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09 Jul

Posted at 17:38h in news

  Announcements from NYSCASA   Statement on US Immigrant Detention: Close the Camps, Bear Witness, Reunite Families, and End the Violence [caption id="attachment_2935" align="alignright" width="291"] Madhuri Shukla, Immigration Detention Is Deadly, justseeds[/caption] As an organization committed to ending sexual violence while addressing oppression and injustice, NYSCASA condemns the violence and...

09 Jul

Posted at 13:49h in news, Statements

For Immediate Release: July 9, 2019 Contact: Selena Bennett-Chambers, Director of Public Policy / 518-482-4222 ext. 302; Chelsea R. Miller, Communications Director / 518-482-4222 ext. 300   NYSCASA STATEMENT ON US IMMIGRANT DETENTION Close the Camps, Bear Witness, Reunite Families, and End the Violence The New York State Coalition Against Sexual...

19 Jun

Posted at 14:46h in news

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...

14 Jun

Posted at 19:08h in news

  [ez-toc]   Announcements from NYSCASA   2018 Annual Report NYSCASA’s 2018 Annual Report, which outlines our activities during 2018, is available! Many thanks and kudos to our 2018 donors, members, board members, and staff.   NYSCASA Honors Pride Month This LGBTQ Pride Month marks 50 years since the June 28, 1968, uprising at the...

14 Jun

Posted at 16:18h in Annual Report, news

NYSCASA is thrilled to publish our 2018 Annual Report, which outlines our activities throughout 2018. We thank our 2018 donors, members, board members, and staff for their contributions to creating a world without violence. Read NYSCASA's 2018 Annual Report. [advanced_iframe securitykey="bb71c92844f4a4af54a95a6f9fd265bc443d9acb" src="https://www.nyscasa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2018-Annual-Report-FINAL-20190618.pdf" width="100%" height="1000"]  ...

07 Jun

Posted at 16:51h in news, Statements

    This LGBTQ Pride Month marks 50 years since the June 28, 1969, uprising at the Stonewall Inn, when patrons and neighborhood residents resisted harassment and abuse during a police raid on the Greenwich Village gay bar. The Stonewall Inn acted as a de facto community center...

22 May

Posted at 20:07h in news

On Monday February 14, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law. There are three components to the law: This legislation allows those who are victims of child sexual assault to bring civil lawsuits up until their 55th birthday (as opposed to 23)....

29 Apr

Posted at 20:23h in news

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In this issue of NYSCASA’s Monthly Digest: Announcements: Take Back the Night in Albany, NYSCASA's Survivor Survey, introducing the NYS Training and Technical Assistance Center, and raising awareness about ‘court-ordered rape’; Legislative news: F2020 State Budget, Black Maternal Health...

02 Apr

Posted at 13:19h in news

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]For Immediate Release: April 2, 2019 Contact: Selena Bennett-Chambers, Director of Public Policy Albany, NY — As an organization dedicated to ending sexual violence and all forms of oppression, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) thanks Governor...