We have good news to share with all of you: the Family Violence group that has been working for several years to establish the Family Violence Prevention Forum is pleased to announce that it is now an official APHA forum.  MCH is the mother and Injury is the father of this new forum born after a four-year gestation.  About 20 Sections, special interest groups (SPIGs), and Caucuses are represented, to help connect family violence to other categories of public health resources. We have new members and full professors. Some are new to family violence and others are pioneers in the field with landmark programs, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped to make this happen.  The new Forum comes at an opportune time, when the World Health Organization is joining CDC and other major organizations addressing violence including various forms of family violence, and the American Academy of Pediatrics is developing specialty boards in child abuse.

At the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in November, the Family Violence Forum will hold two poster sessions and two oral sessions.  Please look for our sessions in the program and tell all your friends to come, because we want to grow.  To join, please email Vivian Ng at icanvng@gmail.com . You will receive a short questionnaire and be entered into our directory.  Our Executive Committee, which includes Michael Durfee, Pat West, Peggy Goodman, Susan Hadley, Derrick Gordon, and Martha Coulter, is busy and always looking for more people to become involved, so please join and forward this information to people who might be interested in being a part of our group.