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Patti Giggans

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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L.A. members show excitement for the National Sexual Assault Conference

March 9, 2010

posted in: CALCASA

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel down to Los Angeles with CALCASA’s Public Affairs Director Robert Coombs to meet with some of our members. This trip was a chance for us to hear what our members are excited about for the National Sexual Assault Conference that is taking place in September.

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USA Today: Chris Brown-Rihanna incident could be 'teachable moment'

March 13, 2009

posted in: Public Affairs

Peace Over Violence, one of the CALCASA’s member agencies, has been in the news discussing teen dating violence. For nearly “two weeks after the alleged Feb. 8 assault involving R&B singer Chris Brown and his girlfriend, the singer Rihanna, teen fans of the couple searched for ways to minimize the episode or justify what sounded

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