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...
The Rensselaer County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is a multi-disciplinary response to sexual assault. The goal of the team is to provide victim-centered care, and better working relationships between disciplines, with the common goal to reduce sexual assault in our community. As the only identified...
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...
[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...
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"] ...
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...
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)....
[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...
[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...
