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I’ve Got Your Back: Bystander intervention for street harassment

March 20, 2012

posted in: prevention

(8 min) Hollaback! is a global, grassroots effort to end street harassment. In this interview with Emily May, Hollaback’s Executive Director, we talk about the development and launch of Hollaback! “I’ve Got Your Back” campaign to encourage bystanders to intervene in street harassment, and Hollaback’s partnership with Green Dot, etc.

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Green Dots exploding all over Sonoma County!

February 22, 2012

posted in: prevention

Another Green Dot guest post! Today Nick King from Verity in Sonoma County has provided an update on the Green Dot program that he and the Verity team are rolling out at El Molino High School. Great work Nick! In August of 2011, Daniela Bravo and myself (Nick King) met with Doria Trombetta to discuss the

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Green Dot – Official launch at De Anza!

February 21, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

This week we have a guest post from Della Duncan and Stacey Carlotta of the YWCA of Silicon Valley (both pictured at left)! They have been busy, getting their community excited about Green Dot and inspired to take action. Read on to hear about how they did it… Green Dot YWCA Silicon Valley has officially

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Bystander intervention on college campuses

August 12, 2011

posted in: prevention

In July 2011, PreventConnect Reading Club hosted two lively discussions on “Evaluation of Green Dot: Active Bystander Intervention on College Campuses.” Participants exchanged stories of how Green Dot works on their campus and the future of bystander interventions on campuses and in the community. Besides great ideas and suggestions on how to approach bystander intervention,

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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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10 year old acting on Green Dot

July 12, 2011

posted in: prevention

As a survivor of childhood sexual assault, I always felt that children must be free to ask about adult behaviors that are confusing, even when it is behavior not related to sexual abuse. I realized how important it was for me to teach my children about sexual abuse and how to recognize it. I remember

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