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15 May Webinar: Atención a sobrevivientes con discapacidades y sobrevivientes sordos

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Las personas sordas y con discapacidades tienen tres veces más probabilidades de experimentar violencia que las personas sin discapacidades, sin embargo, nuestro análisis del campo de servicios a las víctimas de violencia indica que, en general, las organizaciones no están preparadas para atender las necesidades...

14 May Communities First: Centering Those Most Impacted

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About the Summit The Summit is an opportunity for prevention educators, campus administrators, health providers, community organizers, youth workers, high school, college and university students to come together and network, share, and grow as part of a community committed to sexual and domestic violence prevention. Attendees...

09 May Webinar: Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color

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Description Author, lawyer, and Black lesbian immigrant survivor Andrea Ritchie will provide a focused look at police violence and racial profiling in the context of domestic violence in this presentation. This timely webinar will explore police responses to domestic violence as sites of racial profiling, criminalization,...

09 May Say It Loud! Black and Latin@ Gay Pride (Albany, NY)

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A Message from the Executive Director of In Our Own Voices, Inc., Tandra R. LaGrone: In Our Own Voices (IOOV), is exceedingly excited to host 2019 Say It Loud Black & Latin@ Gay Pride, a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people of color(LGBT POC) communities....

09 May Register today: Responding to Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence for Indigenous Communities

Posted at 15:42h in Uncategorized

Join us for Responding to Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence for Indigenous Communities on June 5, 2019. This training is a collaborative effort between Rensselaer County Sexual Assault Response Team, the Seven Dancers Coalition, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault and the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

09 May Responding to Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence for Indigenous Communities

Posted at 15:32h in Uncategorized

Contact: Jennifer Clark, NYSCADV, 518-482-5465 x204, jclark@nyscadv.org Responding to Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence for Indigenous Communities Studies indicate that violence against women—including sexual assault and domestic abuse—is higher among Native American communities. In fact a recent study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ,)...

09 May Webinar: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019: Lifting Up Voices

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You are cordially invited to the premier showing of NCALL's draft video series titled Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors (LUV). On June 5, the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), Terra Nova Films (TNF), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and...

07 May Book Discussion: Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

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Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased: Uncovering...

03 May Webinar: Form and Function: Using Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Language When Gathering Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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A webinar on practical skills & best practices for utilizing inclusive and culturally responsive language when gathering demographic and intake data on sexual orientation and gender identity....

01 May Can We Downsize Our Prisons and Jails Without Compromising Public Safety?

Posted at 15:42h in Uncategorized

Charis E. Kubrin is professor of criminology, law, and society as well as professor (by courtesy) of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Kubrin’s research focuses on neighborhood correlates of crime, with an emphasis on race and violent crime. A more recent line...