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Services for Teen and Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
and Prevention Programs
Delivered Out Ministries is on a mission to rebuild the lives of teens and adults, females especially, who offenders tried to tear down. We will continue by any means necessary through community education, advocacy and assistance for survivors (of all faiths or beliefs and ethnicities) and their families. We aim to listen, uplift, inspire, empower and then assess the needs of survivors to get them back on track to a healthy and prosperous life. Emergency needs and healing will be the first steps that will pave their way.
Texas Department of Public Safety statistics show: 104 women were murdered in Texas in 2007 and 120 in 2006 by their husbands and significant others. Other victims of domestic violence remain uncounted.
Safety alert: Computer use can be monitored and can not be completed cleared. If you are afraid your computer use might be monitered, please use a safer computer or contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).
News Bulletin
- May 11th NEWS FLASH: He's like the Energizer Bunny. He won't stop. ----- Irving police are asking for help identifying a man who has attempted to lure female students into his car near three schools since March. Investigators believe the same man was responsible for all three encounters. He was described as black, 20 to 30, clean-shaven, wearing a baseball cap and driving a late-model, four-door gray or silver sedan.
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TADA! (Teens Against Domestic Abuse) in the Community
TADA! recently participated in Tiffany L. Jackson Foundation's Shatter (Break) the Silence rally April 24 at the Southwest Center Mall atrium. The group also attended Lancaster's teen dating violence seminar on Feb. 27. The group will meet the 3rd Saturday this month instead of their regularly scheduled second Saturday meeting. The meeting will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15 at Loving Fellowship Baptist Church, 602 W. Wheatland Road in Duncanville.
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Dallas area rape crisis center to build awareness, aid victims
By EUNAKA KIRBY/The Dallas Morning News
A new rape crisis center aims to assist Dallas-area hospitals by providing support and resources for sexual assault victims, and will be led by a longtime victim advocacy leader.
After more than 20 years, Brighter Tomorrows executive director Jana Barker has left that agency to become executive director of the new Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center.
"We're just in the grass-roots stages trying to get everything up and running," she said.
Click here for more of the story.
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September 2010: We're partnering againg with S.A.V.E. Ministry for its 2nd annual Celebrate the Release event -- a balloon release ceremony that will serve as an outward expression for survivors of sexual abuse/assault and their loved ones to release their past pain and trauma up into the heavens. The public is invited. Visit back later for more details.
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Police are looking for this man!
A man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2008 and then plotting her kidnapping last week was released from jail despite a judge's order that he be held on more than $1 million bail.
Authorities were searching Tuesday ( Sept. 1) for Ezequiel Moreno, 45, to rearrest him after he posted $100,000 bail early Saturday on charges that he planned a failed plot to take the girl and her mother from Dallas to the Mexican border.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Moreno's arrest. Anyone with information can call police at 214-767-6700.
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Links to Sex Crimes to Follow Texas Suspects
Law Will Let Prosecutors, Parole Boards See DNA Evidence Even When Statute of Limitations Has Expired; Due-Process Concerns
By ANN ZIMMERMAN/The Wall Street Journal
DALLAS -- Desirée Wood gave up hope that the man who raped her 20 years ago in Dallas would ever be caught and sentenced for the crime. Now, she says, she has reason to believe her attacker might see some form of justice, after all.
On Tuesday, a law takes effect in Texas that lets prosecutors and parole boards for the first time see DNA evidence that links a suspect to an old sexual assault, even though the statute of limitations has expired on the case and the suspect was never tried. Previously, there would be no record linking the suspect to the old crime.
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UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
September - Lewisville, TX city hall program
December - Art therapy show
Call 214-207-7648 for more details or to sign up. Click here for a volunteer application.
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Sex-offender label on boys unravels family's livesBy DIANE JENNINGS/The Dallas Morning News
In 1998, 7-year-old Mary was sexually assaulted.
That's enough sorrow for a lifetime.
It gets worse: Her assailants were her brothers, Billy, 12, and Mark, 10.
Their mother, Carol, says watching her adolescent sons shuffle into court – in handcuffs and oversized orange jail jumpsuits rolled up to fit their scrawny frames – for assaulting their sister "just tore my heart out."
But the horror was only beginning.
Following the juvenile justice philosophy that children deserve a second chance, the boys received probation, and their delinquency records remained private. But ostensibly to protect the public, their names were added to the sex offender registry.
The Smith sons, now in their 20s, are due to be removed from the registry next year after the 10-year juvenile registration limitation expires. But Carol says the family will never recover from the boys being branded as sex offenders.
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Survivor Support Initiative or S.A.S.S.I. Group. S.A.S.S.I. is a support group for both men and women that are survivors of sexual abuse/assault, incest, molestation, etc. The next meeting is 10 a.m. Saturday, May 22 in Lewisville, Texas.
Mrs. Masters is not only specially trained as a sexual assault victim advocate, but a national and locally renowned speaker and advocate on the subject matter. She also serves as a national speaker for Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), a speaker and volunteer for Friends of the Family Denton County 
Family Denton County, a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) member and a spokesperson for the Dallas Police Department Sexual Assault Cold Case Program (SECAP) initiative. She is also the founder and director of the S.A.V.E. (Sexual and Relationship Abuse Victim Empowering) Ministry.
During the first meeting, there will be door prizes and refreshments as victims share their stories of survival and embark on a journey of healing together.
For more information, including the specific location or to RSVP, call Lavinia Masters at 214-235-4082. E-mail sassigroup@gmail.com or laviniamasters@gmail.com.
or join them on www.meetup.com.
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New law adds unprosecuted rape suspects' DNA liks to their criminal histories
By STEVE THOMPSON/The Dallas Morning News
Standing in a committee room in front of several Texas state representatives, a slender woman in a red blouse apologized for what they were about to hear – the story of a how a stranger raped her 25 years ago.
"He had me undress, removed my jewelry, and at knifepoint ...," she said, stopping to clear her throat and control her trembling voice. Then she went on with details of the vicious four-hour attack.
Dallas police have identified the woman's attacker through DNA, but he can't be prosecuted because of an old statute of limitations.
Now, thanks to a bill pushed by a small group of victims and signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry on Friday, the suspect's DNA link will at least be noted in his criminal history.
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Grand Prairie woman, 78, sexually assaulted, set on fire
By MARISSA ALANIS/The Dallas Morning News
A 78-year-old woman was sexually assaulted, then set on fire in her north Grand Prairie home Monday, police said.
The woman was at her home in the 1800 block of Sunnyvale Road, near Carrier Parkway and State Highway 161, shortly before 2 p.m. when a man arrived at her door, said Detective John Brimmer, a Grand Prairie police spokesman. The woman is not being named because The Dallas Morning News does not identify sexual assault victims.
The man introduced himself to the woman as "Daniel," a 22-year-old from Chicago who was staying at a local motel. He talked his way inside her house by telling her that he was trying to earn points to attend college as part of a "communications exercise," Brimmer said. The suspect may have been selling magazines.
Once inside the woman's home, the man assaulted her, poured rubbing alcohol on her chest and set it on fire. The woman was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, where she was being treated for second-degree burns from her stomach to her chin Tuesday. Police said she is expected to recover from her injuries.
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In international news...
Victims of sexual violence in Zimbabwe say...
We Must Stop The Rape and Terror
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Rape legislation would require DNA link be noted in suspects' criminal histories
By STEVE THOMPSON/The Dallas Morning News
Angela was raped by a stranger with a knife in 1986. Her 3-year-old daughter was in bed with her, and the girl's first memory is of her mother screaming. On Thursday, District Attorney Craig Watkins announced legislation to create some measure of justice for Angela and other women who share her burden.
Though Dallas police say they have identified the Oak Cliff woman's attacker through DNA, he can't be prosecuted because of an old statute of limitations.
On Thursday, District Attorney Craig Watkins announced legislation to create some measure of justice for Angela and other women who share her burden.
The proposed legislation, filed this week by state Sen. John Carona and Rep. Allen Vaught, would require that the DNA link between Angela and the suspect be noted in his criminal history. And it would do the same for many other women in Angela's position.
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Man tries to kidnap 15-month-old baby from Garland home
By BLANCA CANTU/The Dallas Morning News
A 15-month-old baby was nearly kidnapped from his mother’s arms by a man who unexpectedly entered her Garland home on Tuesday, police said.
Carmen Rodriguez, 27, was standing in the kitchen of her house in the 1800 block of South Third Street around noon when a bearded man came through the open back door and immediately started grabbing for her son Alex.
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2 men sought in woman’s assault after leaving Fort Worth bar
By DEANNA BOYD/Fort Worth Star Telegram
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men caught on surveillance video early Sunday carrying a 24-year-old woman out of a north Fort Worth bar who was later sexually assaulted.
The victim had gone to the Neon Moon club at 2509 Rodeo Plaza in the Stockyards area at 2:42 a.m. Sunday and can be seen on video walking, talking and laughing with three friends before becoming separated from the group. Sgt. Cheryl Johnson, supervisor of the sex crimes unit, said investigators believe someone slipped an unknown drug into the victim’s drink.
"She last remembers that she left her Coke and went to the restroom, she returned, and she finished her Coke," Johnson said. "She doesn’t remember anything after that."
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Obama creates faith-and-community based office
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed an order to establish a White House office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
The office is broader than one in the administration of former President George W. Bush which just dealt with faith-based initiatives.
Before signing the order in the Oval Office, Obama told a prayer breakfast it would show not favoritism to any religious group and would adhere to the strict separation of church and state.
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I Corinthians 13: 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
Several TADA! (Teens Against Domestic Abuse) members recently attended the first Save Our America's Youth Girls Talk,Women Listen celebration. TADA! regularly meets at 3 p.m. every second Saturday at Loving Fellowship Baptist Church, 602 W. Wheatland Road in Duncanville. Community service hours may be earned. TADA!, a program of Delivered Out Ministries, a domestic violence and sexual assault agency, educates teens about family violence and sexual assault and trains them to be advocates for awareness. For more information, call Charisse Williams at 214-690-1835 or Valedia Hodge at 214-402-7153 or e-mail deliveredoutministries@yahoo.com. Visit www.deliveredoutministries.org.
Exciting News!
TADA! meets monthly
To schedule a TADA! seminar for your teen or youth group, call 214-207-7648 or e-mail deliveredoutministries@yahoo.com.
For a TADA! flyer, click here.
For more information about the Address Confidentiality Program or to learn more about the eligibility criteria, contact the program at (512) 936-1750 or (888) 832-2322, or visit www.texasattorneygeneral.gov.
Please support Delivered Out Ministries! $20 provides a month's worth of toiletries for a small transitioning family. $30 provides a food box for a small family. Your donations make the difference in so many lives.
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