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January 2011
Where Our Boys At? Involving Young Men as Allies to End Violence against Girls
Publisher(s):"We kept reading statistics and observing that men were overwhelmingly the perpetrators of violence against women and girls. Yet, they were invisible to us. We were teenagers and it didn’t occur to us that male violence against women and girls was an issue that needed to be primarily solved by women.”
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January 2011
Yes We Can! Improving Medical Screening for Intimate Partner Violence through Self-Efficacy
Publisher(s): This article details a survey of nurses, medical students, and administrators from a hospital system in Alleghany County, Pennsylvania to determine their attitudes regarding screening patients for Intimate Partner Violence.
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January 2011
Being a Player: A Guide to the IRS Lobbying Regulations for Advocacy Charities
Publisher(s): This guide provides an in-depth overview of different forms of lobbying that a nonprofit may engage in, advice on how to comply with tax laws limiting lobbying, and an explanation of special lobbying rules.
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January 2011
10 Ways News Media Can Be Better Allies to Survivors of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This guide for media professionals includes suggestions such as avoiding stereotypes, placing sexual assault in a social context, and becoming educated about violence against women and sexual violence in general when reporting on a sexual assault case.
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January 2011
Tech Top 10 Guidelines: Social Media Use by Programs & Staff
Publisher(s):Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
In recognition of the increasing role that social media plays in the lives of survivors as well as programs and staff, this tool addresses the benefits and risks of social media use within anti-violence programs.
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- Training Tools
January 2011
Somewhere to Turn: Making Domestic Violence Services Accessible to Battered Immigrant Women - A 'How To' Manual For Battered Women's Advocates and Service Providers
This manual addresses the dynamics of domestic violence in immigrant families; ways to create agency-wide cultural competency training programs; multicultural approaches to shelter protocol development; recruiting and hiring multicultural staff; foreign language needs and helpful interviewing techniques for client intake sessions and meetings; ways to do outreach and collaboration with immigrant communities; and, descriptions of model programs.
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January 2011
Eve's Peace Toolkit: Ending Violence by Establishing Policies to Enhance and Create Equity
Publisher(s):This toolkit was developed by faith leaders to clarify best practices and model policies in identification, referral response and prevention of domestic violence. The goal of the toolkit is to increase the capacity of among faith leaders and communities to engage in work which shifts the norms, attitudes and beliefs of individuals, peer groups, families and communities to increase support of healthy relationships and to improve the response to domestic violence within their congregations.
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January 2011
I Am Courageous
Publisher(s):State Department of Florida Children and Families, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV)
This toolkit provides ideas for youth activists across the state to educate others about teen dating violence and to take action in their communities and schools.
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January 2011
Men speak out about sexist coverage of rape: A call to action
David Lee interviews various men who chose to sign a statement calling for an end to sexist coverage of rape. The recording discusses media coverage and the impact that messaging can have in the movement to end violence against women.
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January 2011
Voices of Victims and Survivors from the 2010 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Intimate Partner Violence Narratives
Publisher(s):This collection of narratives about LGBTQH victims and survivors of intimate partner violence brings to light the severity of IPV within these communities.
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January 2011
Tech Top 10 Tips: Social Media Use by Survivors
Publisher(s):Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV)
In recognition of the increasing role that social media plays in the lives of survivors as well as programs and staff, this tool addresses the benefits and risks of social media use by people who have experienced sexual and domestic violence.
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January 2011
Worry-Free Lobbying for Nonprofits
Publisher(s): This resource offers guidance on how 501(c)(3) organizations can elect to “take advantage of the clear definitions and generous limits on lobbying” as permitted in the IRS Tax Code.