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Chad Sniffen

Futures Without Violence’s Y Factor Summit

April 18, 2012

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CALCASA’s Chad Sniffen was happy to be part of a pannel about using “Social Media for Social Good” at Futures Without Violence‘s recent Y Factor Summit. As described by Futures Without Violence: Our first-ever national summit, called the Y Factor: Men Leading By Example, launched on Thursday, April 12, and was a day filled with

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Web Conference: Serving survivors with cognitive disabilities

March 22, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Education

CALCASA is pleased to announce a training opportunity through our Advocacy Caucus for Persons with Disabilities.  We are fortunate to have Stacy F. Everson, Executive Director of SEEDS Educational Services, Inc. on Serving People with Cognitive Disabilities.  This training will focus on increasing your knowledge about people with cognitive disabilities, their strengths, and the barriers

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I’ve Got Your Back: Bystander intervention for street harassment

March 20, 2012

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(8 min) Hollaback! is a global, grassroots effort to end street harassment. In this interview with Emily May, Hollaback’s Executive Director, we talk about the development and launch of Hollaback! “I’ve Got Your Back” campaign to encourage bystanders to intervene in street harassment, and Hollaback’s partnership with Green Dot, etc.

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The State of the Streets Report

March 20, 2012

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What does a year of international grassroots work against street harassment look like from inside an organization? Hollaback! gives us a look in their first annual “State of the Streets” report released in December 2011. It includes Hollaback’s impact, their model, and profiles of thirteen of Hollaback’s sites internationally.

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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: A special White House event

March 14, 2012

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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a nationwide observance that encourages people to take action in the fight against HIV/AIDS and raise awareness of its impact on women and girls coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). On Wednesday, March 14, from 8:30 AM to 10:45 AM Eastern Time,

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Bystander-focused work on university campuses

September 13, 2011

posted in: prevention

Ellie Hutchinson, Prevention Worker at Scottish Women’s Aid in Edinburgh, Scotland, discusses the work of Scottish Women’s Aid to prevent violence against women and young people through bystander-focused work on university campuses, and though the development of media campaigns such as VoiceAgainstViolence.org.uk. Click here to listen

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