Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2012

April 2012 has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) is excited to partner with public officials, college campuses, law enforcement, victim advocates and communities across California to raise awareness.

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Raising Awareness About Stalking

January 31, 2012

posted in: Public Affairs

Posted by Lynn Rosenthal, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women, on The White House Blog. January is Stalking Awareness Month, and it’s an important to highlight a crime that is often invisible. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men will be

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White House roundtable on Stalking Awareness Month brings increased attention to issue

January 31, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

Last week, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal held a roundtable to address the issue of stalking in the United States and Stalking Awareness Month. You can read President Obama’s proclamation of Stalking Awareness Month here.  In her recent blog, Ms. Rosenthal, “discusses the fears, threats, and intimidation endured by victims of stalking, and steps

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Look how easy it is to be a bystander!

January 31, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the concept of bystander intervention. There are so many ways to intervene but when the time comes will I know which one to use? Will I need to go get another friend? Will it be so obvious that I am trying to intervene that it will actually make the problem

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“We Live in a Hip Hop Culture”: Using hip hop to discuss sexual and domestic violence

January 31, 2012

posted in: prevention

When looking to transform our culture to end sexual violence and domestic violence, we have to look at the music we listen to. For many years I have pointed out many troubling songs from “He Hit Me (and it felt like a kiss)” by the Crystals (co-written by Carol King) to the Beatles’ “Run For

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AG Kamala D. Harris announces end to backlog that slowed DNA analysis

January 27, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

On Wed., California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the end to the rape kit backlog that had previously delayed the analysis of evidence collected through forensic examinations. AG Harris has made the issue of the rape kit backlog one of her priorities. In her statement, Harris stated that the California Department of Justice will

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Defriending My Rapist – social media and connecting with the unexpected

January 23, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

I love going on facebook. As much as I try to deny it, I love it. It is the way I connect with friends who I can’t see everyday, share important news pieces, learn about social events, it is the way that I feel connected to the world around me. But facebook and I have

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