Submitted by Alison McCarthy to CO Senate Judiciary Committee on February 5, 2020: "Good afternoon Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Alison McCarthy and I am a survivor of sexual abuse…
Submitted to CO Senate Judiciary, February 5, 2020 Senator Cooke Opening Remarks re: SB 20-102 Patient Notification Policy As you may remember, colleagues, from our discussion last year when DORA presented their 2018 Sunset Review…
Submitted by CCASA Director of Policy Raana Simmons to CO Senate Judiciary Committee on February 5, 2020: Good afternoon Mr. Chair and Members of the Committee. My name is Raana Simmons and I am the…
Written by Tammy Carpenter, CCASA Survivor Task Force Success stories come in many forms. Some are financial, physical, spiritual, and mental. Some can even derive from the darkest seasons of an individual life. I'm a…
From Brie Franklin, CCASA Executive Director, January 31, 2020 Chairs Senator Lee and Representative Weissman, Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee: Senator Gonzales, Senator Cooke, Senator Gardner, Senator Rodriguez, Representative Herod, Representative Benavidez, Representative Bockenfeld,…
Good afternoon Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Raana Simmons and I am the Director of Policy for the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault. I am here today representing the Coalition…
Do you want to fight racism? Racism is a constant and it deserves a deeper conversation along with learning how to prevent it in our work as well in our personal lives. It can be…
Written by Gina Lopez The opening remarks started out…”We resist the Doctrine of Discovery…” On a chilly morning, I made my way to Gallup, New Mexico answering the invitation from the newly founded non-profit New…
Shared by Gina Lopez, CCASA Rural and Indigenous Communities Specialist NAUHZCASA FV Statement: #MeToo DIY Kits The Navajo, Apache, Ute, Hopi, Zuni Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence consist of multi-disciplinary, multi-tribal and multi-agency…
Written By Jacquie Koewler, survivor, writer, and advocate On September 8th, Denver will host its annual National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) walk in Great Lawn Park (https://nedawalk.org/denver2019). As someone who is a survivor that struggled…
