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“Protective Orders A to Z” 2012 Conference Materials
PowerPoint presentations from several workshops held at the "Protective Orders A to Z Conference" (June 20-22, 2012) held in Richmond, Virginia.
Sponsored by the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance.
For more information, contact the Action Alliance Training Institute at info@vsdvalliance.org or (804) 377-0335.
2015 Issue of “The Resource” from NSVRC
The Spring/Summer 2015 edition of The Resource shines a spotlight on campus sexual assault. Included in the special campus section are the following articles:
- 'The Hunting Ground': An interview with filmmaker Amy Ziering reveals it wasn't difficult to find survivors of campus sexual violence who wanted to tell their stories for the documentary film. "The sad thing is, there are way too many survivors," Ziering said.
- Director's Viewpoint: Karen Baker, Director of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, talks about a busy Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April 2015, the theme of which was "It's Time to Act: Safer Campuses, Brighter Futures. Prevent Sexual Violence."
- Prevention preparedness: Are coalitions in the U.S. ready to lead primary prevention, campus-based efforts?
- 'From compliance to commitment': The North Carolina Campus Consortium hosted its first-ever Campus Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Peer Educator's Summit.
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Photos from 30 busy days of activism.
Other topics covered in this issue include: effective social media advocacy, The Six Pillars for Prevention of child sexual abuse, the 2015 National Sexual Assault Conference in Los Angeles, and more.
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey - Virginia State Report
The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey examining the experiences of transgender people in the United States, with 27,715 respondents nationwide. The USTS was conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality in the summer of 2015. Of respondents in the USTS, 723 were Virginia residents.1 This report discusses the experiences of respondents living in Virginia.
2016 New Protective Order Law - What does it mean?
On July 1, the new law that prohibits persons subject to protective orders from possessing firearms will take effect. We have designed a brief FAQs sheet about the new law that provides some basic information on what the law does, what it doesn’t do, and outlines conversations/issues that communities need to be talking about to come up with protocols. It also provides a link to some best practices.
DCJS has also put some information up on their site. This link has information on a recent brochure that DCJS developed on the new law, a list of law enforcement agencies who are willing to accept firearms, and a link to a new grant opportunity to fund pilot sites for implementing the new law. In short, there is not a statewide directive for implementation. Local courts, law enforcement, domestic violence programs and other stakeholders have to come together to come up with a plan for their locality.
2017 Issue of “The Resource” from NSVRC
The Spring/Summer 2017 edition of The Resource includes the following stories:
- Rutgers University's campus climate assessment process
- The new multimedia campaign #LoveWITHAccountability for child incest and sexual abuse survivors of African descent
- The uSafeNH app that provides information about services and support for survivors in New Hampshire
- The basics of evaluating prevention work through social media from the Michigan Public Health Institute
- The Raliance media summit and RALLYs awards
Also included is a look at RESTORE Sexual Assault Service's prevention work in New York, a spotlight on Iowa's service transition, and four resources from the library that might interest you.
