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Suzanne Simpson case should be clarion call to address domestic violence
November 7, 2024 | Patricia Castillo | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: A poster showing a photo of Suzanne Clark Simpson, a mother of four and real estate agent, last seen in October 2024. Events leading up to Simpson's disappearance shine a light on the urgent need to speak out against domestic violence. Photo credit: Josie Norris
Love Should Not Hurt: Local Collaborative Announces Training and Campaign Against Domestic Violence
May 10, 2023 | San Antonio Jewish Journal
Photo description: Lisa Epstein, Jewish Community Relations Council Director, announces training for faith-based leaders.
San Antonio's domestic violence problem and what these experts are trying to do about it
April 3, 2023 | Emilie Eaton | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Chief William McManus listens while Judge Monique Diaz answers questions about the the city's comprehensive domestic violence plan on Oct. 30, 2019. The Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence unveiled its third-year progress report this week. Photo credit: Tom Reel
Three years in, domestic violence commission reports improvement, ‘tightening’ of processes
March 31, 2023 | Iris Dimmick | San Antonio Report
Photo description: Patricia Castillo, P.E.A.C.E. Initiative’s executive director, advocates for victims of domestic violence at the town hall at the San Antonio Mennonite Church in 2019. Photo credit: Bonnie Arbittier
‘We need to do more’: Advocates weigh efforts to stop domestic violence
February 13, 2023 | Iris Dimmick | San Antonio Report
Photo description: Patricia Castillo, executive director of The P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, speaks to attendees during a conference on community response to domestic violence. Photo credit: Scott Ball
‘The system let me down’: That’s how domestic violence victims feel, Bexar County survey finds
August 28, 2022 | Emilie Eaton | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Bexar County District Court Judge Monique Diaz has served as co-chair of the city-county Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence. “We’ve done a lot, but there’s clearly so much work left to be done,” she says. Photo credit: Carlos Javier Sanchez
Preyor-Johnson: On domestic violence, be aware — but also take action
October 1, 2021 | Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Bexar County Civil District Court Judge, Monique Diaz, has said messaging during Domestic Violence Awareness Month brings needed attention to a festering issue. Photo credit: Carlos Javier Sanchez
San Antonio Women Share Personal Stories Of Violence In Texas' Deadliest Large City For Women
July 3, 2019 | Bonnie Petrie | Texas Public Radio
Photo description: Kay Rose described how her domestic partner was shot to death by a neighbor with a history of family violence in April. Rose used this story to express how family violence can impact entire communities. Photo Credit: Bonnie Petrie
Some wonder why domestic violence not a focus of san antonio’s mayoral campaign
May 17, 2019 | Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Patricia Castillo, left, director of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative, a nonprofit that fights domestic violence, leads others at a demonstration hosted by her organization near City Hall on May 1, 2019, to call attention to two San Antonio police reports about domestic violence involving mayoral candidate and City Council member Greg Brockhouse in 2006 and 2009. He was not charged in either case and denied the allegations. Photo credit: Kin Man Hui
as family violence fatalities in san antonio increase, women’s advocates take to the streets
April 8, 2019 | Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Monique Noble, 38, center, receives comfort from her daughter, Aniya Cragg, 18, right, and family friend Rachel Washington, left, during a vigil for Monique's sister, Josephine Serrano Ramos, 36, on April 4, 2019. Ramos was gunned down at about 5:40 p.m. April 1, as she was arguing with her husband in the 100 block of Goliad Road. Brian Ramos, 38, has been charged with murder in her death. Photo credit: Matthew Busch
Column: Both peace and war begin at home
April 1, 2019 | Patricia Castillo | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Patricia Castillo is one San Antonio’s 2019 Peace Laureates and is the co-founder and executive director of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative. Photo credit: Robin Jerstad
san antonio’s 2019 peace laureates named
January 18, 2019 | Elaine Ayala | San Antonio Express-News
Photo description: Nickie Valdez, center, was one of three women honored as San Antonio’s peace laureates in January 2019. The others honored were Rebecca Flores, left, a former state director of the United Farm Workers, and Patricia S. Castillo of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative. See video here.