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In this month's newsletter we're covering:
- New Resources
- Upcoming Trainings, Events, & Meetings
- Sign Up for the Monthly Legislative Newsletter
- Prevention Resources & Updates
- OAESV in the News
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artwork by Molly Costello, words below by OAESV's Sarah Ferrato | |
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This week, this month, this year— they've been hard. With a constant onslaught of regressive legislative decisions that perpetuate violence in all its forms, sexual violence being center stage in many high profile legal cases, and ongoing police brutality impacting our Ohioan communities, it’s hard to know which way is up. It would be irresponsible to send this newsletter without this stark acknowledgment. As we head into August, we want to extend the themes of grace, cooperation, accountability, and support—to you, to your teams, to your communities, to us all.
The work can sometimes feel insurmountable, and yet we show up. The work can sometimes feel thankless, and yet we show up. The work can sometimes feel stifling, and yet we show up. And when we say “show up” it also means knowing our limits, our need for rest, our need for community care, our need to be wholly ourselves—anger, sadness, rage, and hope tangled in one another. How can we support each other in leaning in and leaning out? How can we ground ourselves in reciprocity—to carry the weight when it becomes too heavy for a colleague or community member, knowing that we can pass it along when we need that reprieve? How can we find joy in small and big ways, as a form of resistance to the heaviness of our present?
Below are some resources that may spark hope and joy for you as we continue to show up. And know that technical assistance is not limited to programming and logistical questions—OAESV is here to provide support and resources for those less tangible pieces that make this work uniquely challenging and heartening. So please don’t hesitate to reach out; asking for support is a radical act. There is truly power and strength in a collective.
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Growing our Community Responses: Resource Guide
This resource guide serves as a tool to aid in development of your Sexual Assault Response Team or Coordinated Community Response Team through reflection questions and sample resources.
Click here to download.
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Overcoming Barriers to School-Based Prevention Education
Many folks in the prevention field have expressed concern across the country as curriculum ban bills have begun to crop up at state levels. Preventionists in direct service positions have been experiencing a range of pushback on prevention education in the classroom from curricula surveillance to tenuous community partnerships. As a response, Mónica García Vega at Florida Council Against Sexual and Sarah Ferrato at OAESV collaborated on a roadmap, with crucial input from Sarah Curley and Ian Henderson at Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault to navigate legislative restrictions while holding true to anti-oppressive frameworks.
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Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic Virtual Office Hours | |
The Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic holds virtual office hours to provide a safe space for Ohio survivors and their advocates to connect with an attorney. Virtual office hours allow survivors to discuss legal options, connect with resources, and/or have a brief consultation.
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August 6 from 10am to 12pm
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August 11 12pm to 2pm
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August 23 from 4pm to 6pm
Please call or text 216-282-1559 to connect.
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Advocate Roundtable
Advocate Roundtable is an opportunity for direct service advocates to pull their seat up to the table and discuss and be in community with direct service advocates all over the state. Having a safe space to come and take a break from their work and relight that advocacy fire.
This space is only for the direct service advocates within our field.
Register here.
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Join Engaging Men Coordinator Jayvon Howard August 10th at 12pm at Q&A with Jay! He will be going live on Instagram to answer all of your questions about working with men who are survivors or including men in violence prevention. You can view the live broadcast by tapping on our profile picture here. The live will be shared on our feed afterward, but if you want to ask questions or interact with Javon in real-time, be sure to tune in! | |
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Join us for an in-person event to connect with others in your region! The day will be filled with opportunities to grow skills, network, and talk with others in the field about topics relevant to your region. Regional Meetings are free and open to ALL sexual violence program staff including advocates, preventionists, managers, etc.
Northeast: Aug 11. Deadline is July 29.
Northwest: Aug 22. Deadline is Aug 12.
Southeast: Aug 30. Deadline is Aug 19.
Central: Sept 1. Deadline is August 19.
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Monthly Legislative Update: First Friday Call
Join us on the first Friday in August to discuss state and federal legislative updates impacting Ohio rape crisis centers, communities, and survivors. Topics will include the Title IX proposed rule, impact of the Dobbs decision on survivors, and forecasted state policy updates.
Click here to register.
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Presenting Data Effectively
In this virtual 2-day session, you’ll learn the undeniable science behind why we need to be presenting data effectively. We’ll walk through Dr. Evergreen’s Four Step Visualization Process – a surefire sequence of steps that leads to high-impact graphs. Along the way we’ll consider how audiences engage with visuals, which chart type will best tell the story in the dataset, and how we can use easy to learn design skills to sharpen up the point in the visual. After this workshop you’ll be better able to visualize your data so it represents your quality data using simple strategies.
Register here. Deadline is August 12.
**Spots are limited and reserved for folks in the field working directly with data visualization.
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Are you registered for our Monthly Legislative Newsletter? Get on the list here to receive critical public policy updates focused on Ohio and sexual violence.
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Prevention Resources & Updates
from our Prevention & Public Health Initiatives Coordinator, Sarah Ferrato
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Prevention Program Shout-outs
- Check out Safe On Main’s Prevention Nation podcast, now in its third season!
- Teen Advisory Council of Knox County has a must listen podcast called Tuesday TAC Chat – for youth, by youth 🎤
- COMPASS put on an incredible community event this past week called Heroes: Using Power for Purpose. Amazing work to the Prevention team for your community mobilization efforts!
- Check out YWCA Dayton’s community level work implementing Gem City Safe Bars
To Read
To Watch
PreventConnect’s recording of Community Engagement Pt. 2: Authenticity in Practice
To Listen
For The Wild podcast episode with Richie Reseda on Dismantling Patriarchy
To Use
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Roadmap and supplemental materials for Critical Race Theory, restrictive legislation, and addressing prevention barriers in school-based settings
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Language, Please — a free, living resource for journalists and storytellers seeking to thoughtfully cover evolving social, cultural, and identity-related topics
- Shout-out to Eliza at SARNCO for this resource
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Ohio abortion, sexual violence statistics show disturbing likelihood of children being impregnated - Ohio Capital Journal | With varying degrees of subtlety, some Ohio Republican leaders are pushing back on an account that a 10-year-old rape victim traveled to Indiana earlier this month to get an abortion. However, Ohio's own abortion statistics and other reporting show that it's disturbingly possible for a 10-year-old to become impregnated in the Buckeye State. | | | |
3News Investigates: The dark side of the international Olympic stage | Olympic sports: They're the world's most competitive, exciting, and historic moments that set the athletic bar. But on the other side of the international stage is a world of sexual abuse. | | | |
Ohio child rape case sparks more abortion debate | COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The case involving a 10-year-old rape victim who had to be taken out of Ohio to receive an abortion has sparked more conversations about Roe v. Wade and abortion access in the state. Both sides on the issue agree that what this girl has gone through is something no one, especially [...] | | | |
Readout of White House Listening Session with Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Organizations | The White House | Officials from the White House Gender Policy Council, Office of Public Engagement, and Office of the Vice President convened a listening session on the impact that abortion bans and other restrictions have on survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence and their ability to access reproductive health care. | | | |
In Our Backyard: Ohio Is One of the Worst States in the Nation for Human Trafficking | Modern-day slavery exists in the form of human trafficking, and Ohio is among the top 10 states with high rates of the crime, according to a report from the Ohio Attorney General. Traffickers use force or fraud to compel both children and adults to provide commercial labor or sexual services. | | | |
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This project was supported by Grant No. OAESV 2019-SW-AX-0020 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice , to the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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