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Alexis Marbach

House version of VAWA, H.R. 4970, passes on May 16

May 17, 2012

posted in: Public Affairs

CALCASA has been following the Violence Against Women Act, both the Senate version and the House version. The Senate version passed April 26. This version included provisions for immigrant, LGBTQ, and tribal communities, advancing the work that we as advocates do to protect survivors of intimate partner and domestic violence. The House version of VAWA,

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VAWA passes the Senate!

April 26, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

Today the Senate voted 68 to 31 to pass the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). To see how each Senator voted, click here. We are happy to report that both Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer voted in favor of this reauthorization of VAWA. The next step for this bill is moving on

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VAWA Action Alert!

April 18, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

VAWA ACTION ALERT Please share widely!     From our colleagues at the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women. Urge Senator Reid to schedule a vote THIS WEEK! VAWA (S. 1925) has 61 sponsors –and Senate Majority Leader Reid has still not called the bill to the floor!  In the meantime,

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta addresses controversy regarding military sexual assaults

April 17, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Yesterday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the implementation of  new steps and sanctions to address sexual assault in the military. In recent weeks, attention has been drawn to increased rates of sexual violence in the military, especially at military academies: The Defense Department’s “Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies”

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AB 2441 moves into its first committee hearing

April 16, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

Today, AB 2441 (Williams) was heard on the floor of the Assembly Revenue & Taxation Committee. During the hearing, CALCASA’s Executive Director Sandra Henriquez provided a testimony along with Assemblymember Williams. Williams provided an overview of the legislation and I gave information about sexual assault, and statistics for the state of California. Two witnesses presented

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Building organizational capacity for prevention

April 16, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

When I think of capacity building, I think of resources: number of staff, funding, office space, printed materials, etc. When I read the March 2012 Technical Assistance Memo from the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, I started to reframe my thinking about “capacity” not as physical stuff we need to provide prevention education

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