Telling Amy’s Story, Penn State Public Broadcasting

In State College, Pennsylvania, home to Penn State University, there were over 500 cases of domestic violence from 2001 to 2003. In the same two-year period, the only homicides reported were domestic violence related. One of the victims of these cases was Amy Homan McGee. In order to raise awareness of domestic violence, Penn State Public Broadcasting has recently released "Telling Amy’s Story: the Story of Amy Homan McGee." The story is told by Detective Deirdri Fishel, the primary investigator and Case Manager of the State College Police Department’s Victim Center Intensive Care Management (VCICM) Unit. The film serves to educate its viewers and raise awareness of the gravity of domestic violence. The film’s Web site functions as a forum for discussion of the film and domestic violence, offers resources for domestic violence awareness, especially in relation to the prevention of domestic violence, and focuses on methods to protect domestic violence victims based on the lives of previous victims. "Telling Amy’s Story" is a powerful resource for those interested in learning more about how to prevent domestic violence on both an individual and systematic level.