Race Content Topic Results
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October 2015
WEBINAR: Allies in the Struggle: Intersectional work as a trauma-informed response and prevention
Publisher(s):This webinar was designed for aspiring white allies interested in deepening their understanding of the connections between racial justice work and domestic and sexual violence intervention and prevention work.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
October 2015
Why is it important to bring a racial justice framework to our efforts to end domestic violence?
Publisher(s): While domestic violence occurs in every culture regardless of socioeconomic, educational, and religious background, we must address the fact that violence disproportionately affects marginalized groups. NRCDV's October 2015 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) emphasizes the need for using a racial justice framework in our work to end domestic violence.
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- General Material
September 2015
The Impact of Incarceration and Mandatory Minimums on Survivors: Exploring the Impact of Criminalizing Policies on African American Women and Girls
Publisher(s): This is a summary of a roundtable focused on criminalization policies and their effect on Black women and girls. The discussion centered the experiences of Black women and girls who have survived domestic and sexual abuse and provided an opportunity to consider how the intersection of multiple aspects of a person’s identity shape their experience with criminalization policies.
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- General Material
January 2015
Black Women and Reproductive Health: Fast Facts
Publisher(s):This fact sheet includes statistics on health insurance, barriers to safe abortions, and perceptions with respect to black women and their reproductive health.
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- General Material
October 2014
Incorporating Racial Equity into Criminal Justice Reform
Publisher(s): This briefing paper highlights trends in racial disparities in the criminal justice system, discusses how such disparities impact communities of color and concludes with relevant information on best practices for reducing racial disparity.
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- General Material
September 2014
Invisible Betrayal: Police Violence and the Rape of Black Women in the United States
Publisher(s): This report from Black Women's Blueprint discusses the prevalence of officer-perpetrated sexual assault and its impact on Black women. It explains how sexual assault and/or rape constitute an act of torture and requires understanding this issue through the historical context of the institution and legacy of slavery.
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- General Material
January 2014
Population Fact Sheet: Hispanics/Latinos
Publisher(s):This resource addresses some of the root causes of HIV disparity in the Latino community, and some of the interventions Ryan White programs are using to close the gap.
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- General Material
January 2014
Our Gender Revolution
Publisher(s):This website provides educational conversations to explore gender, inequality, and gender violence to promote youth led social change.
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- General Material
October 2013
Intimate Partner Violence in New Jersey's African American Community: Findings and Recommendations of the New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board
Publisher(s):The goal of this report is to identify trends of domestic violence occurrence in the New Jersey African American community and provide culturally unique recommendations to reduce the outcomes of intimate partner homicide for African American victims.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
March 2013
Sexual Violence in the Lives of African American Women: Risk, Response, and Resilience
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper reviews the sociohistorical context of Black women’s sexual victimization, the characteristics of Black rape survivors and their experiences, and the risk factors that elevate Black women’s vulnerability to rape and consequences thereof. Culturally sensitive techniques to promote resilience are offered.
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- General Material
January 2013
Latina Advocacy Framework
Publisher(s):A diagram of the framework of Casa de Esperanza’s Latina Advocacy based on more than 30 years of direct work.
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- General Material
October 2012
A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color
Publisher(s): This report situates women of color in the United States today, their current electoral impact, and the methods being used to disenfranchise people of color throughout the country and explores connections between this voter suppression and reproductive justice.