NEW
YORK, Oct. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive
director and actress, Julianne Michelle, hosted a cocktail
reception on Thursday, September 19,
2024 at the residence of Sophie
Sassoon and Malcolm Kanter to
benefit Mommy's Heart, a 501(C)3 supporting abuse survivors, with
50 esteemed guests, including NYS Assembly Member Alex Bores, Dr.
Joseph Pierce Farrell, Countess Joycelyn Engle Di Palma, Leslie
Barrett, Katherine and Ann Johnson, Dan Rice, Esq., Adrian Devenyi,
Rebecca and Ana Eskreis, Alexandra Hancock, Adrien Constant-Ross,
Ara Chang, Esq., Jean Paul Laurent, Prashant Goyal, and board
members H.H. Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe, Myles von
Trapp, Howard Freedman, and Justin Alexander. Special guest
speakers, divorce coach and acclaimed journalist, Amy Polacko, and
Dr. Christine M. Cocchiola, an internationally recognized authority
on coercive control, discussed their groundbreaking new book,
"FRAMED: Women in the Family Court Underworld", which illuminates
how domestic abuse victims are treated in our family court system.
The evening included cocktails, appetizers, desserts, and a
surprise honor by H.H. Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe, who
presented Julianne with the Princely Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Julianne spoke about the reason behind Mommy's Heart.
"Abusers manipulate the legal system, using children as pawns,
to maintain control and continue the cycle of abuse.
58,000 children annually are court-mandated to live with an abusive
parent. Every six days, a child dies amid custody fights and family
court lapses. This is a human rights crisis."
Mommy's Heart provides services to survivors through
collaborations with Hogan Lovells, Hunton
Andrews Kurth, Natalia Gourari,
Esq., and volunteer therapists. The Mommy's Heart bill,
aimed at creating more transparency and accountability in family
court, protecting children's lives, and ensuring that reporting
abuse never leads to the fear of parent-child separation, was
introduced to the Judiciary Committee by NYS Assembly Member
Rebecca Seawright. Co-sponsors include NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
Event volunteers included: Ram Muraleedharan, Rachel Weiss, Marta
Bryceland, Rubi Shen,
Lance Virgil, Skylar Dykstra, and Jules Hamilton.
Mommy's Heart, Inc. (EIN #87-4833078) provides free legal and
mental health services to parents and children, who escaped
domestic abuse and are facing legal and financial
retaliation by their abusers in court. Mommy's Heart aims to
protect and defend the fundamental rights of fit parents to direct
the care and custody of their children, so that no parent ever has
to fear losing a child for reporting abuse.
Contact: mommysheartinc@gmail.com
www.mommysheartfoundation.com
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