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Prevention Regional Trainings Coming Soon

April 30, 2012

posted in: prevention

Starting in May 2012, CALCASA will be offering trainings at Prevention topics at CALCASA regional meetings. These free trainings are 1-2 hours to develop specific skills for prevention. The first training will be on the topic of “Using Youth as Prevention Volunteers” on May 8 in Visalia (Valley region).  Other trainings will be held on

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Building organizational capacity for prevention

April 16, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

When I think of capacity building, I think of resources: number of staff, funding, office space, printed materials, etc. When I read the March 2012 Technical Assistance Memo from the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, I started to reframe my thinking about “capacity” not as physical stuff we need to provide prevention education

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Question of the month: how can I talk about sexuality to prevent sexual violence?

April 4, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Each month, our partners at vawnet.org put out a resource guide for a “TA Question of the Month”. This month, vawnet.org is providing tips on the relationship between healthy sexuality and sexual assault with their guide “How Can I Talk About Sexuality to Prevent Sexual Violence”: The 2012 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Campaign centers on the theme

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Campuses: how to enhance your communication

September 27, 2011

posted in: campus

Trainings are a critical component of the work that we do in the anti-sexual violence field.  Often times, the message (read: content), although relevant, highly applicable and innovative, is lost because of the approach or techniques used to reach the target audience.  Derek Lane, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at the University

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What is survivor-centered training for campus law enforcement?

July 26, 2011

posted in: campus

Teresa White-Walston, Director of Education at Women Organized Against Rape in Philadelphia, led today’s webinar on critical concepts for training first responders and campus law enforcement on how to respond to reports of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. Materials from today’s webinar include: Powerpoint (pdf) for Survivor Centered Training for First Responders

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Survivor centered lens critical for law enforcement

July 21, 2011

posted in: campus

Survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating/relationship violence and stalking navigate myriad systems, social stigma and range of emotions after experience violence.  The decisions a survivor makes as they cope are further impacted by their encounters with others.  How first responders, such as law enforcement personnel, interact with survivors of sexual violence have a tremendous

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