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Engaging Campuses and Communtites for SAAM

May 1, 2012

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On Wednesday April 18th, 2012, CALCASA hosted a web conference, “Engaging Campuses and Communities for Sexual Assault Awarness Month.”  This web conference was part of the Campus Web Conference Series and had presentations from The University of Oregon and The New School who produced campaigns to saturate their campuses with messages about consent. 

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OVW FY 2012 Campus Grant Solicitation

April 6, 2012

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Hello All, The following message is from OVW regarding the Campus Grant Solicitation. Here is a direct link to the solicitation http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/campus-solicitation.pdf . The OVW FY 2012 Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program solicitation is now open and available on Grants.gov and the OVW website.  Applications are due by May

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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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