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bystander intervention

Men Can Stop Rape launches “Where Do You Stand” campaign

February 1, 2012

Yesterday, Men Can Stop Rape launched their new bystander intervention campaign geared towards addressing sexual violence on college campuses. “Where Do You Stand?” uses a number of tools such as trainings, posters, and media materials to encourage young men to become active bystanders to end sexual violence. According to Men Can Stop Rape’s press release,

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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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Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious: The natural history of a new idea

October 19, 2011

posted in: prevention

How do new ideas get adopted? Manufacturers want us to buy their new products – who already got the new iPhone 4S? Yet there is a similarity in our sexual violence and domestic violence prevention work. Only in our case, we want to shift community norms to accept new ideas that will prevent violence instead

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UC Merced launches “Know Your Power” bystander campaign

August 25, 2011

posted in: campus

The CALCASA Campus Program works with college and university campuses across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico that are funded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to reduce sexual assault, domestic/dating violence and stalking.  Today, we are featuring a guest blog post about one of the 123 institutions we provide

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Where do you stand? New bystander program

August 19, 2011

posted in: campus,prevention

Men Can Stop Rape has just released its newest comprehensive bystander intervention program for men called Where Do You Stand? This program is designed to implement on college campuses.  This program builds on the strength of their Strength Campaign by including positive messages, promoting  healthy masculinity, and having action recommendations that highlight what can be

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Prevention In Action: California Primary Prevention Practice

August 11, 2011

posted in: prevention

At last week’s CALCASA Leadership Conference, several California Rape Crisis Centers gave presentations about the primary prevention work they are doing in their communities.  The stories we heard described how these prevention programs supported people in their communities to become agents of change.  As we were recognizing 40 years of a movement to end sexual

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