Archives: 2012
In Memoriam Ellen Pence, April 15, 1948 - January 6, 2012
Philippa Ratcliff - January 2012 2:22 pm
Abuse victims’ advocate Ellen Pence dies
By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune
Published January 07, 2012
A co-founder of Duluth’s world-renowned Domestic Abuse Intervention Project and a woman considered the “mother” of domestic violence intervention has died.
Ellen Pence, 63, died Friday morning after a long struggle with breast cancer.
“She was brilliant, sharp-witted, loved people and was extremely hard-working,” said Duluth Assistant City Attorney Mary Asmus, a friend of Pence’s for almost 30 years.
New Domestic Violence Law
Philippa Ratcliff - January 2012 12:00 pm
Domestic Violence Strangulation Law Passed in California!
In 2011, I had the honor to work with the National Family Justice Alliance and many of you to author SB 430 in California, seeking to make California the 30th state with a specialized statute on strangulation.