Please join NYSCASA and the Resource Sharing Project for a series of interactive conversations about healing from child sexual abuse and how advocates and other survivor-supporting professionals can better serve adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The intended audience for these workshops includes NYSCASA Rape Crisis...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]NYSCASA’s Monthly Digest is a monthly publication that highlights news, events, and resources to support survivors and advocates. What's in this digest? Announcements from NYSCASA and allies Upcoming events from NYSCASA, members, and allies Policy news Sexual violence...
Each year on March 31, we take time to acknowledge International Transgender Day of Visibility. On this day, transgender people and allies take action by educating the public about trans people’s experiences and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the...
For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Applauds Signing of Legislation to Address Workplace Harassment and Discrimination The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) applauds the passage of legislation addressing workplace harassment and discrimination signed into law on March 16,...
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, NYSCASA, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Applauds Signing of Omnibus Appropriations Bill Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) applauds the House and Senate passage of the FY 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Act...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sexual harassment, assault, and abuse can happen anywhere, including in online spaces. For too long harassment, cyberbullying, and sexual abuse and exploitation have come to be expected as typical and unavoidable behaviors online. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center...
For Immediate Release: March 15, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement of Support for DNA Collection Limitation Bill (S8408/Hoylman) As we expressed in a previous statement, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) was horrified to hear reports of law enforcement agencies using...
For Immediate Release: March 14, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, NYSCASA, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement on Allegations of Sexual Harassment by Schenectady Detective As an organization committed to ending all forms of sexual violence and exploitation, the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) is dismayed to...
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2022 Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Statement in Support of Legislation Prohibiting Court-Ordered Rape (S08351/A08546) Bodily autonomy is central to the work to prevent and respond to sexual violence. Bodily autonomy for survivors and victims has to be understood from a...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]NYSCASA's Monthly Digest is a monthly publication that highlights news, events, and resources to support survivors and advocates. To submit announcements for inclusion in NYSCASA's Monthly Digest, email info@nyscasa.org with “Newsletter” in the subject line. To receive the Monthly...