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March Against Domestic Violence This Saturday
By The Changeling | December 14, 2007
I just received this in my inbox, from Errol Louis’ brilliant blog Save Brooklyn Now! :
The Central Brooklyn Anti-Violence Coalition is holding a march from Brooklyn Borough Hall across the bridge to City Hall on Saturday, 12/15/07 at 12 noon. The goal is to raise awareness of domestic violence and ways to combat it.For more information, call 718-773-5974 or send email to ucg718@aol.comBe sure to visit� Errol Louis’ blog for information on safety alerts, helpful links and occasional commentary on crime in Central Brooklyn, with a focus on the following precincts: 71st and 77th (Crown Heights), 79th and 81st (Bedford-Stuyvesant), 73rd (Brownsville) and 88th (Fort Greene/Clinton Hill).
December 15th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Thank you for your important message! Btw, did you know there will be a French Hedwig, a real woman? No inch to be angry.
http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/41830/
Stay tuned.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
The problem of verbal abuse is also an important issue in domestic violence cases.
Frank Jump
Fading Ad Blog
December 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_abuse
December 15th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Thanks for the info, step sister! You know I love Hedwig!
Frank H. Jump, I love your work!
December 16th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I blogrolled you!
December 18th, 2007 at 2:27 am
We are a group of American Indians and friends that know and worked with Joy Loftin while she was employed at the Vanderbilt YMCA here in New York City. During the length of her employment, several extremely disturbing incidents occurred that cause us to be concerned and call into question the motives and the integrity of Shan Colorado Finnerty, Hortensia Colorado, and Elvira Colorado.
On several occasions, Joy came to work with visible bruises on her neck and arms. She eventually explained to us that Shan had punched, beaten, and choked her and she asked us for help. As wardens for the community, we tried to place Joy in women’s shelters around the city in an effort to mitigate the abuse. However, at the urging of Shan’s mother and aunt, Hortensia and Elvira, she returned to their apartment and refused to press criminal charges against Shan Colorado Finnerty. The abuse continued and one day, she came to work very early, visibly distressed and crying, with more bruises and abrasions. She said that Shan had verbally abused and beaten her once again; that she wanted to return to California, and that she was going to quit her job and reunite with her family. She tendered her resignation later that week. Out of concern for her safety and in an effort to find out what happened to her, we requested an officer from the domestic violence unit of the 5th Precinct conduct a welfare check at their home on Kenmare Street. However the officer was unable to find anyone at the apartment, and therefore could not verify that Joy was safe. We realize that she is suffering from battered women’s syndrome and may be unable to help herself due to the isolationist environment that the Colorados have formed around her. Abusive men are often enabled by their family, while the victim is persuaded to believe the abuse is her fault, and the pattern of emotional and physical trauma continues. Taking into consideration what has happened to Joy Loftin, it is especially deceitful that their display “Altar: El Llanto De La Resistencia” at the American Indian Community House was in part dedicated to victims of domestic violence.
In light of these events, we are dismayed, disappointed, and outraged to know that members of the American Indian Community would commit, condone, and perpetuate domestic abuse and violence, while simultaneously conducting workshops, writing and performing plays, and displaying works and art that would have the public and those who support them believe otherwise. It is a vulgar and offensive misrepresentation of American Indian Culture, and further support of Coatlicue Theater, Hortensia Colorado, Elvira Colorado, Shan Colorado Finnerty and their work is tantamount to supporting domestic abuse and violence. Considering their duplicitous behavior, having them represent American Indian Culture is an insult to the dignity of American Indians and an affront to human beings.
We are therefore informing you we will not attend nor support any Coatlicue Theater productions or events where they will be featured. We will be encouraging others that might consider attending, participating, or funding them to do the same. Our actions are warranted, and to be associated with the aforementioned individuals and Coatlicue Theater would be equivalent to enabling and contributing to such offensive behaviour.
We urge you to reevaluate your support of Coatlicue Theater and the Colorados, and question the individuals concerned. Until the responsible individuals are held accountable and measures are taken to verify that the abuse is no longer occurring, we will continue with our boycott, and will strongly urge others to do the same.
December 21st, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Shan Finnerty also does album covers and video promotions. He recently did an album cover and promotional video for Davie Allan. Let Davie Allan know that a known domestic abuser did the album cover and video for his newest release. Don’t let 37 year old Shan Finnerty and his family get away with beating and abusing a 20 year old girl. Email Davie Allan at melodicgrunge@yahoo.com and tell him to either change the album cover or face a boycott of his albums.
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
It was most unfortunate that Mr. Allan (who lives in California) did not know that he had hired a domestic abuser to do his album cover and promotional video. It was not known to him and we are sure that had he known, he would not have hired him. In fact, Shan Finnerty was 2 months late with both the album cover and the video, so Mr. Allan deserves our sympathy as well. If you do purchase this album, please make a donation to a women’s shelter in Mr. Allan’s name, throw the cover away, and make your own album cover for the CD.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
hi there joy loftin is my youngest niece. i am currently living in lousiana re building hotels
after the great storm there. i have just gotten word of this,happening to my niece..i am a understanding person. an will pay 10,000 cash dollars to anyone who will give me info on shan
finnerty that i can take to the police to have him locked up. be it drugs,drinking,kicking dogs,
or my niece agian. or jay walking on the street.
just email me contact info an we go from there.
this person has to be taken off the streets one
way or another..