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Matthew Huffman is a Program Development Specialist at the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence where he leads the prevention team on coordinating statewide prevention and anti-oppression efforts, and provides training and technical assistance to member programs. Prior to coming to MCADSV, he did community organizing with local social service agencies, universities, and municipal departments. He also worked as an advocate in a domestic violence shelter.

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Our Mission: Lutheran Community Services Northwest partners with individuals, families and communities for health, justice and hope.

About Us: Lutheran Community Services Northwest is a non-profit human services agency that improves lives of people in communities throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. We provide a wide variety of services to adults, adolescents, children, families, schools and communities. We are privileged to touch lives of all ages, cultures and faiths.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association created this secular curriculum to help participants make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health and behavior. It equips participants with accurate, age-appropriate information in six subject areas:

• human development,
• relationships,
• personal skills,
• sexual behavior,
• sexual health, and
• society and culture.

Each volume contains different…

Erin Casey, Phd, MSW, is an Associate Professor of Social Work and Criminal Justice at the University of Washington, Tacoma.  Her teaching and research there is informed by a 10-year career in survivor advocacy, sexual violence prevention, and administration. Erin co-directs the Mobilizing Men for Violence Prevention Research collaborative, and is a member of the evaluation team that provides technical assistance to programs in Washington State who implement sexual violence prevention…

The Safe Housing Advocate is responsible for providing empowerment-based direct services to adult and child shelter residents and callers on the 24-hour helpline and for ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the shelter facilities. Direct services include: shelter intakes; safety planning; emotional support; education about domestic violence, sexual assault, and trauma responses; referrals to community resources; crisis intervention; accountability discussions; conflict resolution with…

Preventing Sexual Violence

The Prevention Resource Center is a project of WCSAP to provide technical assistance, trainings, and resources on the primary prevention of sexual violence. It is our goal to provide relevant prevention tools to WCSAP member programs, other allied organizations, and communities interested in ending sexual violence.

Included in this section is information about Washington’s prevention plan and service standards, publications, recorded webinars, and…

Jewish Women International created a 6-session, 12-hour program to promote a healthy sense of dating, friendship, and self-esteem for young women within a Jewish context.

Participants are encouraged to explore these concepts through group discussions and individual writing exercises.

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.

1. What are some reasons that we don't intervene when we see someone harassing or disrespecting another person?
   • Have you ever…

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Provides enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the literature on peer harassment, bullying and victimization.

1. Bullying
2. Peer Harassment
3. Violence Prevention
4. Sexual Harassment
5. School

• Author: Elias, Maurice J.
• Call Number: 155.ELI
• Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc, 2003.

The 30-hour Advocate Core training is designed to help new sexual assault advocates provide responsive and effective advocacy to survivors of sexual assault. This training meets the requirements as outlined by the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. This training has been designed to increase both the knowledge and skill base for training participants and emphasizes a…

The Office of Crime Victims Advocacy (OCVA) serves as a voice within government for the needs of crime victims in Washington State. OCVA advocates on behalf of victims, administers grant funds for community programs, assist communities in planning and implementing services, and advises local and state government agencies of practices, policies, and priorities.

This Program Coordinator (CS2) is responsible for program development and implementation, providing technical assistance to…

Aishah is an award-winning Black feminist lesbian cultural worker, who, for over 25-years, has examined the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and sexual violence. Her creative work, published writings, international lectures, and independent scholarship are informed by her lived experiences as a child sexual abuse survivor, adult rape survivor, and Buddhist practitioner committed to healing, accountability and compassionate justice.

Aishah is one of nineteen recipients of the…

In the State of Washington and nationally, we have selected to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) for the entire month of April. It is a time for individuals and communities to come together to raise awareness and to take action against sexual assault.

The history of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) stems from the early 1970s, when survivors of sexual violence came together and began to speak out against the atrocities they suffered. They held rallies and public…

This 20 minute DVD was produced with the assistance of Safe Horizon, addresses the need for the victim services field to work in partnership with those who provide services to immigrants and with other allied practitioners

1. Human Trafficking
2. Global Issues
3. Oppression

• Publisher: Office of Victims of Crime

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General responsibilities: As a member of the SDVSAS shelter staff team, the shelter advocate provides trauma informed emotional support and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence and their children. Services include crisis intervention, safety planning, resource referral, parenting support, child advocacy, basic legal advocacy, and assistance with housing resources.
Provide direct services to clients including crisis intervention, advocacy-based counseling, legal and…

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:

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Dr. Pilar Hernández-Wolfe, is Professor in the Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy Program at Lewis and Clark College and she has a private practice in Portland, Oregon. She is an AAMFT approved supervisor. She is guest faculty at the Universidad Javeriana, Cali in Colombia. Her work is widely published in numerous family therapy and psychology journals. She is the author of “A Borderlands’ view of Latinos, Latin Americans and Decolonization. Rethinking Mental Health,” and “La Resiliencia…