This year marks the 22nd year of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) as an annual international event. TDOR was set aside to memorialize those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. TDOR serves several purposes: it raises public awareness of hate crimes...
The week before the global Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, people and organizations across the US participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues that community members face. During Transgender Awareness Week, trans people and their...
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NYSCASA is undergoing significant transformations, and our Monthly Digest is changing as well. Please click the image below to access the Monthly Digest for October 2021. There, you'll find news, events, and resources to support survivors and advocates. In solidarity, NYSCASA staff ...
Do you have announcements that you would like NYSCASA to share in our Monthly Digest? Email submissions with “Newsletter” in the subject line to info@nyscasa.org. Do you want to receive news and training announcements from NYSCASA in your inbox? Sign up for our mailing list here: bit.ly/NYSCASAnews. Coalition News NYSCASA...
Click here to download this statement as a PDF. For Immediate Release: August 4, 2021 Press Contact: Chel Miller, Communications Director, cmiller@nyscasa.org NYSCASA Responds: AG Report Details Sexual Harassment by Governor Cuomo The report issued on August 3, 2021, by New York Attorney General Letitia James chronicles repeated sexual...
Do you have announcements that you would like NYSCASA to share in our Monthly Digest? Email submissions with “Newsletter” in the subject line to info@nyscasa.org. Do you want to receive news and training announcements from NYSCASA in your inbox? Sign up for our mailing list here: bit.ly/NYSCASAnews. Coalition News Suspension...
The Rape Culture Intervention Toolkit was inspired by Mia Mingus's quote "death by a thousand little cuts" — a reference to the way that we do a terrible job of responding to the kind of lower-level harm that often leads to an accumulation of unchecked trauma. The...
DESCRIPTION In this virtual workshop, participants will learn about the work of Survived and Punished, a national collective committed to ending the criminalization of survival. The session will introduce participants to the collective's analysis and vision, survivor solidarity actions, and the #FreeThemAll commutations campaign. The workshop will...
*Please note there are multiple training days* This is a 40 hour Didactic Pediatric SANE training for Registered Nurses, NP's and PA's. Adult Adolescent training is not required. Goals of the training Apply the knowledge of the assessment, evaluation, treatment, evidence recognition collection process, and courtroom testimony for...