SARA is looking for a part-time Community Outreach Coordinator to join our team. The Community Outreach Coordinator position plays an important role in fulfilling our mission. Our objectives include improving the environment for survivors, connecting survivors to services, and inspiring adults to take active steps in their daily lives to support survivors and prevent . . . → Read More: Community Outreach Coordinator (Part-time, 16 hours per week)
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Common Sense Media (who we LOVE!) just posted a fantastic new list of Six Ways to be a Media-Savvy Parent in 2012! Take a look and get smart! Another fantastic (and brief!) Common Sense article we suggest is First Times: Tips for Talking About Virginity and Sex in Teen Dramas. While you’re at it, . . . → Read More: Parents: Get media-savvy! This past summer, the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance launched the Building Healthy Futures Fund—a statewide fund to support prevention programs across the state (including SARA!). The first initiative is a “Peace Begins at Home” license plate that is now available for pre-order! The cost of the plate is $25 for a . . . → Read More: A Holiday Gift for People Who Value Peace Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report Sexual Assault – NYTimes.com. Above is a link to a story summarizing the findings from the new National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. If you explore the state-level data on the CDC website, you can . . . → Read More: Nearly 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Survey Report Sexual Assault – NYTimes.com Nearly every woman I know can recall one or more instances in which she was sexually assaulted, harassed, threatened, inappropriately touched or even raped. The Twice-Victimized of Sexual Assault – NYTimes.com. Lean On Me, from the 2011 Art Sale The Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA) is soliciting submissions from local artists to be displayed and sold at a reception March 16, 2012 from 6-8pm at Random Row Books in Charlottesville. Works by local artists on the theme of “Safe Spaces” will be sold to benefit . . . → Read More: Call for Artwork for the 2012 SARA Art Sale
Annette Grimm and Pat Cheeks A sold-out crowd packed a Darden dining room today to pay tribute to an extraordinary volunteer, Pat Cheeks. A long-time volunteer and board member for the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, Cheeks was honored with the annual Annette DeGregoria Grimm Award. The award is for extraordinary contributions to . . . → Read More: Pat Cheeks Sells Out Breakfast Widespread Sexual Harassment in Grades 7 to 12 Found in Study – NYTimes.com. Locally, 19% of student athletes at Buford Middle School indicated that they had at some point either threatened, put down, controlled, physically hurt, or pushed for sex from a boyfriend/girlfriend. . . . → Read More: Widespread Sexual Harassment in Grades 7 to 12 Found in Study – NYTimes.com |
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FBI Announces Revisions to Definition of Rape
FBI — Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Revisions to the Uniform Crime Report’s Definition of Rape.
This new, more-inclusive definition is a definite improvement over the old definition used to collect national crime statistics. The old definition defined rape as “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will.” That definition left . . . → Read More: FBI Announces Revisions to Definition of Rape