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27 Mar NYSCASA Monthly Digest – April 2019

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[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_column_text]In this issue of NYSCASA’s Monthly Digest: NYSCASA's Survivor Survey, announcing the New York State Training and Technical Assistance Center, community announcements, legislative news, and upcoming events, including Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and find out how to get involved.

22 Mar NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline Now Available in All State Prisons

Posted at 20:39h in news, PREA

New York State's domestic and sexual violence hotline is now available to incarcerated individuals throughout the state prison system, providing crisis counseling, as well as access to support, additional counseling and advocacy for individuals who are victims or survivors of sexual assault or harassment.

04 Mar NYSCASA Monthly Digest – March 2019

Posted at 18:39h in news

In this issue: NYSCASA's Survivor Survey SUNY's Got Your Back Comfort Bags NYS Legislative News Save the Date: NYSCASA’s 2020 conference Upcoming events, conferences, and trainings Useful reports, toolkits, and other resources Find out how to support NYSCASA and get involved [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width"...

20 Feb NYSCASA is seeking volunteers!

Posted at 22:31h in news

NYSCASA is looking for immediate volunteers to help with our Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Project! We are looking for individuals who are able to volunteer at our office in Albany, NY, within the hours of 8AM-5PM Monday-Thursday. We are looking for applicants who are either students or non-students!

08 Feb NYSCASA Monthly Digest – February 2019

Posted at 21:38h in news

In this issue of NYSCASA's Monthly Digest: Welcoming new staff to the NYSCASA team New York legislative updates NYSCASA's comments on the Department of Education's proposed Title IX changes Announcing April 2019 Sexual Assault Awareness Month theme, "I Ask" Upcoming conferences, in-person trainings, and webinars ...

08 Feb POSTPONED: Ending Violence Without Violence (Syracuse, NY)

Posted at 21:22h in Conferences, Events, news

This event has been postponed. Ending Violence Without Violence 2020 Conference The mainstream anti-sexual violence movement has largely relied on criminal legal and legislative strategies to prevent and respond to sexual violence. But the traditional criminal legal system does not always offer healing or justice for all...

30 Jan NYSCASA’s Comments on the US Department of Education’s Proposed Changes to Title IX

Posted at 22:40h in Campus, news

Below are NYSCASA's comments on the US Department of Education's proposed changes to Title IX. NYSCASA encourages all to review and use these comments as a template for individual additional comments. For clarification or media inquiries, please contact Chelsea R. Miller, Communications Director, at cmiller@nyscasa.org. [advanced_iframe securitykey="bb71c92844f4a4af54a95a6f9fd265bc443d9acb"...

04 Jan NYSCASA Monthly Digest – January 2019

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In this issue of NYSCASA's Monthly Digest: Governor Cuomo signs legislation establishing 'bill of rights' for survivors of sexual violence in New York Funding and job opportunities #HandsOffIX action alert Upcoming training events, conferences, and webinars Access to NYSCASA's training archive [advanced_iframe securitykey="bb71c92844f4a4af54a95a6f9fd265bc443d9acb" src="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NYSCASA-Monthly-Digest---January-2019.html?soid=1101819944657&aid=pSNw-hz6crU" width="100%" height="1800"]...

26 Dec A step in the right direction: Cuomo signs law establishing a “bill of rights” for survivors of sexual assault

Posted at 15:11h in news

On December 21, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to establish a sexual assault survivors' bill of rights, for the purposes of informing survivors of their rights under state law and ensuring that survivors receive the information needed to navigate the medical and criminal legal...

26 Nov Culturally Relevant Evaluation of Sexual Violence Prevention Initiatives

Posted at 20:57h in Events, news, Webinars

Strong Oak Lefebvre, LICSW (Visioning B.E.A.R. Circle Intertribal Coalition Inc.), will examine methods of evaluating culturally relevant prevention efforts by presenting work conducted to evaluate an indigenous violence prevention curriculum. ...