By Bethany Feret, The Blue Bench Volunteer Coordinator & CCASA Blogger The other week, I was scrolling through my facebook feed (as you do when you cannot concentrate) and came across a link titled "The Strangest…
By Michelle Schaunaman, CCASA Blogger & Outreach Coordinator at TESSA Once you see it, you can’t un-see it. Am I writing about some disgusting scene in a horror film? Yes on some levels, but overall…
by Heidi Flowers, CCASA Blogger We are a society filled with options and choices, and we like having the power to decide! The everyday consumer can walk into any restaurant or store and we know…
By Alexa Priddy, CCASA Blogger Hey everyone! I sit here at my desk at CCASA excited to tell you about another app that you can use, whether you are a survivor, a professional working with…
By Dan Church, CCASA Blogger One of my favorite parts of being a volunteer coordinator for a sexual assault prevention and care center is meeting with new potential volunteers. Some people have a real clear…
Dear Joan Rivers, CCASA is very disappointed. It’s not about getting a book deal. More college football rape. At least this time, at Vanderbilt (though not UNM, yet), there’s something of a solidarity movement. Wednesday…
by Liz Clift, CCASA Intern Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Assault (AK Press, 2014) is a slim book, filled with letters and poems from (and to) survivors of sexual assault. The book’s letters…
By Meghann McCluskey, CCASA Blogger and Therapist at The Blue Bench Warning: This blog post contains major spoilers for Season 2 of House of Cards If you’re like me (and hundreds of thousands of other…
The India Health Ministry banned a highly invasive, and unscientific, forensic test that was conducted on people who claimed they’d been raped. Activists erected a monument to rape survivors on the national mall. If he’s…
Former NFL player Darren Sharper has turned himself in to police. Brianne Attice, the Utah teacher accused with having sex with one of her students pleads not guilty. A Maine politician is trying to distance…