This brief, developed with Berkeley Media Studies Group, provides guidance on how to frame sexual violence and construct messages about prevention. Publish Date
Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a great opportunity to create a community-wide campaign and strengthen local partnershipsand coalitions. Public education campaigns play an important role in changing social norms by sharing basic facts with members of the community. This guide includes steps for planning a successful campaign to inform and engage the public. Publish...
A list of event ideas can help in planning an effective Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign. While April is only one month out of the year, SAAM events can provide excellent opportunities to establish partnerships, launch new campaigns and programs, and initiate prevention activities that will continue throughout the year and beyond. Publish Date...
The Winter 2018 edition of The Resource discusses where the anti-sexual violence movement can go in the wake of the #MeToo movement. In addition, The Resource features: Lessons learned from the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative The Texas Association Against Sexual Assault’s workshop for people of color working in the movement The Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s new digital infrastructure...
In August of 2017, the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released a report on National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach. In 2013, the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Report Act (SAFER Act) was passed into law amending the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide funds for...
From the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families As communities become more culturally and linguistically diverse, community-based service organizations (CBOs) are called to do more to reduce disparities in access and use of important social services. An important strategy is developing cultural competency—behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enable CBOs to work effectively in...
This report highlights six state- and local-level approaches to evaluation and explores organizational and individual factors of evaluation capacity. Publish Date March 2017
Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a great opportunity to create a community-wide campaign and strengthen local partnerships and coalitions. Public education campaigns play an important role in changing social norms by sharing basic facts with members of the community. This guide contains steps for planning a successful campaign to inform and engage the public. Publish Date...
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is pleased to offer state coalitions, community rape crisis centers and other interested parties assistance in promoting the 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign. This year’s theme, “Engaging New Voices,” provides an exciting opportunity to broaden our reach and engage the greater community in prevention efforts. We...
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