GUILFORD, CT, June 22, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- She has long been asking the media to get public debate for a compassionate and constructive way to address abusive custody.
Susan Glascoff has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Glascoff has been an ongoing public advocate for more than four decades. Over the course of her career, she has supported initiatives involving, but not limited to, stove safety legislation, a child abuse hotline for the Springfield, VA area, increased school board member requirements and other educational concerns such as class size, increased promotion of responsible end-of-life care, research regarding controversial pap smear technology, and suggestions for checks and balances for legal reforms, especially concerning family issues. In 2011, she helped launch the award-winning documentary, "No Way Out but One," which explores the subject of abusive custody. Ms. Glascoff is now giving some assistance to a foreign source with a new documentary, the fifth, covering abusive custody (http://www.whatdoesntkillme.com). She also supports wildlife, environmental, and humane society issues. She continues to be a sought-after speaker, researcher and contributor of articles to professional journals.
One of Ms. Glascoff's most notable accomplishments, however, is serving as founder and executive director of the advisory board of the National Coalition for Family Justice, a 501(c)(3) located in Irvington, NY. The nonprofit organization, established in 1988, seeks to "advocate for systemic changes in the divorce and family court systems in order to make them fair, user-friendly, accountable and affordable."
"In 2001, the president of NCFJ said 'abusive custody was the best-kept secret in the U.S.', and the Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence states that "their conservative estimate is that 58,500 more minor children per year are placed at risk for injury because the courts ordered them into unsupervised care of a violent parent,'" added Ms. Glascoff. "And, in my experience, the more powerful party, no matter the topic, hires the best lawyers and drags cases on for years, at significant cost to taxpayers.'
Ms. Glascoff is dedicated to galvanizing the media to act as a catalyst to inspire national public dialogue regarding the need to establish enforceable checks and balances on our legal system, no matter the topic. As she explained, "It has become 'Who can win versus what is fair,' especially when there is a power imbalance. Excess and abuse of/by our legal system is a huge, largely hidden taxpayer expense. I strongly believe that the legal system should be required to take a Hippocratic Oath to 'First Be Fair.'" Ms. Glascoff recognizes that the legal system has begun to address the issue of excessive incarceration but not the issue of abusive custody and visitation. "Doesn't how our kids turn out determine everything?", she asks.
Over the decades, she has prepared several lengthy, well-documented reports that have been sent to the media, key figures and organizations on various topics but her primary ongoing activism over the past two decades has been trying to create public demand for enforceable checks and balances on our legal system. In 2005, she sent a legal reform report to then-Senator Barack Obama. He replied stating that he agreed we needed reforms, especially regarding family courts, but he thought most states were addressing the issues. "Here we are, 11 years later, and there has been scant progress," says Ms. Glascoff. "Thus, my activism continues."
Ms. Glascoff has also been among advocates who have forced recusal for bias of some female judges regarding female issues. As she explained, "I've heard it quietly referenced fairly often that some females in positions of authority too often hinder progress regarding gender equality, but this never seems to really make the news."
Ms. Glascoff completed a graduate fellowship in mathematics at Columbia University and holds master's degrees in health advocacy and math. She maintains affiliations with the Fairfield County Community Foundation (who manage Ms. Glascoff's Donor Advised Fund), California Protective Parents Association and the American Association of University Women.
The California Protective Parents Association helps sponsor Mothers' Day marches in front of the White House. They always also include a 2-day seminar at a local law school regarding how to help protective parents deal with unfair family courts and try to give them some ideas about how to help their children who are in custody or have unsupervised visits with an abusive parent.
Through her Donor Advised Fund, Ms. Glascoff supports legal reform, the American Association of University Women, Institute for Women's Policy Research, National Organization for Women, League of Women Voters, Audubon and the National Wildlife Federation. She reports to President Obama's Council on Women's Policy Issues, focusing on family courts, especially custody and visitation.
In light of her achievements, Ms. Glascoff has been featured in the 37th edition of Who's Who in Finance and Business, the 63rd through 70th editions of Who's Who in America, 27th through 33rd editions of Who's Who in the World, and the 27th and 28th editions of Who's Who of American Women. Ms. Glascoff previously worked as a securities trader, secondary school educator, and school board member. She has 3 sons, 2 stepsons and 11 grandchildren.
She invites you to google Susan Glascoff and visit her blog: http://www.advocateforlegalaccountability.com/ to read more about her advocacy work.
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