show, “The documentary’s director Olivia Klaus and a domestic violence counselor joined Brenda Clubine in studio, but the calls from listeners were just as harrowing. Hearing women’s desperate voices come through the headphones simply reinforced the […]
Chris Brown has avoided jail time by pleading guilty last week to his vicious, and very public, attack on Rihanna. As a result, he will now have to enroll in a domestic violence course, as well as, do 180 days of community work. Is that enough? Is that too little? Is the porridge too hot […]
What? Palin? Why are you writing about her? Well, the infamous Alaskan Governor recently signed a bill to expand the participation in the state Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. This is a great move towards change throughout a state where violence against women is a huge problem! The statistics of Alaska expose that […]
How on earth do we allow such upstanding, eloquent people to be role models for the youth of America? Someone who releases a public statement with such perfect diction as “everybody that’s haters…they just be haters.” and “I ain’t a monster” in defense of him using his girlfriend as a punching bag deserves to be […]
May 18th marked the 20th anniversary for the Convicted Women Against Abuse group that is featured in Sin by Silence. It was so exciting to be able to be a part of the banquet that evening at the prison to celebrate the accomplishments of these courageous women. As I was called up to share, I […]
