Articles by Susan

Susan M. Omilian is the published author of fiction and non-fiction books as well as numerous magazine, newspaper and newsletter articles. Below are some examples of Susan’s published articles.

Other Opinion, “O’Neill’s Approach: A Sense of The Common Man”

Posted by on Nov 28, 2007 in Article | Comments Off on Other Opinion, “O’Neill’s Approach: A Sense of The Common Man”

Published in The Hartford Courant, November 28, 2007 — I remember Bill O’Neill. He was as people described him, an honest, ordinary man, a bartender from East Hampton who reminded me of my father — an auto mechanic who ran a gas station for many years.

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Effective Treatment Programs for Abusive Men

Posted by on Jun 1, 2003 in Article | 0 comments

Twenty-five years ago, I was a Legal aid attorney doing divorce work with women who had been abused. Daily, I’d listen to stories of beatings, verbal abuse and emotional coercion and do my best to get these women away from these men.

Years later, I realized that just getting these women…

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Avenging Niece’s Murder Leads Lawyer to Start Workshops

Posted by on Apr 1, 2003 in Article | Comments Off on Avenging Niece’s Murder Leads Lawyer to Start Workshops

In the early morning hours of October 18, 1999, I received a phone call from my sister. “It’s Maggie,” she said, her voice trembling. “She’s been shot. She’s dead.”

I couldn’t believe it. Maggie, my brother’s 19-year-old daughter, had been murdered at school by her ex-boyfriend who then…

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The Changes that Maggie’s Killing Brought

Posted by on Dec 22, 2000 in Article | Comments Off on The Changes that Maggie’s Killing Brought

Published in The Hartford Courant, December 22, 2000 — It has been more than a year now since my niece, Maggie, died and still it is hard for me to tell her story.

On October 18, 1999, Maggie, a 19-year-old college sophomore at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, was shot and killed…

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Finding Answers to Violence and A Way to Remember Maggie

Posted by on Nov 23, 1999 in Article | Comments Off on Finding Answers to Violence and A Way to Remember Maggie

In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 17, I received a phone call at my home in Connecticut that my niece, Maggie, a nineteen year old college sophomore, was shot three times and killed in a college dormitory room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by her ex-boyfriend. The young man, a junior at…

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