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April 2, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, , Brian@protectourdefenders.com
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PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEMBER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT INAUGURAL GEORGIA WOMEN VETERANS CONFERENCE
Veteran and survivor BriGette McCoy has appeared on CNN and testified before Congress calling for fundamental reform to the military justice system
Washington DC – On Friday April 4th, Veteran BriGette McCoy, Founder and CEO of Women Veteran Social Justice will deliver the keynote address at the organization’s inaugural conference, with the goal of connecting women veterans in Georgia and across the country. BriGette also serves as a Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member, and appeared in the documentary film,Service: When Women Come Marching Home. Last year she testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on sexual assaults in the military.
BriGette has shared her personal story of sexual assault while serving in the Army on multiple occasions. She is a regular contributor on CNN and on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper earlier this month she expressed the betrayal she felt after Senator Claire McCaskill led an effort to block fundamental reform in the Senate.
The one-day conference, Women Veteran Social Justice will focus on themes presented by women veteran experts. They include transitioning back into civilian society, physical and mental health services, education, business and finance, faith and spirituality, relationships, aging, housing, and navigating the legal system.
For more details go to: www.wvsj.org
WHO: BriGette McCoy, Founder of Women Veteran Social Justice, and Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee
DATE: Friday, April 4, 2014
TIME: 8:30am
PLACE: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center (North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30332)
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[VIDEO] CNN: Military rape survivor: Sen. McCaskill betrayed us
http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/
[VIDEO] MSNBC: New legislation aims to fix the military sexual assault crisis
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/
Testimony by BriGette McCoy: Senate Armed Services Committee, March 13, 2013
WNPR: Sexual Assault in the Military
http://www.yourpublicmedia.
San Antonio Express-News: Military women and their war
About Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders is a human rights organization. We seek to honor, support and give voice to the brave women and men in uniform who have been sexually assaulted while serving their country, and re-victimized by the military adjudication system – a system that often blames the victim and fails to prosecute the perpetrator. Learn more about Protect Our Defenders at www.protectourdefenders.com or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/
Protect Our Defenders partners with Attorney Susan Burke, Burke PLLC to advance lawsuits filed against the DoD and service academies for repeatedly ignoring rape, sexual assault and harassment, failing to prosecute perpetrators and retaliating against the victim.
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