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Amigas Latinas, in conjunction with Casa de Esperanza and NRCDV, is hosting a webinar October 26th from 2-3:30pm CT, Examining the Prevalence of Domestic Violence Among LBTQQ Latinas in Chicago: A National Model. The webinar is free, but advanced registration is required.
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If you were hoping to get your hands on the resources and handouts from NSAC in September, you’re in luck. CALCASA has just posted them and they are available for download. What’s more, they also have a couple videos available, which I would recommend checking out. Next year in Baltimore!
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The Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Steering Committee is sponsoring a webcast October 27th from 1-2:30 ET: Keeping the Momentum Going–a Webcast Follow-Up to the Federal Bullying Prevention Summit. You can read more about the Summit, which took place in August, here. To register for this webcast, please visit the following link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register827891504 by Monday, October 25, 2010. Space is limited, so register early.
As promised, I have already updated this grid, for those of you who were waiting for it.
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The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar on the Lethality Assessment Protocol: The Maryland Model Implemented in Strafford County. The session is scheduled for October 14th from 9-10:30 PT. You can register for the session here.
…I am posting this today. I know, I know–you’re thinking, Jen, all I see is Algebra (or maybe, Jen, why do you hate us today?). But trust me, scroll down, because there’s a whole biology section, and I don’t know about you, but in nursing school, things like ATP and Krebs Cycle and all that other good stuff made my head hurt. Made me want to lay my head down on the desk and cry. Because they were important, but the prof was dull as dust. However, there are some really amazing, well-taught videos here (including one on DNA), and if you’re a big nerd like me, then all I’m saying is that just maybe, you too will want to learn about electron transport chains over your reheated leftovers at lunchtime.
Film maker Peter Cohn is making his documentary Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America available for free viewing in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I haven’t watched it yet, but I absolutely will–would love to get people’s feedback if they’ve seen it already.
BWJP has another good webinar coming up: Building Effective Responses to Military-Related Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. The session will be held October 19th from 3-4:30pm ET. Registration is free, but ends 10/17, so make sure you don’t wait til the last minute. BTW, you can read about the Department of Defense’s domestic violence response plan here.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and you can find resources in several places (I’d recommend checking out NRCDV’s DV Awareness Project for materials and events; the President’s Proclamation can be found here). October 13th is Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day and I’ll be looking to this site to see what people are doing to commemorate it. On that day I will be giving a couple talks to some fantastic folks in Ft. Bend, TX (a couple hundred of them, actually), which I’m pretty geeked about. I always like having an official talk to deliver on days like this–it gives me an added platform to actually discuss violence as more than just a criminal justice issue.
It’s been a fantastic week, what with the great group we had in Wyoming for our expert testimony workshop, and the appointment of my dear friends and AEquitas partner, Doug, to the bench in Colorado. And even better, I am looking at a weekend of pure play time. Totally needed. That being said, I wanted to post this incredibly moving video, which I’m sure many of you may have already seen on Facebook.
Want to know what post has been read on this site more than any other?
That would be this one. And thank heavens, too…
In their continuing series on women’s experiences with sexual and domestic violence, BWJP is offering a webinar October 7th from 4-5:30 ET: Safety Planning with Victims of Abuse in Later Life. Participation is free, but registration closes on October 5th, so make sure to plan ahead for this one. Although it does not specifically mention healthcare professionals as a target audience, this is a topic near and dear to our hearts, and I am going to assume there will be some great info coming out of this session.
JWI and their National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse are hosting a webinar October 7th from 12-1 pm ET, Reproductive Coercion and Partner Abuse: A New Study on Unintended Pregnancy. Dare I say it, but it would appear that these webinars are now free, as long as you’re not looking for social work CEs. You can register here.
Law & Order: SVU will air an episode Wednesday night (9/29) at 9pm ET that addresses the issue of the sexual assault evidence collection kit backlog. The Joyful Heart Foundation (founded by SVU star Mariska Hargitay) has been vocal on this issue for some time, so not surprising that it’s making its way into a story line. Although I don’t usually post pop culture info on this site, I’m pretty curious to see how they address the subject, and what the ultimate message will be. You can check out the episode event page on Facebook, or visit NBC for information on the show.
On the heels of yesterday’s post, I thought it would be fitting to follow it with a fantastic video entitled The Girl Effect. I figured it’s an excellent way to end a productive week, and everyone can use some inspiration now and again. Make sure to check out the organization’s site, as well.
The CDC has published a new guide, Training Professionals in the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: a Planning Guide (PDF). The guide includes a section on training healthcare providers, and it’s full of useful tools and resources.
UNIFEM has created the Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women and Girls that is certainly worth perusing. From the looks of the site, there are still multiple modules yet to come (including one on health and another on justice), but to date there are several live modules, and it’s beautifully searchable.
As part of the process of writing a book chapter on injuries obtained during consensual sexual intercourse, I put together a grid of the research that looks at this issue. I figured I’d go ahead and post it after some lengthy conversation today during a 2 hour Q&A session with Army defense counsel. Understanding what the research does (and doesn’t say) about this topic is incredibly useful, although, to be clear, the research is still somewhat limited.
MNCASA’s Sexual Violence Justice Institute is hosting a webinar September 27th, from 12-1:30 CT– Victim-Centered: We’ve Heard the Term, But What Does It Mean? This is the 3rd part of their series, Beyond Protocols: How SARTs Can Influence the Justice-Making Process for Sexual Assault Victims/Survivors. You can register for the session here.