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NSU receives violence against women grant funds


Volume 14 Number 12 Trumps Speech FROM PAGE 7


meetings for two caucuses, though. That appears to be the source of the claim.


Interestingly, the president got


it right on the first day of his party’s convention, when he said, “I can promise you a few things, number one, we will not be taking the word ‘God’ out of the Pledge of Allegiance, like they did a number of times at their caucuses.”


But on Aug. 27, Trump reverted to


the misleading version of the claim in a night heavy with cultural references.


BY OFFICE OF SENATOR MARK WARNER


WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded $543,619 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to reduce domestic violence,


dating


and sexual assault in Norfolk and Richmond.


“Unfortunately, in today’s


society, there’s so much more we must do to combat violence against women, especially on our college campuses,” said the capacity


Senators. “Boosting for higher


institutions education to prevent violence and


stalking on campus and increasing resources for support services is a start.”


follows:


The funding was awarded as $300,000 for Norfolk State


University in Norfolk, Va. The funding was awarded through the Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program). The Campus Program provides higher education institutions the opportunity to establish comprehensive approaches to better combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campuses. NSU works in partnership with the YWCA of South Hampton Roads, the City of Norfolk Police Department, and the Office of Norfolk’s Commonwealth Attorney to ensure the Campus Program is properly administered. $243,619 for the Virginia Sexual Action


And Domestic Violence


Alliance in Richmond, Va. The funding was awarded through the State and Territorial Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence


Program. This grant program supports coalitions specifically focused on combatting


Coach FROM PAGE 5


I was and how much I looked up to him and how appreciative I was for what he was doing for the young people at Georgetown. I also let him know that I was looking forward to him helping a young man that I know named Allen Iverson. I was so appreciative of the opportunity that was given to Iverson. I also waited patiently for the opportunity to meet him in person even


though I felt that I already knew the man.


He knew me as well and when


we finally got the opportunity to meet in person after Allen had left Georgetown, he continued to stay in contact with me and Allen. Allen was now one of the wonderful people who called Georgetown University home and he was a permanent part of the Hoya family. I too felt that connection


and enjoyed the many conversations that Coach and I shared about life. I felt his genuine concern for mankind and I always admired the love that he had for his kids and every person who ever played basketball or was


associated with the university. My thoughts and prayers go


out to his immediate family and the Georgetown Family at this time of bereavement. I can only imagine how much they will miss his incredible presence and the enormous legacy that is Coach John Thompson Jr. The time that he spent on earth will long be remembered and treasured by those who had the pleasure of knowing him. I want to personally thank the Thompson Family for sharing him with us. I will never forget.


Coalitions sexual and domestic violence and advancing the goals of the violence,


the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Sens. Warner and Kaine have worked to secure funding that better supports victims of domestic assault. In penned


violence


leadership requesting that any future legislation


a letter to


address the ongoing


coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) provides funding to support victims and survivors, including programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act.


Kaine is the sponsor of the Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act (S.O.S. Campus Act), which would require colleges and universities to have an independent advocate


available to support


survivors of sexual assault on every campus. In 2015, provisions of Kaine’s Teach Safe Relationships Act were signed into law to allow elementary and secondary schools to use federal education


funding


specifically for instruction and training


on safe the University relationship


behavior among students. The idea for the legislation came out of a December 2014 meeting Kaine had at


of Virginia


to listen to students’ recommenda- tions for preventing campus sexual assault. Warner


has previously


introduced bipartisan legislation to combat sexual assault on college and university


campuses. The Campus


Accountability and Safety Act would reform the way institutions handle incidents of on-campus sexual assault and ensure that investigations and disciplinary proceedings are fair and consistent. It would also create new resources and support services


for


survivors, and set new notification requirements for both survivors and accused


campus disciplinary process. students involved in the


and survivors and sexual


April, the senators to Congressional


Abortion: Repeating speakers, a version


of a claim made by several GOP convention


Trump said:


“Joe Biden claims he has empathy for the vulnerable, yet the party he leads supports the extreme late-term abortion of defenseless babies right up until the moment of birth.”


week,


As we’ve already written many


Democrats, this including


Biden, call for codifying into federal law the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. That decision says that states cannot interfere with a woman’s right to an abortion before the end of the first trimester, but can regulate or prohibit abortions once a fetus becomes viable outside the womb.


Most states ban abortion at a


certain point in the pregnancy, with exceptions to protect the mother’s life. In 2016, the most recent data available, only 1.2% of abortions were done after 21 weeks.


Condemning rioters: Trump


misleadingly claimed that “Biden and his supporters” only began to condemn rioters after the Democratic convention “because their poll numbers are going down like a rock in water. It’s too late, Joe.” Although he did not mention it


in his convention convention, speech, Biden


repeatedly condemned violent protests prior to the convention.


Trump, Aug. 27: During their Joe Biden


supporters remained even it during their entire and his completely


silent about the rioters and criminals spreading mayhem in Democrat-run cities. They never


mentioned convention.


Never once mentioned. Now they’re starting to mention it because their poll numbers are going down like a rock in water. It’s too late, Joe.


Trump appeared to be referring


to a video Biden posted on Twitter on Aug. 26 in which the Democratic presidential nominee responded to the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shooting sparked chaotic and at times violent


protests. That all unfolded


after Biden spoke at the Democratic convention.


“You know, as I said after George


Floyd’s murder, protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary,” Biden said. “But burning down communities


is not protest, it’s needless violence, violence that endangers lives, violence that guts businesses and shutters businesses that serve the community. That’s wrong.”


That was not the first time Biden


has spoken out against rioters. After the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 and the ensuing protests in cities around the country — some of which turned violent or involved looting — Biden did condemn violent protests.


“I say they have a right to be in fact angry and frustrated,” Biden said in an interview on CNN on May 29. “And more violence, hurting more people, isn’t going to answer the question.”


widely reported in the media, in which he said, “Protesting


Biden also released a statement, such brutality


is right and necessary. It’s an utterly American response. But burning down communities and needless destruction is not. Violence that endangers lives is not. Violence that guts and shutters businesses that serve the community is not. The act of protesting should never be allowed to overshadow the reason we protest. It should not drive people away from the just cause that protest is meant to advance.”


In remarks on racial economic


equity on July 28, Biden reiterated that message.


“I’ve said from the outset of the recent protests that there is no place for violence or the destruction of property,” Biden said. “Peaceful protesters should be protected — but arsonists and anarchists should be prosecuted — and local law enforcement can do that.”


School choice: Trump wrongly


claimed Biden “vowed to oppose school choice and close all charter schools, ripping away the ladder of opportunity for Black and Hispanic children.”


As we have written, Biden opposes


federal funding going to “for-profit charter schools,” but schools managed by for-profit companies make up only a fraction of charter schools — about 10%, according to a researcher for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.


And while Biden opposes vouchers


for private school tuition — the ultimate in school choice for some — he does not oppose students choosing between public schools, magnet schools and high-performing charter schools.


According to a statement provided


by a Biden campaign official to FactCheck.org in July, “VP Biden will do everything he can to help traditional public schools, which is what most students attend. As president, he will ban for-profit charter schools from receiving federal funds. He will also make sure that we stop funding charter schools that don’t provide results.” The campaign added that Biden “does not oppose districts letting


parents


choose to send their children to high- performing public charters.”


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