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Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative - Publications and E-Learning Tools

Added Monday, May 10, 2021 by Action Alliance

As originally published by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI), the first large scale project of its kind, was created to enhance sexual assault outreach, services, and community partnerships in dual/multi-service programs. Six sites across the nation engaged in a four-­year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building. The materials that were developed based on the lessons learned across project sites can be found at https://www.nsvrc.org/sexual-assault-demonstration-initiative, many of which are avaiable in English and Spanish.

Topics include:

  • - Foundations of Advocacy
  • - Culturally Relevant Services for Tribal Communities and Communities of Color
  • - Picturing Your Program: Planning for Organizational Growth
  • - Listening to Survivors - Essential Steps for the Intake Process
  • - Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence
  • - Throw Away the Menu: Broadening Advocacy
  • - It Matters! How Defining Sexual Violence Defines Advocacy Programs
  • - Building Cultures of Care
  • - Listening to Our Communities: Assessment Toolkit
  • - Trauma-Informed Care
  • - Lessons for Local Programs & SADI Timeline Overview
  • - and the Final Report
     

What is the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) - Watch this brief overview to learn more about the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) and the lessons learned from this national project.

Sexual Violence in Later Life

Added Thursday, November 06, 2014 by Action Alliance

This four page document outlines specific information on the broad range of offenses perpetrated against people age 60 and beyond, and discusses how advocates can respond to the special needs of older sexual violence victims.

Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Women

Added Wednesday, December 02, 2015 by Action Alliance

Black women’s sexual victimization has occurred in a unique sociohistorical context. This applied research document published by VAWnet provides an historical overview of institutional sexual violence perpetrated against Black women beginning with the enslavement of Africans and continuing to the present day.  Risk factors, the physical and mental health consequences, culturally sensitive responses, and the resilience of Black survivors are discussed.

Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention

Added Monday, November 21, 2016 by Action Alliance

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recently released Sexual Violence on Campus: Strategies for Prevention. This tool offers an overview of how to approach sexual violence prevention on college campuses with real-world examples from the field.

Click here to access the document.

Showing Up: How We See, Speak, and Disrupt Racial Inequity Facing Survivors

Added Thursday, March 15, 2018 by Action Alliance

(as originally posted by the Center for Survivor Agency & Justice)

In September 2017, REEP facilitated seven From Margins to Center Listening Sessions to facilitate dialogue across the field on racial and economic equity for survivors. This report dialogues-back with the community that contributed to the From Margins to Center Listening Sessions. It shares themes and issues from Listening Session conversations via text, graphics and illustrations in order to aid in self-reflection, challenge dominant narratives, support improved data collection and analysis, and to begin, continue, or advance conversations and work toward racial equity for domestic and sexual violence survivors and for all of us.