Written by Gina Lopez CCASA Rural & Indigenous Communities Specialist NAUHZCASA FV (Navajo, Apache, Ute, Hopi, Zuni Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence) is a multi-tribal, multi-disciplinary coalition that meets every month at various…
In November of 2011, the world was rocked by allegations that Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused boys known to him through his charity the Second Mile; that other adults knew about…
By Agueda Morgan, CCASA Director of Programs Hi everyone, In the past few weeks, I was able to participate in two different meetings that other state coalitions also attended: the National Sexual Assault Conference and…
Hello my name is Shelly Martinez and I am the Sexual Assault Response Team Coordinator for the San Luis Valley and Tu Casa, Inc. Tu Casa’s mission is to support healthy, violence-free lives and relationships…
Compiled by Liz Clift, CCASA Contributor [Trigger Warning] Twitter has an abuse problem. Already knew that? Great, now science will back you up. “It’s On You.” If bare shoulders are a “distraction” she is not…
Each year, the Annual Colorado Advocacy in Action Conference features a "Top 10" list spearheaded by CCASA's Executive Director, Erin Jemison, and this year was no different. At this year's conference (that happened last week!),…
Spike Lee regrets the rape scene in “She’s Gotta Have It.” [Trigger Warning: Denial] Christina Hoff Sommers is pretty convinced that rape culture is “moral panic.” And these authors think asking for consent is too…
Joe Biden has publicly said that men should be part of the effort to end rape on college campuses, and several leading men in Hollywood have created PSAs about sexual assault. The White House task…
Another, less congratulatory, response, to the rape scene that appears in the movie version of Divergent (but not the book). Bitch magazine responds to the recent TIME and RAINN stances on rape and why it’s important to keep talking about rape culture. And,…
By Meghann McCluskey, CCASA Blogger Approximately 700 people are sexually assaulted in the U.S. each day [1]. For these individuals, the road to healing and justice is often fraught with complications. Research shows that one…