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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month!
Check out the presidential proclamation and numerous resources for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Don't miss Tweet About It! Tuesdays ~ April 17 and 24, hosted by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
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DELTA PREP Releases Portfolio
The DELTA PREP Project recently released a portfolio with an overview of the Project's work since 2007, which provided details about the accomplishments of the 19 funded state domestic violence coalitions (SDVCs). DELTA PREP has invited all SDVCs to a culminating event, a National Prevention Symposium, scheduled for  May 7-8 at the CDC in Atlanta.
A collaborative effort among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, DELTA PREP focuses on primary prevention strategies of intimate partner violence. It built on the successes and lessons of the CDC's DELTA Program, which provides federal funding to SDVCs to support coordinated community responses for primary prevention of IPV.
Through the DELTA PREP Project, the SDVCs built their organizational capacity for IPV primary prevention work and expanded and enhanced their ability to lead and support efforts to stop IPV before it begins and to facilitate and promote primary prevention capacity at the state and community levels.Part of DELTA PREP's scope was to advance national efforts for IPV prevention. To this end, a National Leadership Committee was convened to share information, coordinate efforts and establish networking links. The National Center's Debby Tucker chaired this Committee. A longer term national effort is the development of the IPV Prevention Council, comprised of SDVCs, representing DELTA, DELTA PREP and non-funded coalitions involved in IPV primary prevention work, the National Network to End Domestic Violence and the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence. Election of Steering Committee members from the DELTA and DELTA PREP SDVCs is underway. The Council's bylaws specify the appointment of additional Steering Committee members representing other national organizations involved in prevention work, such as Futures Without Violence or PreventConnect, as well as representatives from SDVCs that have not yet been part of DELTA. The Steering Committee will continue the cooperation begun under DELTA PREP's National Leadership Committee to advance IPV primary prevention at national level. The National Center's Debby Tucker, Christina Walsh and Board Secretary Rus Funk, representing DELTA PREP SDVCs, served on the committee to develop the Council's bylaws. Kristi VanAudenhove, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, representing DELTA SDVCs, chaired the committee. NCDSV's website has numerous publications and links related to the DELTA and DELTA PREP Projects. |
Check out the National Center's Website for Postings of Interest ~ www.ncdsv.org
- The National Center's Debby Tucker wrote an op-ed, "Viol
 ence Against Women Act is Working", published in U.S. News & World Report's Debate Club, which includes an opportunity to vote in favor of or against her entry and those of six others. Note those opposed to VAWA Reuathorization are way ahead at present in the voting!
- Updates on the progress of and needed action for the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month resources
- Intimate Violence Deaths in the News ~ a compilation of daily news articles about deaths that occur in the context of a part or present intimate relationship, or resulted from violence used in an intimate way, as well as domestic animal abuse fatalities from around the United States.
- Revitalized Stop Bullying Website ~ www.stopbullying.gov ~ provides a map with detailed information on state laws and policies, interactive webisodes and videos for young people, practical strategies for schools and communities to ensure safe environments, and suggestions on how parents can talk about this sensitive subject with their children. The site also explores the dangers of cyberbullying and steps youngsters and parents can take to fight it.
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