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Congresswoman Gwen Moore stands up for VAWA reauthorization

March 29, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,Public Affairs

On Wednesday, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about her personal experience with sexual violence and her support for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. “Violence has been a thread throughout my entire life, from being repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped as a child up to

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Meet us on the street meets BART riders in San Francisco

March 22, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Last night, Sarah Harper of VoiceTool Productions organized a rally to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco, to raise awareness and offer people resources to fight street harassment in public spaces. Why BART? A recent New York Times article “Sex Crimes Pass Under the Radar on Public Transit” stated: Bay Area

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3 ideas for collective action to fight street harassment

March 21, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

As we continue to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment week, we have more and more opportunities to explain the importance of sexual harassment and street harassment. As “Stop Street Harassment” states, Street harassment is any action or comment between strangers in public places that is disrespectful, unwelcome, threatening and/or harassing and is motivated by gender. In countries like India

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Anti-Street Harassment Week is here!

March 19, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

Anti-Street Harassment Week is here! As I posted last week, CALCASA is joining multiple national, state, and local partners to celebrate March 18-24. In her article, “International Anti-Street Harassment Week: 10 Thing You Can Do To Stop Street Harassment”, Soraya Chemaly interviewed organizer Holly Kearl who states: “Harassment restricts girls’ and women’s access to public places,” explains

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Anti-Street Harassment Week is coming! Here’s how you can get involved…

March 12, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

CALCASA is joining multiple national, state, and local partners to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment week this March 18-24. We appreciate the hard work of “Meet Us On the Street” and the core team of activists lead by Holly Kearl. Here’s what they have to say about street harassment and the goal of this awareness building and action

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New research: “Predicting Perceptions of Date Rape”

February 27, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

This month the Journal of Interpersonal Violence published “Predicting Perceptions of Date Rape: An Examination of Perpetrator Motivation, Relationship Length, and Gender Role Beliefs”, a study conducted by David Angelone, PhD, Damon Mitchell PhD, and Lauren Lucente, BA. As many of us who work in the field of sexual violence prevention and intervention know, rape

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