Friday, October 2, 2009

Save Amelia Campaign


National Launch - Save Amelia Campaign

Saturday, October 3, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 PM

Orso's Restaurant - Mezzanine, 737 W. 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska
CO-Sponsored By AWAIC with generous contributions from Orso

Learn more about the experiences of Amelias nationwide:

…even if a victim of domestic violence tries to “just leave,” some abusers refuse to accept that rejection and continue to pose a lifelong safety threat through stalking and ongoing attacks?

…thousands of women in the United States and their children have been assigned second Social Security Numbers and new identities to protect them from perpetrators the US Government acknowledges it cannot thwart through law enforcement or judicial intervention

…unlike the Witness Protection Program, victims provided a new identity due to domestic violence are provided no formal guidelines and no material support in making the identity transition

Did you know...
…there is little to no coordination among federal and state government agencies, and many government agencies lack any knowledge of this protective program or procedures for interacting with its registrants?

…compliant registrants in this US federal program have been mistaken as perpetrators of fraud because of their identity status?

…when accused, program registrants have been abandoned and told that they cannot be helped for fear of harming this secretive identity change program?

…women have lost custody of their children and been prosecuted for fraud by one arm of the government for following the rules of a government program?

Interact with national experts on the issue -Comments delivered at 3 PM

Meet the community organizations supporting the campaign

Learn how you can help Save Amelia

For more information, please contact:

Michelle Love (907-229-1496), Alaska Campaign Coordinator

Valerie Harris (650-793-4002)

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