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Bystander intervention is an essential component in preventing sexual violence. It may be helpful to have conversations with groups in your community about effective intervention, take time to address the fears and concerns that they may have, and also highlight the positive effects bystander intervention has on the community.
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DonYeta Villavaso-Madden is the Principal Consultant at Lucy Yee Management Consulting. Lucy Yee is a leaning business partner that can facilitate your organizational culture redesign and improve employee engagement and retention.
Think about the individuals with whom you have working relationships. For example, if you decide to partner with the faith…
Advocates for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault complete client screenings and intakes, provide phone-based and face/face advocacy as needed, support shelter residents, walk-in clients and remote/phone-based clients or hotline calls with referrals and information for appropriate resources including developing safety plans if appropriate. This position also performs general administrative and recordkeeping duties. Cleaning shelter common areas and living spaces and other tasks…
With increased media attention, issues of family violence have been steadily moving out of the shadows and into the arenas of research, prevention, intervention, and public awareness. However, sibling abuse largely unrecognized and unaddressed remains behind the closed doors of "family privacy." Often excused by parents as "kids will be kids" behavior, the symptoms of this form of abuse go undetected and its devastating effects on the victim are ignored. Sibling Abuse, Second Edition…
Zoë Flowers is author, content creator and writer with the Huffington Post. Her poetry and essays can be found in Stand Our Ground; Poems for Trayvon Martin and Marissa Alexander, Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Assault and the new anthology, Love WITH Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse. Her articles and interviews can be found on The Grio, …
Try incorporating fun activities to help promote awareness about the issue of sexual violence and involve your community in making a difference!
The Grants Specialist (Commerce Specialist 1) provides technical assistance to staff and grantee’s on various program related issues. This position contributes to the unit’s technology and granting infrastructure to support the mission of the program and division by maximizing the availability of information and ease of operation.
This position is within the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA), who serves as a voice within government for the needs of crime victims in Washington…
Logan Micheel, MA, worked as the Child Advocacy Specialist at the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP). In that role, she provided technical assistance, training, research and resources to support sexual assault advocates and community programs in their work with children, teens, and nonoffending caregivers. Her projects have included co-writing WCSAP’s guides for facilitating teen and nonoffending caregiver support groups. She worked as a legal advocate at a community…
The criminal legal system is designed to punish the wrongdoer. This is a process that involves multiple steps that can take up to a year or more to complete.
The criminal justice system is not the only way for survivors of sexual assault to get their legal needs met. Because most victims never report to the police, most sexual assault victims are never involved in the criminal justice system. However, survivors may still have many legal needs that arise from being sexually assaulted.
Some issues that survivors may be concerned about, but do not necessarily think of as legal issues, are things such as:
The intent of these presentations is to provide a starting place or a template for your program when responding to requests, typically from schools, for basic information or awareness raising presentations. We have included the key points and best practice approaches to discussing the topic and expect you may customize some aspects of the slides to meet your community’…
The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs invites you to become a member. We are a statewide, nonprofit membership organization of Sexual Assault / Rape Crisis Programs and supportive individuals committed to the elimination of sexual violence.
As a member of WCSAP you have the opportunity to strengthen the coalition through feedback, sharing expertise and participating in activities. Your involvement at regional meetings and the annual membership meeting helps to create a…
In 1979, ten sexual assault/rape crisis programs in Washington State united to form the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP). These programs and WCSAP emerged as leaders in the field of sexual violence. Today, with a coalition of over one hundred sexual assault /crisis programs and supporting members, WCSAP continues to make a difference in the struggle to end sexual violence.
This leadership is especially important now, as sexual violence within our society…
This position provides mobile outreach, advocacy, and prevention services throughout Whatcom County, with a focus on rural communities and youth. The Mobile Rural Service Coordinator will work to maintain a strong DVSAS presence in Whatcom County’s rural areas by building and maintaining relationships with community leaders and groups, and by coordinating the delivery of outreach presentations and activities at events throughout the county. They will also work directly with youth in schools…
