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The Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence joined Senator Richard Blumenthal and fellow anti-violence agencies outside the Capitol building in late December to highlight the impending vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Woman Act (VAWA). "We're...
Author’s Note: A version of this piece was published in the Hartford Courant on March 27, 2021. Through numerous email and phone exchanges over the course of two weeks, I conceded to changes to its contents to make the op-ed viable for publication. Those changes...
As educators and students have had to adjust to distance learning, The Rowan Center has pivoted to do the same, making sure that education about sexual violence is still reaching the community. Their series, ‘Rowan Talks,’ delivers bite-sized video snippets...
Nikki Adams, founder of Beauty for Ashes Wellness Cultivation, leads trauma-informed yoga with an emphasis on release of trapped trauma for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. When Nikki Adams turned to yoga to heal the trauma she endured as a survivor of childhood...
Youth involved in the Center for Family Justice's Pathways to Justice program meet weekly to plan the focus of their research and practice guided self-care techniques. What’s the most difficult part of leading Youth-led Participatory Action Research? Ensuring that the...
"As a ‘spitfire’ teenage activist who grew into an attorney, Rayna Dyton-White’s varied background prepared her for her eventual role as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Title IX Coordinator at the University of St. Joseph. Her transition from court to...
Coming to the close of a year fraught with continued challenges, Johanna DeBari has found a silver lining in the face of tumult. Social distancing amid the pandemic threatens to depersonalize the student survivors she strives to support at Wesleyan University as...
A digitized version of Jessica LaComb - child counselor advocate at the Women and Families Center - welcomes clients to her virtual therapy room. As the shared experience of 'Zoom fatigue' sets in, those who work with children are especially strapped to find a way to...
Event program available here. This half-day conference includes speakers, panelists, and group discussion as we explore best practices in providing support to survivors of sexual violence on college and university campuses in our state in light of the recently...
LGBTQ+ Panel Bridget Koestner, The Alliance's QCASA(Queer Caucus Against Sexual Assault and Campus Services Coordinator, leads a conversation on the intersectionality of LGBTQ+ rights and the anti-sexual violence movement. Panelists Farron Harvey, J.D. Melendez. and...
When the YWCA New Britain's Sexual Assault Crisis Service (SACS) opens back up to visitors, clients will be welcomed into a new, spacious area, complete with a cozy counseling room and modern conference space. The new space allows advocates to collaborate and consult...
The Ct Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Every Voice Coalition CT and legislators met Monday to voice their support for a proposed bill that would extended protections for survivors of sexual violence on college and university campuses and express a need for the bill...
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