Beverly Horsburgh is a law professor at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla. One of her specialties is Jewish law and Jewish battered women

The Rev. Melody Johnson is director of outreach, team care, caring and sharing at Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta. She spoke at a February 2007 This Far by Faith seminar of the Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute.

The Rev. Amanda Hendler-Voss is senior pastor at First Congregational UCC in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Wellspring Clergywomen’s Alliance of the Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute.

The Rev. Robin Griffeth is a United Methodist pastor in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and has participated in conferences on the religious response to domestic violence. She has volunteered for Sistercare, a battered women’s shelter, and was a training coordinator for the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse.

Manavi is a domestic abuse center for South Asian women in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Many of the women who come through the center are Muslim, and coordinators recognize religion as a major factor in battling domestic abuse. Navneet is the executive director.

Imam Mohammad Qatanani of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, New Jersey, counsels men on domestic violence.

Yitzchok Breitowitz is the rabbi of the Woodside Synagogue in Silver Spring, Md. He speaks on issues of family law and ethics and has delivered talks on men’s anger and the Torah.

Project Stop Abusive Relationships at Home (Project SARAH) is a program of the Jewish Family Services of Clifton-Passaic, New Jersey, that targets domestic violence in Jewish and Russian-speaking homes.

Tonya Lovelace of the Women of Color Network in Harrisburg, Pa., spoke at a February 2007 This Far by Faith seminar of the Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute. The network works to eliminate violence against women and families.