Mar
7
Fighting Sex Slavery
March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I’m on my way to Dallas for the Conference on Crimes Against Women, but before I go, I wanted to post a very powerful TED presentation by Sunitha Krishnan on fighting sex slavery. It’s tough to watch some portions, but it’s powerful and under 15 minutes. She talks bluntly about the realities of trafficking, but [...]
Mar
4
Child Prostitution & Sex Trafficking
March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Last week, the US Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held hearings on child prostitution and sex trafficking in the US. Among the speakers was Rachel Lloyd from GEMS, Anita Alvarez, the elected state’s attorney from Cook County, IL (the 2nd largest prosecutor’s office in the country, FYI), and Senator Ron [...]
Mar
2
Forensic Compliance Self-Assessment
March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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I’m back from vacation and we have a full week of posts to get to (they’ve been stacking up in my mailbox while I’ve been on the road). Let’s [...]
Feb
25
Dating Matters
February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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The CDC and Liz Claiborne Inc. have launched Dating Matters: Helping Teens Build Healthy Relationships. This free course focuses on helping educators, youth leaders, and others working with [...]
Feb
5
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog
February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
There’s some good stuff over at the Sustainability site this week. I hope you’ll check it out:
*A new blog in town! NSVRC has added the Engaged Bystander blog.
Now the Sustainability blog has a friend:)
*An article that had me alternately laughing and a little embarrassed:
6 words non-profits should avoid (for all you grant writing and
marketing types out [...]
Jan
14
Hello, Gorgeous…
January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Anyone else seen the new SAFE TA website?
Jan
4
January is a pretty slow month for online events, but there are a couple of things I’d like to bring to your attention. The first is that January is stalking awareness month. You can find a wide variety of resources and ways to promote awareness at their dedicated site. One of the things I particularly [...]
Dec
14
The Choking Game
December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ABC News is running an article on their site about the choking game, which is a popular search term on this site. The article doesn’t break any new ground, but it does a decent job of providing an overview to the lay public. What I liked about the article, though, was the mention of an [...]
Dec
11
Weekly Wrap-Up @ the Sustainability Blog
December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
I wanted to point you toward a couple interesting items over at the sustainability site this week:
*A step-by-step guide to creating a social media strategy, a topic many of you have asked me about.
*A fascinating article on negotiating, definitely worth the read.
I’ve also posted another document on the Canada page that non-Canadian readers may also [...]
Dec
10
Stalking & Technology
December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments
I had the pleasure of attending a really good talk yesterday on stalking. The speaker showed this video to the group afterward, which made the humorous, but very valid point that cell phones have become an incredible tool for offenders, even more so as the technology evolves.
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