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Arte Sana celebrates 10 years

April 1, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

Arte Sana, is a non-profit organization that provides training resources, community education and support for survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Latin@ communities through cyber activism.  Using arts to promote healing and empowerment for survivors, Arte Sana states that: By providing services to improve the quality of life of survivors of gender violence and racism, we strive to

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Tool Kit: U-Visas and Law Enforcement

March 31, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

Legal Momentum and the Vera Institute of Justice have created an advocacy tool kit focusing on law enforcement’s use of the U-Visas. Sameera Hafiz, Senior Staff Attorney at Legal Momentum says: This tool-kit provides law enforcement with legal information, model policies, FAQs, a flow chart and other relevant information in developing U-visa certification policies.  We

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Arizona’s introduction of SB 1611 and its effect on women

February 25, 2011

posted in: CALCASA

It’s difficult not to have at least an idea of the harsh anti-immigrant  sentiment throughout the Nation these last couple of years.  With the passage of SB 1070 in Arizona back in April 2010, which fundamentally allows AZ police to detain anyone they “suspect” is undocumented and arrest those who cannot “prove” they are documented residents

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New “Resources and Publications” page on CALCASA’s website.

December 30, 2010

posted in: CALCASA,Education

To begin the New Year, CALCASA is unveiling a new page on its website called “Resources and Publications.”  The page will contain electronic versions of publications and other similar items that have been produced by CALCASA staff and/or in partnership with other writers and collaborators.  CALCASA is committed to providing high-quality educational materials that will

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Conversations with survivors of prison rape

September 1, 2010

posted in: Education

At this years National Sexual Assault Conference in Hollywood, CA, CALCASA hosted a variety of workshops dedicated to Intervention/Advocacy for advocates working with survivors of sexual violence. Among these workshops was a track dedicated to eliminating prison rape, sponsored by Just Detention International. This track consisted of 3 workshops, one of which was titled: Conversations

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Where is your line?

March 17, 2010

posted in: prevention

(17 min) THE LINE is a provocative short documentary about the filmmaker’s experience as an “imperfect victim” of sexual assault. THE LINE is also an innovative campaign that uses the film as a starting point to engage its audience in frank discussions about sex and consent, challenging audiences to answer the question, “Where is your

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