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Legislative update: Yee announces bill to protect sexually exploited minors

March 1, 2012

posted in: Public Affairs

CALCASA has been working with Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) on legislation to support minors who are victims of trafficking and prostitution. SB 1349 will amend the current California penal code to state that a person under 18 years of age who has been exploited through prostitution, loitering for the purpose of prostitution, or engaged

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Web Conference: SAAM 2012 Media Campaign

February 28, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

On Feb. 28, 2012, more than 40 people attended the CALCASA web conference “SAAM 2012 Media Campaign.”  In this web conference, CALCASA prepared members to talk to media about: how your center has been affected by budgetary cuts/constraints; legislation supported by rape crisis centers; and new data about sexual assault.

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Yuck

February 14, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Education

Fox news correspondent Liz Trotta has left me speechless. Literally. I have been sitting staring at this screen for 30 minutes, typing insightful introductions to this blog. For example: “AAAHHH!!”, “AARGGG…”, “REALLY?!?!?!”. Liz Trotta recently joined Fox news host Eric Shawn to discuss the recently released report addressing high rates of victimization perpetrated against women

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PreventConnect Reading Club: news coverage of child sexual abuse

August 15, 2011

posted in: prevention

  Case by Case: News coverage of child sexual abuse released by the Berkeley Media Studies Group with support from the Ms. Foundation for Women, demonstrates that child sexual abuse is underreported and that media coverage does not describe the social context of child sexual abuse.  The report includes recommendations for journalists on ways to improve coverage of child

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PreventConnect web conference: Create News to Prevent Violence

July 5, 2011

posted in: prevention

PreventConnect.org The next PreventConnect web conference From Data to Prevention II: Using Data to Make the Case for Prevention will explore how to “create news to prevent violence.”  The web conference will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011, 11am Pacific Time (2pm Eastern Time, 1pm Central Time, noon Mountain Time) and repeated on Tuesday,

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Media is out there — but sexual violence still exists

June 25, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

During the past few days, there has been discussion, speeches and documentaries displayed at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Mich., that highlight how media — of all types — is creating social justice around the world. In every single media session that I attended, the issue of sexual assault was raised, especially child sexual

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