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Education

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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Dynamics of Abuse of Persons Who Are Deaf or Have a Disability

July 29, 2011

posted in: Education

In today web conference, Peace Over Violence‘s Peggie Reyna led a training that focused on the experiences and needs of survivors of sexual assault or domestic violence who are deaf / hard of hearing, or who have other disabilities. Materials from the conference include: Slides (PDF) Notes (PDF) Recording (will be available on Monday, August 1)

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Colorlines says: We won’t learn from the DSK case

July 21, 2011

posted in: Education

Below is a post from Colorlines titled “Violence Against Migrant Women Won’t End After DSK Case.” This post discusses the way in which global systems of violence make use of women’s bodies. This topic will also be addressed at CALCASA’s Leadership conference, which will include conversations about human trafficking. Colorlines’ Michelle Chen writes: The media

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