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The DesertLight Journal
Volume 2, Number 2
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January 23, 2002
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The bi-weekly e-zine of the International Men's Rights Movement. This is the first e-zine intended to focus primarily on the issues of domestic violence against men and divorce/child custody issues. We welcome news of groups, websites, and people in the men's rights movement worldwide. We encourage new writers and commentary.
For all the news all the time, visit our buds
http://www.mensactivism.org in the US
http://www.angryharry.com in the UK
or Men's News Daily http://www.divorceport.com anywhere.
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"A woman needs a man like a fish needs the river."
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IN THIS ISSUE
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JOINT US/CANADIAN ARTICLE FOR FEBRUARY
·MEN'S HOUR JAN. PROGRAM
·VICTORIES DO HAPPEN!
·NEW ZEALAND, SCOTLAND JOIN IMN
·MD TOP COURT RULES IN PATERNITY FRAUD CASE
·PETITION TO SCOTS PARLIAMENT
·WEBSITE NEWS
If we had themes for the DLJ, the theme for this edition would be cooperation! The Scots and the New Zealanders, the Americans and Canadians are getting together in a variety of combined efforts, and in Washington State, it looks like the Women's Program is being persuaded to cooperate with the Men's Program for more equitable DV services at Pierce College. I keep saying this, but I'll say it againthis is just the beginning, folks!
The DLJ has also received its first website award, from Dave's World. While it isn't a major award by any means, it seems appropriate, since I now have no fewer than 12 Daves in my personal addy book. To make matters more confusing, seven of them have last names starting in "H" and two of those actually have the same last name!
Read on for the details of the great, positive stuff happening all over the world
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In cooperation with Everyman, a Canadian hard-copy magazine, the DLJ is simultaneously publishing an essay by Paul Clements entitled, "Why, Papa?" in the Feb/March issue of Everyman, and as the Guest Editorial for February in the DLJ.
Readers can find Everyman on line at http://www.everyman.org and can subscribe there. Also, they can request a free sample paper copy (Canada and US only) by email or mail
to PO Box 4617. Station E, Ottawa, ON K1S 5H8.
The DLJ Guest Editorial is at http://www.desertlightjournal.homestead.com/guest.html
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MEN'S HOUR JANUARY 2002
The Men's Hour January 2002 programme is now out. It includes a review of 2001 and a look at 2002 from
Karl of angryharry.com
Trudy W. Schuett of DesertLight Journal
Mark Harris
And others
It's at www.menshour.com
Email menshour@menshour.com
Raymond Cuttill
http://www.cyberManbooks.com, http://www.menshour.com, http://www.mensmovement.org
Men's Books, Men's Radio, Men's Resources and Men's Studies
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VICTORIES DO HAPPEN!
Hello Everyone:
I am dropping this quick note to inform you all of a great meeting that occurred at our college yesterday, lead by our DISTRICT President none the less. The up-shoot of it all was to bring members of the Women's Programs together with those of us who form the core of the leadership team for our Men's Programs. {Imagine that...going for "unity"}
The center piece of our meeting was to look at ways that we can of mutual support and {here's the new thing} make sure that ALL victims and issues are honored when it comes to our district wide Domestic Violence programs!
Can you dig that?
What this means is that we will be doing our best to make sure that the issue stays on violence, not "gender" and that our focus is to inform, support and design the best "balanced" DV programs we can.
Anyway, should any of you wish to discuss or find out more about how we've pulled this off, or whatever feel free to contact me @ bburkholder@pierce.ctc.edu
I know I'll be asking for other help down the road as we develop more programming ideas. I should also like to acknowledge the positive impact and support we received from two very special men who have been most unselfish with their time, talent and expertise. I speak of Mr. Greg Schmidt & Mr. Stanley Green. Both have helped advance the cause of "every victim counting" in the eyes of our administration as well as bringing fresh and [in some ways] radical perspectives to the members of our campus. I am confident in saying that these advancements would've been much longer in coming had these men not stepped forward and offered their expertise! I will forever be grateful to them both.
Take care everyone, and I hope for some of you who are working to positively affect/effect the organizations you're in day after day, this example let's you know that good things can happen when True Equity and mutual respect are the over-all guiding principles. It took us 8 plus years to have this "balance" formally recognized, but it DID happen and the consequences are profound!
All the Best,
Bret Burkholder
Coordinator of Men's Programs
Instructor/Advisor
Pierce College Puyallup, WA
bburkholder@pierce.ctc.edu
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NEW ZEALAND, SCOTLAND JOIN IMN
The International Men's Network is expanding, adding New Zealand's Family Orientated Men online group and Live Beat Dads Scotland to a growing list of member orgs.
http://www.bigglesguy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/network.html
FAMILY ORIENTATED MEN & FOM Talks
Jim Bailey Jimbwarrior@fom.org.nz
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FamilyOrientatedMen (Principal Forum)
New Zealand President of the IMN
nzpresi@international-mens-network.org
http://www.bigglesguy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nz.html
LBDUK (Scotland)
Duncan Shields
Braveheart50000@aol.com
http://www.lbdscotland.org/
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MD TOP COURT RULES FAVORABLY IN PATERNITY FRAUD CASE.
The Washington Times
20 January 2002
Court frees man from child-support order
By Arlo Wagner
Maryland's top court has ruled that a Cumberland man, who had agreed to pay
child support believing he was a father, does not owe the $12,303 he failed
to pay since the baby's birth nine years ago.
In a 4-3 vote, the Court of Appeals, in effect, said Nicholas Todd Walter,
a cab and tow truck driver, doesn't have to make up the payments because
DNA tests proved he was not the child's father.
"Without paternity, there is no legal duty; without a legal duty, there can
be no financial obligation," according to the judgment written by Lynne A.
Battaglia, former U.S. attorney for Maryland who was appointed to the court
last year.
Full text at
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020120-86311161.htm
Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
Reproductive Rights Chairman
National Center for Men
Protect Voluntary Fatherhood
http://www.choiceformen.com
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PETITION TO SCOTS PARLIAMENT
The transcript of the presentation of the UKMM Petition to the Scottish Parliament is available to read on http://www.ukmm.org.uk and can be found under ' News from us - let's have yours ' section near the bottom of the page.
Enjoy reading - but please do not write to the MSP's or approach other Parliaments / Assemblies yet as UKMM are assessing campaign tactics in this direction.
The MSP's were inundated with e-mails of support for the petition and flooding them with further e--mails may cause annoyance and harm the petition's progress.
Rather than contact the petition committee directly, please forward e-mails of support for the petition to me and I will distil them into pdf files which can be presented to the committee as one document either via a website or CD.
Dave Ellison <mad-dogs@ntlworld.com>
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WEBSITE NEWS
The Civil Rights Organisation is set up to campaign for Men's rights, which over the last thirty years have been steadily eroded by a wave of legislation as a result of feminist activist pressure.
The CRO campaigns for changes in the legal system itself via political pressure on elected politicians and also to assist innocent men to more effectively fight cases of false and fraudulent accusations of sex harassment.
http://mensrights.bizhosting.com/
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http://www.falseallegations.com/index.html
Practical advice on defending yourself from false allegations.
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LDBscotland is LIVE .
Thanx to Len for getting this off the ground and his undying fight for justice ;-)
Thanx to Dave for his endless assaults on the system with his sharp, witty and exceptional funny one liners (LOL)
Thanx to David for getting ldbscotland online keep up the good work you're
doing in Wales.
Duncan Shields
LBDscotland/IMN
LBDscotland
http://www.lbdscotland.org/
IMNscotland
http://www.bigglesguy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scot.html
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The Men In Crisis Prayer Circle Website has been expanded. You may now contact Rev Trudy Mackay direct in addition to contacting the Prayer Circle, and there is a link to her husband Laughlin Mackay's Arizona Christian Training School, a distance learning Bible study course. All of this and more is at:
http://www.desertlightjournal.homestead.com/prayercircle.html
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Bless those who challenge us to grow, to stretch, to move beyond the knowable, to come back home to our elemental and essential nature. Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open.
-- Navajo saying
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We leave you with the 'Zonie blessing--"May you always have a full tank of
gas and underwear that doesn't ride up!"
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Trudy W. Schuett
Publisher
http://www.desertlightjournal.homestead.com/
PO Box 1252 Yuma AZ 85366
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