leather teddies Steve Rowe Receives 2009 Visionary Voice Award from the National ual Violence Resource Center

Steve Rowe Receives 2009 Visionary Voice Award from the National ual Violence Resource Center
April 3, 2009 - The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the Visionary Voice Award. This award recognizes the creativity, hard work, and dedication of individuals around the country working to address and prevent sexual violence. Winners are selected by their respective state, tribal, or territory anti-sexual violence coalitions and represent a wide range of individuals doing this critical work at the local level.

Karen Baker, NSVRC Director, notes that April, nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, is an appropriate time to acknowledge the commitment and success of these outstanding individuals. The 2009 award winners are:

Jeffrey Barrows, MD, Ohio, for using his expertise as a physician and his international human trafficking experiences with the State Department to educate multidisci! plinary professionals in Ohio on the healthcare consequences of human trafficking and prostitution of minors.

Sara Benitez, Puerto Rico, for her ongoing work to respond to college victims of sexual assault in Puerto Rico and for offering her expertise and time to numerous anti-violence organizations.

Jackie Biskupski, Utah , for advocating successfully for victims’ rights and obtaining unanimous bi-partisan support to ensure rape victims are provided with timely information and access to emergency contraception.

Tillie Black Bear, South Dakota , for her leadership in bringing the voices of Native Women to the anti-sexual violence movement and her passion for helping all victims of violence.

Jennifer Carlson, Arkansas, for her dedication to community mobilization and collaboration to develop a sustainable Sexual Assault Response Team and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner clinic in her community.

Mary Grissim, Tennessee, for d! eveloping and implementing primary prevention-based curricula ! for chil dren and teens while working to involve more individuals and organizations in her community in doing this work.

Stephen Haas, MD, West Virginia, for offering his research, statistical expertise and time to assist the coalition, rape crisis centers, and allied professionals in West Virginia to collect and yze data to support this important work.

Clema S. Lewis, Virgin Islands, for her leadership in co-directing the only victim services agency in St. Croix and providing direct support, counseling, and advocacy to sexual assault victims on a daily basis.

Katherine Little, MD, New Hampshire, for her work training hundreds of healthcare professionals in New Hampshire on the impact of domestic and sexual violence.

Cristina Perez, Pennsylvania, for her skill and passion in reaching out to the Latino/a community in Philadelphia to provide comprehensive, culturally competent services to victims and her leadership in establishing the first rape ! crisis center in Mexico.

Steven Rowe, Maine, of Verrill Dana, for developing task forces, conference sponsorship, and other efforts to address stalking and violence against women and children.

Kristy M. Stewart, Oklahoma, for developing a model rape crisis center on the campus of Women’s Resource Center , and setting the standard for sexual assault services in Oklahoma.

For more information about the award recipients, please visit http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/award

About Verrill Dana:

Verrill Dana, LLP is one of the leading law firms in New England, widely known for delivering high quality legal services in a thoughtful and responsive manner that regularly exceeds our clients' expectations.

Tracing its roots to 1862, the firm has grown to become one of Maine's largest law firms. In recent years the firm has grown regionally, and beyond, to become the only Maine firm with offices in Boston, Augusta, Hartford and Wash! ington D.C Today, Verrill Dana is a dynamic firm that provides! sophist icated legal representation to businesses and individuals in a wide variety of areas. These include all of the traditional areas of legal services, such as litigation, real estate, business law, labor and employment law, and estate planning; and a number of specialized practice areas, such as health care and health technology, immigration and global migration, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, energy, timberlands, and environmental law, among others.


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