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.

The Future is in our Past: Report from Ending Child Sexual Abuse web conference

May 14, 2012

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Here is a guest blog by Cordelia Anderson and Joan Tabachnick, co-hosts of the Ending Child Sexual Abuse (ECSA) Web Conference Series that CALCASA’s national project PreventConnect is co-sponsoring with Ms. Foundation for Women. With over 60 years of experience across the three eloquent speakers, the Ms. Foundation for Women (MFW) launched the new web

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Courageous Conversations – The Place to Be: The Ending Child Sexual Abuse Web Conference Series

May 10, 2012

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Here is a guest blog by Cordelia Anderson and Joan Tabachnick, co-hosts of the Ending Child Sexual Abuse (ECSA) Web Conference Series that CALCASA’s national project PreventConnect is co-sponsoring with Ms. Foundation for Women. The Ms. Foundation for Women (MFW) has made the courageous decision to direct a significant portion of its resources towards ending

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Iowa Men’s Action Network

May 8, 2012

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Over the last several years, DELTA PREP, a national collaborative effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and CDC Foundation, has provided support to 19 domestic violence state coalitions to build capacity for primary prevention. This week, the effort is culminating with a National Prevention Symposium in Atlanta. DELTA PREP has been summarized in

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Using Twitter to Prevent Domestic Violence

May 8, 2012

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Over the last several years, DELTA PREP, a national collaborative effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and CDC Foundation, has provided support to 19 domestic violence state coalitions to build capacity for primary prevention. This week, the effort is culminating with a National Prevention Symposium in Atlanta. DELTA PREP has been summarized in

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Prevention as Social Change: Bridging Sexual and Domestic Violence and Social Justice Movements

May 4, 2012

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More and more the field of sexual and domestic violence is using social change models as part of their prevention strategies. The commitment to social change and understanding sexual and domestic violence in the context of oppression is not without challenges. Learn from others whose approaches compliment or collaborate with a social justice approach in

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Women of Color Network’s 2012 Call to Action Institute and Conference

May 3, 2012

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(24 mins) Tonya Lovelace of the Women of Color Network, Clara Lindstrom of La Mariposa Enterprises, Alison Smith of the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Pheng Thao of A CALL TO MEN describe the upcoming National Call to Action Institute and Conference to be held July 9-13, 2012, in St. Paul, Minn. This institute

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