Event: Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis. Fifth Annual Conference.
Date: January 11-13, 2008
Location: Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, Albany New York
About: Battered Women, Abused Children & Child Custody: A National Crisis was established in 2003 by two mothers, Therese Hannah, Ph.D. (Chair) of Latham, NY, and Liliane Heller Miller (Vice-Chair) of Charlotte, NC. The goal of BAC is to raise awareness of the complex issues, and problems facing battered women in and out of family court. The BAC documents, through research and scholarly information, the human rights and legal violations that deny battered women due process in the family court system, and often put children at risk. Through a public forum, The Conference offers discussions, presentations and stories of survivors. “It is open to lay persons, and of special interest to advocates, social workers, psychologists, attorneys, judges, legal personnel, and others involved in the issue of battered women’s and abused children’s legal and civil rights violations by family courts, DSS, and other government systems.”
The Conference also offers healing and support for families struggling against the injustices of the family court system.
BAC is, “..a self-sustaining, grassroots phenomenon that is entirely the volunteer work product of it’s creators and presenters.   We have no paid staff, nor are we financially supported by or affiliated with any particular group, organization, gender-based ideology, or political agenda.”
Also on this site: “Children Taken by The Family Courts” Quilt
About the Quilt: Mothers who have lost physical custody of their children through family court or divorce proceedings are invited to create a quilt panel (or square) to commerate their child(ren). You do not have to attend The Conference to contribute to the quilt. Instructions for creating a quilt square and mailing them to the BAC project are included online at the above link.

Litigating Custody with Batterers
Web links related to family court proceedings, survival guide for family court (Link 2), domestic violence, support for survivors, related facts/information and advocacy for abused children.
For Consideration:

End abusers from getting custody: Online Petition (NOT affiliated with conference or BWAC).
http://www.petitiononline.com/endtrend/petition.html