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Men Can Stop Rape launches “Where Do You Stand” campaign

February 1, 2012

Yesterday, Men Can Stop Rape launched their new bystander intervention campaign geared towards addressing sexual violence on college campuses. “Where Do You Stand?” uses a number of tools such as trainings, posters, and media materials to encourage young men to become active bystanders to end sexual violence. According to Men Can Stop Rape’s press release,

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Teachable Moments from Penn State Case

November 14, 2011

“We are Penn State. That’ll never change. … Understand this is really a call to duty.” Last week, Penn State’s campus erupted. The Board of Trustees announced that beloved football Head Coach and collegiate athletics legend Joe Paterno was fired, effective immediately. Penn State football is its own culture, boarding on being a religion to

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Campus Grant TA providers

October 27, 2011

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College and university campuses working to create safer communities benefit from networking with campuses and accessing resources.  CALCASA is one of the handful of technical assistance providers charged with helping campuses funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus

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Once the policy is written: implementation & enforcement

October 25, 2011

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Lindy Aldrich, Deputy Director of the Victim Rights Law Center, led today’s web conference on working to improve survivor-centered institutional response to sexual violence.  She addressed common challenges that arise when enforcing policy as well as the intersection of our work with the Office on Civil Rights Dear Colleague Letter issued in April 2011.  Campuses dialogued

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Once the policy is written

October 21, 2011

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Lack of administrative buy-in?  An ad-hoc disciplinary board with rotating officers that routinely fails to attend specialized training on sexual violence? These are but a few of the institutional challenges campuses encounter when developing and implementing policies that are survivor-centered in a campus-wide effort to create and maintain a safe environment.  How can campuses create

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Campuses: how to enhance your communication

September 27, 2011

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Trainings are a critical component of the work that we do in the anti-sexual violence field.  Often times, the message (read: content), although relevant, highly applicable and innovative, is lost because of the approach or techniques used to reach the target audience.  Derek Lane, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at the University

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