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Please consider a tax-deductible gift to WATCH
Support WATCH to make the justice system more effective and responsive in handling cases of violence against women and children.
Your contribution this year will support:
- 3 training sessions to prepare 75 new volunteer court monitors
- Observing and documenting more than 5,000 court hearings
- A project monitoring domestic violence cases in the three suburban courts
- Our quarterly newsletter, bi-monthly e-mail bulletins, and work with the media
- 15 web-based seminars to train court-monitoring groups across the U.S.
- Campus and community education
- Participation on committees to advocate for improvements in the courts
There are many ways to give:
Make a gift online through the link below.
Send a check to: WATCH, 608 2nd Ave. So., Suite 465, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Make a pledge. You set the amount and payment schedule. Contact us for more information.
Use your company’s matching gift program to double or triple your gift.
Make a gift of stocks or bonds. Contact Nashad at 612-341-2747 x 1 or e-mail her for easy instructions.
Make a memorial or tribute gift in honor of a special person or event. We will include their name with yours in our annual report.
Celebrate a special occasion in your life. What better way to recognize a birthday, wedding, retirement or other special occasion than by making a gift to WATCH to transform our community?
Help to widen our circle of supporters. Share your vision for a violence free society by hosting a lunch or coffee meeting to introduce WATCH to others. We will provide a speaker and help with the details.
Since 1993, WATCH has trained 760 volunteers who have donated 32,000 hours and monitored over 61,000 hearings.
Review more of our accomplishments.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
"I thanked WATCH for caring enough about the court to criticize it, because that is the only way it will improve."- District Court Judge
"Because of your work [strangulation project], we are able to make recommendations about the importance of such specific criminal provisions in other countries… " -Women's Human Rights Program Director
“…most of what I do in the courtroom (other than making decisions, rulings, etc.) is a direct result of WATCH observations about judges in general, and the need for us to let the public know what is happening.” -District Court Judge
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YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE
With your gifts, WATCH trains volunteers to document what happens in court so we can work toward increased safety for victims of violence. For the past two years, we focused on child proteciton hearings, and this year we are focusing on misdemeanor domestic violence cases in three suburban Hennepin County courts. That is in addition to regular monitoring of civil and criminal cases downtown, for a total of 5,799 hearings last year!
Please consider making a donation to WATCH using one of the options listed on the left. Help us keep a watchful eye on the courts.
To see a snapshot of WATCH's history, mission, and accomplishments click to view an 8-minute video.
WATCH conducted a two-year project monitoring cases involving child abuse and neglect. "The focus needs to shift away from how a mother has failed her children and address the ways in which society has failed the family," the report states. "If the goal is to reunify families, everyone in the system should be focused on bolstering the family's strengths and support systems with the same commitment used to investigate and assess the risk to children."
To address some of the barriers families face, the report makes a series of recommendations, including:
- Reduce the number of services and providers required in parents' case plans.
- Make every attempt to support victims of domestic violence to continue to care for their children at home.
- Improve communication and coordination among criminal, family, and juvenile courts. Read the full report.