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Leah Aldridge

Leah Aldridge speaks about the evolution and revolution of the rape crisis movement

August 19, 2011

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

During CALCASA’s 2011 Leadership Conference, Leah Aldridge, an activist who has been in the rape crisis movement for almost 25 years, gave the keynote presentation about the past, present and future of this work. This year’s conference theme, The Evolution and Revolution of Our Movement, celebrates the 40 years of how the California Rape Crisis

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How Intergenerational Differences Impact and Inform Our Work

August 4, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

At the 2011 Leadership Conference in Sacramento, Calif., CALCASA will host a variety of workshops dedicated to Special Focus Areas for advocates working with survivors of sexual violence. Among those workshops is How Intergenerational Differences Impact and Inform Our Work. For the first time in history, there are four distinct generations in the workforce: Traditionalists,

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CALCASA’s 2011 Leadership Conference: photos & tribute video

August 3, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

The first week of August was CALCASA’s 2011 Leadership Conference, which began with a reflection about the evolution and revolution of the rape crisis movement. The morning plenary began by honoring two rape crisis centers in California that have been working to end sexual violence for 40 years. Bette Davis from Bay Area Women Against

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Film Festival debuts at the National Sexual Assault Conference

July 27, 2010

posted in: CALCASA,Education

Since the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) is going to be in the Movie Capital of the World — Hollywood, Calif. — it’s only fitting to include a Film Festival as a component of the conference. The full lineup is yet to be released, but I can say who will be opening and closing the

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Leah Aldridge on “In Touch with Teens”

October 13, 2009

posted in: prevention

(38 min) This is a presentation by Leah Aldridge, a consultant and teen violence prevention expert who helped Peace Over Violence to develop the In Touch with Teens violence prevention program. In Touch with Teens is one of the few youth-violence prevention initiatives identified as a model program by the U.S. Department of Health and

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