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• Partner violence is managers' business

  by Ann Belser | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 15, 2012

  http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/partner-violence-is-managers-business-631462/

• Partner violence also takes a toll on businesses

  by Patricia Cluss | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters to the Editor | December 22, 2011

  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11356/1198530-110-4.stm

  Dr. Patricia Cluss' letter to the Editor at the Post-Gazette draws the link between the recently released CDC report of the shocking prevalence of partner violence and the hidden nature of partner violence as a workplace issue.

• City of Pittsburgh Leaders Forge the Way

  by Susan Nitzberg | bizchicks.org | August 5, 2011

  http://bizchicks.org/2011/08/city-of-pgh-leaders-forge-the-way/

• Gainful employment may help in recovery from domestic abuse

  by Bill Toland | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 31, 2011

  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11212/1163841-28.stm

• STANDING FIRM makes the business case against partner violence

  by Stephanie Rex | SewickleyPatch | July 24, 2011

  http://sewickley.patch.com/articles/standing-firm-makes-the-business-case-against-partner-violence-2

• FISA Foundation makes grant to Pitt to combat effects of partner abuse

  by Joyce Gannon | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 19, 2011

  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11139/1147588-28-0.stm?cmpid=newspanel3

• Partner Violence – Time To Bring It Out Of The Closet

  by Susan Nitzberg | bizchicks.org | May 6, 2011

  http://bizchicks.org/2011/05/partner-violence-–-time-to-bring-it-out-of-the-closet/

• Organization helps businesses keep employees safe from partner violence

  by Joanne Barron | SEWICKLEY HERALD | March 10, 2011

  www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_726462.html

• Chambersburg attorney killed by fiancé

  by Rachel Bryson | The Record Herald | Posted Dec 31, 2010 @ 08:21 AM

  www.therecordherald.com/features/x1599386318/Nicole-Berman-attorney-with-MidPenn-Legal-Services-in-Chambersburg-killed-Tuesday-her-fiance-Gary-Alan-Cartwright-reportedly-confesses-to-strangling-her

• Dr. Cluss speaks at the PHRA conference

  Dr. Cluss speaks at the public launch of SF at the PHRA conference in September.

  

• Standing Firm Focuses on Partner Violence in the Workplace

  Women's Law Project | February 04, 2011
  http://womenslawproject.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/standing-firm-focuses-on-partner-violence-in-the-workplace/

• Letters to the Editor-
  Firing Haywood was the correct decision

  Post Gazette | January 05, 2011
  STANDING FIRM resources are highlighted in a letter to the editor about Pitt coach’s firing Read the Letter to the Editor

• Behind Closed Doors: Town Hall Meeting

  wqed.org | November 18, 2010
  Survivors, law enforcement, local women's shelters and mental health professionals working to help survivors and families put their lives back together.

• Employers asked to 'Stand Firm' against domestic violence

  by Marty Levine | www.popcitymedia.com | September 29, 2010

• Standing Firm to address violence as workplace problem

  by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | September 22, 2010

• Businesses have a lot to lose if they don't address partner violence in the workplace

  post-gazette.com | September 19, 2010
  This article was submitted by Patricia Cluss, director of STANDING FIRM; Judy Hill-Finegan, director of the Personnel & Civil Service Commission for the city of Pittsburgh; and Greg Peaslee, senior vice president of human resources for UPMC

• "Standing Firm: The Business Case to End Partner Violence" new initiative

  by Patricia Cluss | Lawyers Journal | September 10, 2010

  See page 7

• City of Pittsburgh revises domestic abuse policy

  by Joe Smydo | post-gazette.com | April 20, 2010

• Ravenstahl's domestic violence policy garners support

  by Adam Brandolph | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | April 19, 2010

  Updating the efforts of the Mayor and City Council to pass an ordinance prohibiting domestic violence activities by its employees.

• Domestic Policy

  by Chris Potter | Pittsburgh City Paper | January 28, 2010

  An article from January 28, 2010, describing the City of Pittsburgh’s efforts to pass a domestic violence ordinance for all employees. STANDING FIRM Director, Dr. Patricia Cluss, describes the initiative.

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