Kristie Fortmann-Doser is retiring in December after 32 years leading the Domestic Violence Intervention Program, which last year merged with the Rape Victim Advocacy Program. Colleagues say her legacy will be defined by empathy, collaboration and dedication.
Alta Medea and Delaney Dixon will serve as co-executive directors of DVIP/RVAP Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Services. The organization provides services to people affected by intimate partner violence, sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking in southeast Iowa.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program on Wednesday announced it has hired as its new program director for sexual assault services Shell Feijo, an author, instructor, and trained victims advocate who is listed as an adjunct faculty member with UI, where she earned a doctorate of interdisciplinary studies — specifically race, class and gender.
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program plans to apply for the sexual-assault grant funds announced by the attorney general’s office Wednesday, DVIP Executive Director Kristie Fortmann-Doser told The Gazette.
The university has agreed to merge its 51-year-old Rape Victim Advocacy Program with the Iowa City-based Domestic Violence Intervention Program, which started after the UI’s Women’s Resource and Action Center in 1977 landed a grant to explore the issue of domestic violence in the community.
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