Archives for Domestic violence

Let’s Talk About It 5/12/23: Narcisstic Abuse

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Aimee, author of the blog Biddeford Bachelorette.
Mandy returns to update us on how she is still being plagued by her ex years after the divorce and his way-too-short prison term for domestic violence, and how the courts are enabling him to shirk paying her child support.

Topics include:
Using your love of pets to terrorize you, no justice for domestic violence victims and no accountability for domestic violence perpetrators. Post-separation abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 4/14/23: When Your Abuser is Famous

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guest:
Donna Kaz. Donna talks about being swept off her feet by the late actor William Hurt who terrorized her for three years. Donna is a feminist activist and the author of Unmasked: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl on Tour. 

Topics include:
Being stymied, staunched, and brutalized by someone the public glorifies. The harmful silence of others. Getting out from the shadow of someone famous and finding ourselves.  The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 2/10/23: This Is Not Love!

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests: 
Olivia and Jeannine. Olivia, 24, talks about being swept off her feet by an older man who was more established in her credit union work field and how the jealousy and control swept in as soon as they were engaged. Jeannine, a former TV news anchor, talks about financial abuse.

Topics include:
Coercive control, financial abuse, no justice in court.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 12/9/22: Surviving Domestic Violence – Melody and Melissa

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Melody Rose Paul, author of Savaged to Wellness and The Road to Recovery and Melissa, who barely survived the violent rampage of her ex who was out on bail when he committed this. Melody is a Mi’kmaq native who says that being incarcerated was a relief from her captivity at home by her controlling ex.

Topics:
Incarceration, the link between substance abuse and domestic abuse, no justice for victims of domestic abuse, turning pain into art.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non-profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time  all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk Animals 9/28/17

Lets Talk Animals – Aardvarks to Zebras was formerly known as PetSounds 2.0 The name change reflects the expanded world of animals that the program will be covering.

Producer/Host: Dr. John Hunt
Engineer: Amy Browne

Animal Abuse

Key Discussion Points:
a) Types of Animal Abuse
b) Connections with people abuse
c) Strategies to overcome abuse

Guests: Leslie Linder, Dorathy Martel

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Talk of the Towns 3/28/14

Producer/Host: Ron Beard
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Community concerns and opportunities

Program Topic: Community Response to Domestic Violence

Key Discussion Points :
What is domestic abuse?
• Define
• Tactics of abuse
What is Extent of the problem in Hancock and Washington Counties
• Next Step statistics
• Other statistics and information
• Other trends from the perspective of law enforcement
What are the signs of abuse and what can someone to do help?
What are services offered by Next Step
• Hotline: Who can use the hotline, who works on the hotline
• Emergency shelter: information about trends in shelter
• Transitional housing: what is the benefit, the need, the availability
• Other services: face to face advocacy, support and education groups
• Advocacy in court
• Community education, training, and consultation
Trends in the community’s perception of and response to DV
• What has changed since the first shelters opened in the 70’s?
• What is on the horizon for assessing risks?
• How should we be organizing ourselves as a community to
further enhance our response to DV?
How can community members become effective allies for those who are targets or suspected targets of domestic violence?

Guests:
Rebecca Hobbs, Exec. Director, Next Step
Lt. Rod Charette (Commanding Officer, Maine State Police Troop J),
Rick Doyle (Staff Attorney, Next Step)

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United Way Presents 9/15/12

Host: Adam Lacher, Director, Communications and Community Engagement for United Way of Eastern Maine .
Guest: Rebecca Hobbs, Executive Director of the Next Step Domestic Violence Project serving Hancock and Washington Counties
Issue: Domestic Violence, youth development, bullying, transitional housing.
About: United Way of Eastern Maine Presents is a weekly radio program featuring the the voices of Maine community organizations from Piscataquis, Penobscot, Washington, Hancock and Waldo counties. More info at: www.unitedwayem.org

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Healthy Options 6/03/09

Producer/Host: Rhonda Feiman
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Domestic Violence
How to identify abusive behavior. What resources are available in the state of Maine? What to do if you are– or know someone who is– in an abusive relationship. What is a healthy relationship?
Guest: Tina Tucker, Community Educator for New Hope for Women

Contact numbers for more information
New Hope for Women: 1-800-522-3304
State Hotline: 1-866-834-4357

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