Domestic violence is a public health crisis in Iowa thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
âIt was time for me to move onâ
A conversation with a former and a current nonprofit executive director on making space for women of color in leadership Friday, June 4, 2021 6:00 AM
On Sept. 2, 2020, Laurie Schipper addressed a two-page letter to Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence board members. “It has been a challenging and reactive time with so many opportunities to make transformative changes,” it began.
Three months earlier, in the midst of the racial reckonings brought forth by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people, Schipper and leaders of 44 other sexual assault and domestic violence coalitions from 33 states signed the Moment of Truth letter, which acknowledged the ways that their leadership failed underrepresented survivors, leaders and movements, specifically people of color. In it, they detailed changes they would support surrounding partnerships with police departments and the criminal justice system
Tenant who faces eviction from nuisance property wants to weigh in on landlord s appeal thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New details released in case of Iowa man accused of killing estranged wife Share Updated: 10:25 PM CDT May 9, 2021
New details released in case of Iowa man accused of killing estranged wife Share Updated: 10:25 PM CDT May 9, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR MONTHS AND CONTACTED HER WHEN HE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO. JUSTIN HURDEL’S NEWMONT SHOT SHOWS HIM BLOODIED AND BANDAGED. POLICE SAY THESE INJURIES HAPPENED BEFORE AN 18 HOUR MANHUNT THAT LED TO HIS CAPTURE AND ARREST THURSDAY MORNING JUST SOUTH OF FORT DODGE. THE LONGER THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT RUNNING THE STREETS, THE MORE DANGEROUS HE IS GOING TO BE. LAURA: HURDEL IS NOW CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. A NEW CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS A WITNESS SAW HURDEL WAIT IN THIS DETACHED GARAGE, CONFRONT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND PULL THE TRIGGER. MAGGIE HURDEL DIED AT THE SCEN THE 38-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER LOVE OF ART AND HELPING OTHERS. IN THESE PHOTOS, SHE’S SEEN PAITING THE
To the editor:
Join us May 1 in Des Moines to tell the Biden Administration that we are 100 days in and immigration reform is long overdue.
The Immigration Reform Now march and rally is an action in support of legislation introduced by President Joe Biden, Senators and Congressmen that seeks a path to
legalization of more than 11 million people, including people with DACA, TPS and essential workers.
At 100 days in, President Biden has done away with many of Trump’s harmful policies and practices, reverting to much of what we had under Obama. Immigrants and immigrants rights activists welcome some of these changes but know it is not nearly enough.