Apr
2
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Twitter Chats
April 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment
As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, NSVRC is hosting Twitter chats every Tuesday (starting today), based on this year’s theme: healthy sexuality and child sexual abuse prevention. Check out the schedule with topics after the jump:
Jan
17
NEW: Journal Club (via Twitter!)
January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
If you’ve been reading this site for awhile you know that I have been obsessed with trying to get a Journal Club started. I have racked my brain for ways to do this (considering FHO readers are spread so far and wide). I realized we could make use of social media as one possibility, and [...]
Aug
17
Human Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation
August 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
For those of you looking for more information on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, a few items of note: OJJDP is hosting a webinar on August 22nd: Promising Practices in Combating the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Gangs. The session will be held from 2-3pm ET. OVC has a web forum (on the same [...]
Feb
8
Assisting Older Victims of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Jennifer Long, Director of AEquitas, and I will be guest hosts for the next OVC web forum. Our session, Assisting Older Victims of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, will be on February 15th at 2pm ET. However, as with all of the web forums, you can (and I would encourage you to) submit your questions in [...]
Aug
16
Assisting Male Victims of Sexual Assault
August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
OVC has a web forum coming up August 31st: Assisting Male Victims of Sexual Assault. Howard Fradkin, Ph.D., LICDC and Ken Followell, board members of Male Survivor, will be the featured presenters. The web forums begin at 2pm ET, but you can email questions for the presenters ahead of time and then tune in to see [...]
Mar
9
Online Discussion Forum on Emergency Contraception
March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Over at the SAFEta site, I noticed Kim had posted this link about an online discussion forum on emergency contraception (sponsored by several heavy hitters). So I followed the link, obtained permission to participate (takes a few hours to get the password info), and logged-on.
Dec
13
Serving Crime Victims with Mental Illness
December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
OVC is sponsoring a web forum December 16th at 2pm ET: Serving Crime Victims with Mental Illness. The offering is a question and answer session in real time, although it is archived for viewing as able. I have to admit it’s not my favorite way to convey information, but it’s a good topic and the [...]
Nov
3
The Line
November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Women’s eNews and NSVRC are co-hosting a live viewing of Nancy Schwartzman’s film, The Line, in NYC next week. The viewing will be held November 10th from 6-8pm at the Women’s eNews HQ (6 Barclay St., 6th Floor). In addition to the live viewing, which will feature several speakers, alongside the film’s director, Women’s eNews [...]
May
13
Assisting Families of Missing or Unidentified Persons
May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
OVC has a web forum coming up next week that might be of interest to some of you: Assisting Families with Missing or Unidentified Persons. The web forum will be held on May 19th from 2-3pm, ET. At that time, questions will be answered in real time, online. However, the session will be fully archived [...]
Feb
19
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Site
February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Lots of focus on training this week over at the sustainability site this week: *A sampling of some of the excellent training events and conferences coming up in the next two months. March and April are always packed, and this year’s no exception. If you have money to spend on live events, there’s plenty to [...]
