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Click here to download this statement as a PDF. For Immediate Release: August 4, 2021 Press Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Responds: AG Report Details Sexual Harassment by Governor Cuomo The report issued on August 3, 2021, by New York Attorney General Letitia James chronicles repeated sexual...
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The Rape Culture Intervention Toolkit was inspired by Mia Mingus's quote "death by a thousand little cuts" — a reference to the way that we do a terrible job of responding to the kind of lower-level harm that often leads to an accumulation of unchecked trauma. The...
DESCRIPTION In this virtual workshop, participants will learn about the work of Survived and Punished, a national collective committed to ending the criminalization of survival. The session will introduce participants to the collective's analysis and vision, survivor solidarity actions, and the #FreeThemAll commutations campaign. The workshop will...
*Please note there are multiple training days* This is a 40 hour Didactic Pediatric SANE training for Registered Nurses, NP's and PA's. Adult Adolescent training is not required. Goals of the training Apply the knowledge of the assessment, evaluation, treatment, evidence recognition collection process, and courtroom testimony for...
ValorUS (formerly CALCASA) is proud to host the 2021 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) as a virtual conference. The National Sexual Assault Conference is a three-day conference providing advanced training opportunities for activists, advocates and other professionals working to prevent sexual violence, provide critical intervention services...
DESCRIPTION In this two-part workshop series, Harvey Herne will lead participants through mind-mapping activities that demonstrate the impacts of colonization and historical trauma in our selves, relationships, and communities, with a specific focus on Haudenosaunee communities. Participants will learn about self-accountability and self-healing strategies. This is...
On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, TX, to announce the end of the American Civil War and to free the last enslaved people in the US, two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Although slavery wouldn't legally end in all...
NYS-based victim services staff/volunteers/survivors and other folks working with survivors are invited to participate in this peer sharing and learning collaborative focused on expressive arts for trauma informed wellness, preventing and addressing vicarious trauma and sharing vital practices. These informal conversations will be facilitated by...