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Education

Building inclusive leadership at your agency for the next generation

September 1, 2010

When someone says “You really should have been there” or “You missed a wonderful event”.  This is truly accurate when referring to the 2010 CALCASA Statewide Pre-Conference.  On the first day, CALCASA was deliberate in having a plenary discussion that addressed inclusive leadership for the next generation.  This plenary was facilitated by the CALCASA Dismantling

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Uploading photos can give strangers your location

August 12, 2010

posted in: CALCASA,Education

Uploading photographs or videos from your smart phone or digital camera to the internet has become as common place as taking a breathe.  Photographs are shared with family, friends and strangers displaying moments in your life.  You share photos and videos of your pets, your children, that weekend in Tijuana, or that wonderful dessert you baked that

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Violence in same-sex relationship misrepresented by media

August 4, 2010

posted in: Campus,Education

Lesbian relationships, like those that do not appear to adhere to the white heterosexual middle-class norms, have been misrepresented by the mainstream in the United States for decades.  Similarly, sexual violence has also been grossly misrepresented by the media.  Violence within lesbian communities more so.

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CALCASA facilitates attendance to the 2010 NSAC

August 3, 2010

posted in: Education

It’s almost here, CALCASA’s 2010 Statewide Pre-Conference and the 2010 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) in Hollywood, beginning Aug. 30 through Sep. 3. As we work on the final details of both conferences, we are excited to report that CALCASA was able to support CA Rape Crisis Center Staff in attending both conferences by providing

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Film Festival debuts at the National Sexual Assault Conference

July 27, 2010

posted in: CALCASA,Education

Since the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) is going to be in the Movie Capital of the World — Hollywood, Calif. — it’s only fitting to include a Film Festival as a component of the conference. The full lineup is yet to be released, but I can say who will be opening and closing the

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What is not spelled out: immigration and women

July 23, 2010

posted in: Campus,Education

Earlier this week, a colleague forwarded me “Surprise! Immigration is a Woman’s Issue” written by Gloria Steinem and Pramila Jayapal with the Women’s Media Center.  Steinam and Pramila argue that immigration is a woman’s issue because women and children are severely impacted by workplace discrimination, gender-based/sexual violence, a backlogged immigration system, and ineligibility for various

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