Join me as Anny Jacoby, Owner/President of The Realistic Female Self-Defense Company comes back for a 2nd show along with Bethany Corbin, Head Educational Safety Director of Project Safe Girls!
Anny is a survivor of domestic violence and passionately campaigns that EVERY female has the absolute right to protect and defend herself. She also founded Project Safe Girls, which empowers girls (ages 5-23 in school) through the teaching of self-defense (mentally & physically). By providing a supportive and energetic environment, participants will gain confidence and improve self-esteem while learning the basics and importance of safety.
Join in on the discussion at 11am EST! Call in at 646-716-5556 to share your comments, or you can download the show at www. mylifemysoul.com!
This article was brought to my attention today, and it broke my heart…..
EAST ORANGE — He was an aspiring lawyer, a college senior who won a prestigious internship last year with the Attorney General’s Office in Washington, D.C. His father called him studious and devout.
But 21-year-old Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, authorities say, also harbored a temper, one that led his estranged girlfriend to seek a restraining order against him Tuesday morning.
Less than eight hours after that order was granted, the Atlantic County man kidnapped the couple’s 3-month-old daughter from an East Orange apartment and headed south on the Garden State Parkway. Abdur-Raheem would later tell police he pulled over on the Driscoll Bridge, high above the icy Raritan River, and held the baby over the railing.
Then he let go.
Today, as divers searched the water and as the girl’s mother prayed for her safe return, acting Attorney General Paula Dow called the incident a “horrific act of domestic violence” apparently sparked by “bad blood” between Abdur-Raheem and the ex-girlfriend, Venetta Benjamin, 29, a fellow student at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
Abdur-Raheem, who was arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday at his father’s home in the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township, Camden County, was ordered held on $700,000 bail today in the Essex County Jail.
Authorities said Abdur-Raheem battered the baby’s grandmother, punching her in the face and putting her in a chokehold. In a desperate attempt to stop Abdur-Raheem, police said,he chased him as he fled the apartment with Zara and blocked his car, described as a dark-colored minivan, with her body. She was then struck and knocked to the ground, suffering minor injuries.
Witnesses said it appeared a second man was driving the car, but Dow said that was unclear today, citing “conflicting information.”
After allegedly dropping his daughter in the river, Abdur-Raheem drove to an Atlantic City mosque, Masjid Muhammad, and confessed to an imam, according to authorities and the suspect’s father, Muhsin Abdur-Raheem. Abdur-Raheem then traveled to another mosque in Camden County and, ultimately, to his father’s home in Winslow. It was Muhsin Abdur-Raheem who notified police his son was there.
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and in addition to a scheduled guest at 11 am EST, I will be adding another show at 12:30 EST with another guest that will focus on Teen Dating Violence.
My first guest will be Johnnie Dent Jr. who will take us on an astonishing personal journey while sharing with us three decades of his own life. He allows us to reexamine the social dilemmas of domestic violence, single parenting, teenage pregnancy, youth violence, drug trafficking, police brutality, the penal system and even religious intolerance. He is also the author of Sugar Boy and among some of his many accomplishments, he was recently elected to the board of Pneuma Life Foundation for Prevention of Abusive Family Environments and was appointed to two other boards: the I-Gave-Back Foundation and the Church of the Breathing Word, and is currently a Masters Candidate on a Doctoral track.
Our second scheduled guest at 12:30 EST will be Anny Jacoby, Owner/President of The Realistic Female Self-Defense Company. Anny is a survivor of domestic violence and passionately campaigns that EVERY female has the absolute right to protect and defend herself. She also founded Project Safe Girls, which empowers girls (ages 5-23 in school) through the teaching of self-defense (mentally & physically). By providing a supportive and energetic environment, participants will gain confidence and improve self-esteem while learning the basics and importance of safety.
Join in on the discussion! Call in at 646-716-5556 and share your comments, or you can download the show at www. mylifemysoul.com!
Join me on Saturday, February 13 on My Life My Soul Talk Radio with special guest Tanya Mcleod as we talk about the link between domestic violence and animal abuse.
As a former member of Voices of Women Organiziang Project, I had the pleasure of meeting Tanya, a very dynamic young woman, a few years ago. Tanya is an organizer and member of Voices of Women Organizing Project (VOW) is not only a survivor of domestic violence but also a voice of empowerment through her advocacy, speeches and training sessions. As an organizer at VOW, Tanya spear-heads a campaign to stop false and malicious reporting of child abuse by batterers. Tanya is an accomplished speaker and has spoken at rallies, conferences, on the radio, television and cable television. She is featured on the documentary, “Tanya’s Story” which brings awareness to the link between domestic violence and animal abuse. Her goal is to turn her pain into power and to end domestic violence. The trailer for Tanya’s Story can be accessed here.
Also joining us will be Susan Urban and Elaine Wolfe who conduct seminars using Tanya’s Story as a teaching tool.
Join us in the discussion, Saturday, February 13 at 11 am EST on My Life My Soul Talk Radio! Call into the show at 646-716-5556 to share your comments!
I look forward to hearing from you!
Join me with a special guest to be announced as we talk about the connection between domestic violence and animal abuse.
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