Military Rape Survivors Call On Congress To Stop The Silent Epidemic Jun 27 2012 Lauren Brown for Business Insider reports about Protect Our Defenders: Today a group of veterans delivered letters signed by 200...
Protect Our Defenders Brings 200 Military Sexual Assault Survivors Together to Call On Congress to Advance STOP Act Jun 27 2012 Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Washington DC – On Wednesday, Protect Our Defenders delivered letters to Congress signed by almost...
Two More Lackland Trainers Charged in Scandal Jun 27 2012 Sig Christenson for My San Antonio News reports: Two more instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland were charged Tuesday in...
CBS News Reports on Lackland Air Force Base and STOP Act Legislation Jun 27 2012 Ana Werner for CBS News reports: Today survivors of military sexual assault will be lobbying with members of Congress on...
Pres. Nancy Parrish in Huffington Post: Enough Already, Pass the STOP Act Jun 27 2012 Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parris writes for the Huffington Post: There is a crisis in our military and while...
Media Advisory: Survivors to Deliver Letter to Congress In Support of STOP Act Jun 26 2012 Protect Our Defenders Media Advisory: Washington DC – On Wednesday, Protect Our Defenders will deliver letters to Congress signed by...
Chief of Naval Operations Decries Sexual Assault Epidemic Jun 25 2012 Andrew Lapin of Government Executive reports: Even as he looks ahead to the Navy’s expanded role in global security, the...
Number of Instructors Ousted at Lackland is “Extraordinary” Jun 13 2012 Sig Christiansen of San Antonio Express News reports: The Air Force said Monday that it has removed 35 instructors in...
Tighter Lackland Rules Eyed Jun 11 2012 Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish’s reaction to the Air Force’s...
National Council of Jewish Women CEO Endorses STOP Act Jun 05 2012 Nancy K. Kaufman, the CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, has endorsed the STOP Act, targeting and sexual...
Protect Our Defenders in Boston Globe: Helping Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma May 15 2012 Jan Brogan in the Boston Globe reports: At ProtectOurDefenders.com, founder and activist Nancy Parrish says that treatment for MST can...
Protect Our Defenders Announces Appeal in Cioca v Rumsfeld Apr 24 2012 Today, the law firm of Susan Burke filed an appeal in the class action lawsuit Cioca v. Rumsfeld. The appeal,...
Protect Our Defenders supports lawsuit vs. DOD for failure to protect cadets at academies from rape or sexual assault Apr 20 2012 Protect Our Defenders is supporting a new lawsuit released today accusing the US Military of failing to protect cadets from...
Protect Our Defenders Calls on Panetta to Stop Pentagon’s Minimizing of Rape Crisis Apr 20 2012 Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish writes for the Huffington Post: On Friday of last week, the Department of Defense...
SF Chronicle: Pentagon Response on Rape in Military Not Enough Apr 20 2012 The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board today weighed in on the Pentagon’s response to rape and sexual assault in the...
Rape Victims Say Military Labels Them ‘Crazy’ Apr 14 2012 CNN reports: CNN has interviewed women in all branches of the armed forces, including the Coast Guard, who tell stories...
DoGooder Awards Highlight Effective Nonprofit Videos Apr 12 2012 The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports: Protect Our Defenders, a nonprofit in Burlingame, Calif., won in the small-organizations category for a...
Protect Our Defenders Wins 6th Annual DoGooder Video Award Apr 05 2012 Protect Our Defenders writes: Following the conclusion of a two-week online public voting process, Protect Our Defenders has won the...
Protect Our Defenders Wins 6th Annual DoGooder Video Award Apr 04 2012 Protect Our Defenders issued a press release Thursday announcing its receipt of a 2012 DoGooder Video Award: Following the conclusion...
A statement from Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member, Terri J. Odom, honoring the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month Apr 02 2012 April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. To mark this important month, our good friend and Board Member, Terri Odom, honors...