The 2010 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) — taking place Sept. 1-3 in Los Angeles — will welcome a diverse population largely due to the recipients of the National Scholarship. Survivors and underrepresented populations from across the United States and its territories have been awarded the opportunity to be in attendance.
Throughout the application process, I’ve been communicating with award recipients, and I have learned about the dedication and passion that many have for the field of violence against women as volunteers, employees of organizations or as community activist across our nation and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Mariana Islands.
National Scholarship awardees will bring a voice from rural, tribal and urban communities that will tell the stories of the challenges and triumphs in their respective areas of work to eradicate sexual violence against children, adults and elders. Their attendance will add to the dialogue and exchange of ideas to achieve the goal of empowerment and progress in the movement.
Althea served as the Program Coordinator for 6 years at Tougaloo College for the first special initiative awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, Project STOP NOW!, that worked with HBCU's. Ms. Hart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Tougaloo College and a Master's of Science degree in Community Counseling from Jackson State University. Over the past seven years she has worked in various capacities countering violence against women such as volunteer for the Catholic Charities Rape Crisis Center and Sims Transitional Shelter for Women and Children; committee member of Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault Women of Color Caucus and the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault SAC Taskforce. Presently, she is the Training and Resource Coordinator at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) Campus Program providing technical assistance to recipients of the Office on Violence Against Women Grant to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus.
I have been trying to locate an agenda for the upcoming conference and have been unable to do so. Is there a link that I am missing? I will be attending from Maine representing my Indigenous Tribe.The Penobscot Nation.
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I have been trying to locate an agenda for the upcoming conference and have been unable to do so. Is there a link that I am missing? I will be attending from Maine representing my Indigenous Tribe.The Penobscot Nation.
The conference program is now available online: http://calcasa.org/rd/nsac/NSAC-2010-Program.pdf