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campus

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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UC Merced launches “Know Your Power” bystander campaign

August 25, 2011

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The CALCASA Campus Program works with college and university campuses across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico that are funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to reduce sexual assault, domestic/dating violence and stalking. Today, we are featuring a guest blog post about one of the 123 institutions we provide

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Where do you stand? New bystander program

August 19, 2011

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Men Can Stop Rape has just released its newest comprehensive bystander intervention program for men called Where Do You Stand? This program is designed to implement on college campuses. This program builds on the strength of their Strength Campaign by including positive messages, promoting healthy masculinity, and having action recommendations that highlight what can be

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What is survivor-centered training for campus law enforcement?

July 26, 2011

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Teresa White-Walston, Director of Education at Women Organized Against Rape in Philadelphia, led today’s webinar on critical concepts for training first responders and campus law enforcement on how to respond to reports of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Materials from today’s webinar include: Powerpoint (pdf) for Survivor Centered Training for First Responders

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Survivor centered lens critical for law enforcement

July 21, 2011

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Survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating/relationship violence and stalking navigate myriad systems, social stigma and range of emotions after experience violence. The decisions a survivor makes as they cope are further impacted by their encounters with others. How first responders, such as law enforcement personnel, interact with survivors of sexual violence have a tremendous

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