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Education

Know it. Name it. Stop it.

January 3, 2012

January is National Stalking Awareness Month and this year, the Stalking Resource Center of the National Center for Victims of Crime have created this website dedicated to providing resources and information to advocates and community members. The “Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop it.” website provides sample status updates, PSA scripts, news releases, outreach materials, and resource

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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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CALCASA begins its Capacity Building Institute

November 3, 2011

posted in: Education

CALCASA held its first Capacity Building Institute in Sacramento, Calif. This institute is an opportunity for a small group of people from California rape crisis centers to come together and learn about working with specific populations. Today’s break-out sessions include:

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New library materials for CALCASA members

October 26, 2011

Hello Members! I am excited to share new materials with all of you. Please feel free to take a moment to review the information of the materials (listed below). I encourage all of you to take advantage in  helping me to update our library. You can do this by sharing with me the types of

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What is Your Intervention Model?

August 18, 2011

posted in: Education

At this year’s CALCASA Leadership Conference, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a workshop in the Intervention track called Practice What You Preach: Working Models in the Field. Imelda Buncab, my co-facilitator, and I were really interested in engaging those that do Intervention work in a discussion around how the work gets done. The theme

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Choosing a Self-Defense Course

August 17, 2011

posted in: Education,prevention

Recently on the PreventConnect email group, there has been a good deal of discussion about the the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s Guidelines for Choosing a Self-Defense Course. Although the National Coalition no longer exists, the Guidelines continue to be a useful resource for the selection and evaluation of a women’s self-defense program.

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