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Coalition Connection
Your Weekly Source of News, Trainings, and Events
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Through a collective voice,
the WCADVSA is committed to provide leadership, education, and systems advocacy to advance social change and end violence.
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Welcome to your weekly edition of the Coalition Connection!
Not sure of the purpose of this newsletter? Click here to learn more. Are you having difficulty viewing this e-mail or do you feel like you are missing some of the information in the Connection? If so, click here for a few helpful hints.
We will highlight important information in this section each week that requires your action or attention. This week's highlights include:
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Opportunity
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WCADVSA Advocacy and Resource Director
Position Responsibilities include:
- Develop and implement activities based on the goals and objectives of current funding sources.
- Through an anti-oppression prevention and advocacy framework, research, develop expertise, and provide support, training, and technical assistance on advocacy/healing services and primary sexual assault prevention to individuals, DVSA programs, partners, and communities as appropriate.
- Supervision of WCADVSA prevention staff.
- Participate as a Wyoming Sexual Violence Prevention Council Steering Committee member.
- Collaboratively organize the annual Wyoming Conference for Violence Prevention & Response.
- Create and build partnerships with organizations and communities who share and/or intersect in the WCADVSA's mission to leverage activities through collective work.
- Participate in the WCADVSA's accomplice/aspiring ally strategic planning.
- With Administrative staff, ensure the overall coordination of training, technical assistance, policy development and public education activities of the organization.
- Participate in trainings as approved and all organization wide meetings.
- Maintain confidentiality as required by law.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications include, but not limited to:
- Bachelor's degree in victim services, human services or a closely related field or an equivalent experience level. Three years related work experience in primary prevention and advocacy preferred.
- Understanding causes of violence rooted in racism and oppression as connected to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking with a strong commitment to ending violence and the marginalization of all peoples.
- Experience in social justice, systems advocacy, and social change work.
- Demonstrated commitment to approach work from an anti-oppression prevention
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WCADVSA Staff Attorney Positions
The WCADVSA Legal Project is funded through a grant received from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program. The Legal Project has been funded by OVW since 1998 in competitive grant cycles. Two Staff Attorney positions and a Legal Assistant position are funded to complete the grant goals which include providing direct civil legal services on behalf of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking statewide.
Two positions are open - click below for complete position description, responsibilities, compensation and application process. Qualifications:
- Licensed to practice law in Wyoming.
- Knowledge of Wyoming courts, laws and procedures.
- Thorough understanding of family law, civil procedure, evidence, ethics and familiarity with criminal law.
- Understanding of issues and willingness to continue to learn about issues related to
domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault and a strong commitment to ending
violence against women. - Ability to provide professional, high quality and sensitive legal services to victims of
domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. - Ability to counsel and advise clients and provide referrals for people who are in crisis.
- Willingness and ability to work with people from varied backgrounds, cultures,
ethnicities and abilities. - Proficiency with computer and Internet technologies and software programs,
including Microsoft Word and Excel. - Ability to work with law office management databases, including ABACUS.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage time, keep detailed statistics, evaluate progress and
adjust activities to complete work within established time frames. - Ability to handle multiple projects and work independently as well as collaboratively.
- Demonstrated team building, limit setting, problem solving, creative/analytical
thinking and organizational skills, including report writing and grant writing. - Demonstrated project management skills, including staff supervision.
- Commitment to collaboration, team-building and professional development of staff.
Submission review process will begin May 14, 2021
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RedRover's Grants for DV Organizations - Pet-friendly Programs
As a reminder, our grant opportunities include covering the cost of boarding while a survivor stays at a domestic violence shelter ( Safe Escape grants) to helping create pet-friendly housing programs ( Safe Housing grants). We're currently able to offer up to $20,000 for our Safe Housing grants which may be used to create pet-friendly spaces on-site or off-site.
The next round of applications for our Safe Housing grants are due May 15th and then again on October 15th.
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Our Work
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Economic Empowerment Connection and Support Call - April 21 
Topic: Financial Empowerment Asset-Building Strategies
for Survivors
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
The WCADVSA is hosting an Economic Empowerment Connection and Support Call for program advocates and community partners on the third Wednesday of every even numbered month. The purpose of these calls is to bring us together to discuss strategies, successes, and challenges in implementing economic empowerment services for survivors. This month we will continue discussion on financial empowerment and asset-building strategies including financial coaching, job readiness and job training, matched savings programs, micro-loans, credit building and repair, and micro-enterprise. Asset-building activities are those that benefit or add strength, value, or resources to the lives of survivors, helping them move from short-term safety to long-term security.
We'd like to invite you to join a discussion about building the capacity of communities to better respond to the complex financial needs of domestic violence survivors through a collaborative financial empowerment effort between the WCADVSA, local member programs, and other community partners. Please bring your ideas and questions for how we can support the economic well-being of survivors now and in the future. An opportunity to apply for funding from The Allstate Foundation to support this work is expected to be available in the near future.
If you would like to have these calls added to your calendar, please connect with Trish and she will add you.
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Survivor Storytelling Showcase 
As part of SAAM 2021, the WCADVSA has created a space on our website to honor and support survivors.
We serve to uplift the voices of survivors throughout their journeys toward healing. This space serves as a platform for survivors throughout Wyoming to share their experiences through storytelling and artwork. Below you will find the stories survivors share to heal from their trauma and inspire the change we need to end gender-based violence. From written word to photovoice - we hear you. We see you. We believe you.
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Silent Witness Initiative
Planning for the 2021 Silent Witness Ceremony is underway, and we are so excited to be working with Taneesa Congdon of the Sweetwater County YWCA The Center for Families and Children who will be hosting the 24th-year ceremony October 9 in Rock Springs..
A couple of notes and requests to help us in organizing the initiative:
1. The WCADVSA is responsible for the addition of new silhouettes to the exhibit. If you are aware of a DV homicide victim in your community that meets the criteria below, please share this information with Pam by June 18. We will connect with each program that submits information to discuss the process to connect with the family about inclusion into the exhibit. Criteria for inclusion in the Wyoming Silent Witness Initiative: - GENDER: Initiative focus is on women who have been murdered as a result of domestic violence.
- RELATIONSHIP: Spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend (established relationship), share a child or is pregnant by perpetrator. Other extenuating circumstances will be evaluated on a case by case basis.
- ASSOCIATED VICTIMS: Males who are murdered during a domestic violence homicide may be included on the Male silhouette with a small shield that includes their name and age at time of death.
- TIME FRAME: Crime occurred/or was prosecuted since 1985. (If crime or prosecution does not fall within the last ten years, the Silhouette may be added for 2 years then retired.) Silhouette cannot be added until there has been an adjudication of the case.
- CAUSE OF DEATH: Must have been a domestic violence homicide.
- OTHER: Women who have been murdered as a result of domestic violence in another state, territory or country who may or may not be a native of Wyoming but have family living in Wyoming requesting their loved one be included in the exhibit.
2. If you have updated contact information for Silent Witness family members, please share that with Pam. 3. We would love to have more involvement on the committee from program members, advocates, law enforcement, victim witness associates, etc. If interested in participating, please connect with Kristen. The role of the State Silent Witness Committee is to provide a state level voice and perspective for the Wyoming Silent Witness Initiative. The duties of the committee are to: - Be involved!
- Annually review and approve the Guidelines
- Select the annual host community
- Annually review the mission statement
- Attend the Silent Witness Ceremony each year to support programs and provide assistance the day of.
- The Division of Victim Services may be able to help with per-diem expenses for committee members.
- Host a call with the prior community, the committee, and the current community to open the dialogue, allow for initial questions to be answered.
- Host a call after the Silent Witness Ceremony for the committee to debrief and make a plan to stay committed to and increase involvement around the call to action.
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Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
With support from The Allstate Foundation, the WCADVSA has funds to support education, employment, and job training barriers for survivors. These funds can be used to help support survivors in obtaining G.E.D.s, job skills training, certifications, licenses, continuing education, education/job-related supplies such as uniforms, tools, and/or other equipment, transportation-related support, etc.
If your program is offering training on the Allstate Moving Ahead Curriculum or other economic empowerment training, you may request funds to support and encourage survivor participation such as offering food and/or childcare during economic empowerment events and training or gas gift cards for survivors to get to the training).
Member programs may also inquire about offering scholarships to help support survivor participation in job training programs.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley.
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Monthly Program Call - May 4
During the early days of COVID, we were gathering daily to share issues and concerns effecting the operation of your programs and impact on your clients.
As the months rolled on, we decreased calls to weekly, then bi-weekly. As we begin the new year, we will be holding monthly program calls to provide a space for sharing and support. Calls will be at 1:00 pm on the first Tuesday of each month. The next call is scheduled for May 4.
As always, the Coalition staff is available anytime to answer questions or provide support to your program.
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Policy Updates
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Brown Bag: Campus Victim Services Policy Update 
This interactive brown bag webinar on May 4 at 11:00 am, will provide an update of federal policies and funding legislation impacting campus victim service programs and student-survivors. NOVA will be joined by panelists from the Clery Center, NASPA and Ujima, Inc. to discuss navigating the evolving federal landscape of campus victim services including VAWA, VOCA, Title IX, and the Clery Act. We encourage all campus advocates and allied professionals to join us for this important discussion about legislation and policies impacting campus victim service programs and student-survivors in 2021.
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Wyoming Legislature Update
If you haven't yet signed up for Tara's almost daily action alerts when things get moving, please do. They're kinda fun. She also does a U.S. Congress one as well, but for now she's sending action alerts for both bodies to both lists:
Click here to sign up for our Wyoming Legislature Action Alerts email list-serve.
Click here to sign up for our U.S. Congress Action Alerts email list-serve.
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1. Voyeurism amendments - SF0087 - Follow-up bill from last year to continue with wording that will allow prosecutors to charge those who take photos under the skirts of strangers in grocery store parking lots and increase penalties for one employee who stored over 100,000 photos and videos on a USB drive in his desk.
Passed both House & Senate. House slapped on a bunch of amendments but a Conference Committee straightened them out on April 1. Should be on its way to the Governor soon.
3. Protective Order Amendments SF0075 - Allows Protection Orders to be stipulated. Judiciary committee added our amendment to make sure the orders were given the full force and effect as an order with a hearing.
Died. House did not concur with a Joint Conference Committee which deleted a damaging amendment that defeated the bill's purpose.
4. Unlawful Dissemination of an Intimate Image - HB0085 - One who knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private and the depicted person did not expressly give consent for the image's dissemination is guilty of a misdemeanor. Unfortunately, the House Judiciary committee put an amendment on it to require the actor's harmful intent. We will try to fix once on the Senate side. Passed, On its way for the Governor's signature.
5. Crime of Bestiality HB0046 - makes it a misdemeanor to have sexual contact with an animal. There are exceptions for livestock industry. Passed the Senate and is on its way to the Governor for signature. We can significantly improve this bill in the future.
6. Slayer rule applied to joint ownership SF0066 - As a result of Darren Rowe murdering Deidra Rowe and their four pets, then killed himself on Feb. 15, 2020. This bill closes a loophole when an abuser murders their intimate partner. This bill would ensure probate and partner's property is not held up in probate battle with the murderer. When abuser kills partner first, the partner is considered "pre-deceased" and all kinds of problems have arisen. On the way to the Governor.
7. Bias motivated crime HB0218 - Defines crime that harms a person or property. Requires criminal justice agencies to report monthly to AG's office. WCADVSA is an official member of Wyoming's Freedom From Hate Coalition for the concept of this bill. There is some pushback that it is not inclusive enough. We will listen to testimony. An Interim Study will be formed to study further for 2021.
8. Anti-discrimination updates HB0183 - Adds gender identity and sexual orientation. Remember, the last reauthorization of the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) act was the first federal to expressly prohibit discrimination against these two classes. This bill provides exemption for what appears to be religious organizations whose "right of expressive association would be significantly burdened".
House did not consider for Introduction. DIED.
9. Incest Amendments SF0153 - Closes some loopholes that have been longstanding for years also improvements for child sexual assault and human trafficking, yet creates significant prison penalties.
Heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Senator French moved the bill but there was no second.
No Interim Study, BUT Juvenile Justice is going to be part of the study. This topic fits right in.
11. Minor sex traffic victims HB0210 - Prohibits a minor who engages in any commercial sex act from being criminally charged; specifying that a minor who engages in any commercial sex act is a victim of human trafficking and is an abused child. This bill passed the House in record time. An amendment was added that is not good and only allows victims under 18 the presumption that they are victims of trafficking. Died in Senate Committee.
Bills we watched die without much effort on our part:
1. Second Amendment Preservation Act - SF0081- seeks to nullify federal laws. Extremely wordy bill that confuses state law abiding citizens and residents of Wyoming and who may or may no longer be subject to firearm prohibitions in current federal law if they are subject to a state protection order of convicted of domestic assault. DEAD!!! 2. Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments - SF0067- repealing gun free zones; providing for the carrying of concealed weapons as specified; clarifying that only the state legislature may regulate firearms, weapons and ammunition. DEAD!!!
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Monthly Policy Calls for Program Staff/Board/Volunteers Only
Tara Muir, our public policy director, will connect with all of you on federal and state policy issues! Usually 4th Fridays at lunch. All questions welcome.
May - update during Membership Meeting
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Training and Events |
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Wyoming Webinars, Training, and Events
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SAFV Task Force Spring Luncheon
When: Wednesday, April 28 11:45 am
Where: Pinedale Library, Lovatt Room
Topic: Engaging Boys & Men
Presenter: Bob Vines, Prevention Specialist for the WCADVSA
Most men are not abusers. Most men are appalled by stories of abuse. And most men want to do something about it, but they simply don't know where to begin. Bob seeks to provide men, and the men in your life, a gentle, positive nudge to take that first step in becoming a strong ally for all victims of abuse. From the words we use in front of the boys in our life, to the words we hear from our adult friends in our life, there are small ways we can begin to help others strive to become "Good Men" instead of society's definition of "Real Men."
Lunch catered by Heart & Soul Café - cost is $20.
Please RSVP by April 23 to 307-367-6305
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Free Victim Advocate Training
Join us for a full day of learning more about serving victims of exploitation April 28 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at the White Mountain Library in Rock Springs.
There will be 4 sessions throughout the day:
Session 1 - Understanding the Culture of Sex Trafficking
Session 2 - Victim Identification
Session 3 - Intervention Using Cultic Theory
Session 4 - Trauma-Informed, Victim-Centered, and Survivor Informed Best Practices
This is a free training, however registration is required for planning purposes.
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Supporting Sexual Trauma Survivors: Increasing Effectiveness in Your Response
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Sheridan VA is hosting a community-wide educational event, with free CEUs! This event will be offered with limited in-person seating, and virtually via Webex. The goal is to provide information about the realities of sexual violence, debunking common misconceptions, and practical skills for supporting sexual trauma survivors.
We invite you to join us, either in person or online on April 29th from
9:00 am - 3:00 pm .
This event is open to the public.
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National Webinars, Training, and Events
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Taking Back Ourselves National Virtual Events
Join Taking Back Ourselves on April 17 at 1:00 pm as we celebrate the resilience of the human spirit and share our journey of recovery through art, music and stories of healing. Whether you have experienced sexual abuse in your family, your tribe, your faith community, your school, the military, in sports, your workplace, or elsewhere, we welcome you and those who support you.
This event will provide a space for survivors of all genders to join together in lifting the veil of secrecy and shame. By bringing the issues of sexual abuse and assault out from the shadows, we hope to create an opening for increased awareness and recognition that healing is possible. Click here to register.
Virtual "Weekend" of Recovery - Saturday May 8 and Saturday May 15 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
An intimate, dynamic experiential workshop for people who identify as female or non-binary who have experienced sexual abuse or sexual assault. With music, movement, art and small group process with our incredible team of facilitators, the two-part Virtual Weekend will offer participants an opportunity to learn new tools to become more mindful, feel safer in their bodies, explore how to be heard when and if they choose to disclose their experiences, with respect and compassion for themselves, and explore how to communicate with significant others about the changes they make in their lives and in their process of recovery. Most importantly, it is an opportunity feel safe in the company of other survivors as they discover the power of community in healing. Click here to register.
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Building Resilient Communities with Resilient Youth
This FREE webinar April 22 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm will highlight the South Dakota Resilient Communities framework and how Brookings County is implementing the initiative to support adolescents and young adults. The Brookings County Social NET Works grassroots group (Brookings School District, Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program, Avera Behavioral Health, and Brookings Area United Way) was created to better know about, respond to, and prevent child maltreatment and build protective factors for Brookings County youth, young adults, and families. The webinar is designed for a wide audience and will include time for Q&A.
Click here to join. Zoom Meeting ID: 161 447 4004 Passcode: Mhr3DU4a
This webinar is hosted by the Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) Adolescent and Young Adult Health Workgroup
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Supporting Family Resiliency through Relationships with Animals: 3-part Webinar Series
Who Should Attend These Webinars?
Domestic violence professionals, including; dv advocates, child advocates and shelter staff, child and family trauma therapists, counselors, child welfare professionals, early childhood professionals, and educators.
Series Learning Objectives:
1) Understand how human-animal interactions can support resilience and healing for adult and child survivors of domestic violence.
2) Understand how programs serving families who experience domestic violence can increase their capacity to meet the diverse needs of survivors by becoming animal-friendly spaces
Part 2 - Wednesday, May 5 1:00 pm: Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T)®- Actionable Insights from the Field
Part 3 - Wednesday, June 2 1:00 pm: Supporting Children with Therapy Animals: Human-Animal Interactions for Children Survivors of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
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Save The Date - Transforming the Culture of Power
Transforming the Culture of Power: Indigenous Transformative/Restorative Circle Practices on Healing and Thriving Together in Community. May 11-13, 2021. This free virtual national summit will meet from 9 to 4 each day and feature interactive breakout sessions.
Multicultural communities are invited to participate in deep dialogues so that together we can heal the historic wounds we carry in our body, minds, and spirits, wounds that are rooted in systems of governance based on racial and gender inequality.
To prevent continued harm and transform our communities, we need tools that foster dialogues across differences and community-building circle practices to heal both those who harm, and those who are harmed. The summit will honor values of love, compassion, reframing how we walk in balance in our lives, empathy, humility, wisdom sharing, connecting to the land, sacredness, honesty, courage, truth, vision questing, accountability and courage to change - these are the necessary ingredients to build a vibrant, thriving community based on equity for all.
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Click here to view a variety of upcoming webinars, national training, and conferences.
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Resource Center |
Report: SSA's Reliance on Flawed Data from Private Company Leads to Low-Income People Losing Vital SSI Benefits 
Washington, D.C. - Thousands of extremely low-income older adults and people with disabilities have likely had their Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of them to the brink of homelessness, according to a groundbreaking report from the National Consumer Law Center and Justice in Aging. Since 2018, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has used a private database from LexisNexis called Accurint for Government to determine whether SSI recipients had unreported real estate that could disqualify them from receiving SSI. The problem? Many of the LexisNexis reports are riddled with errors, and SSA is using potentially erroneous information to cut people off without conducting any independent investigation.
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Through our Presents Program, PRESENT NOW provides personalized gifts to children living in transitional domestic violence shelters. Children at our partner shelters are eligible to receive up to three presents during their stay, one for their birthday, one for back to school, and one for valentines day.
This program is the core pillar of our effort to provide children in domestic violence shelters with joy, comfort, and relief during a time of crisis. PRESENT NOW currently serves 44 shelters in 5 states, and we are now expanding nationally. We would like to provide potential funding and our in-kind Presents Program to qualifying shelters in Wyoming.
If your shelter is interested in participating in this program, please contact Zach Leonard at (424) 330-0002 or
(617) 710-8747 cell to set up a call to learn more.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday declared racism a "serious public health threat," becoming the largest federal agency to do so.
"A growing body of research shows that centuries of racism in this country has had a profound and negative impact on communities of color," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement published on the agency's website.
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Most rape crisis and domestic-violence programs wouldn't survive without government funding that ties them to the police-and it's left advocates trapped in a toxic dynamic.
Katie Bement expected hard conversations when she put a Black Lives Matter sign on her office lawn. She believed the relationships she'd built with police chiefs and sheriffs were solid and trusting, that they could bear the weight of a national reckoning with racism. Bement is the executive director of Embrace, a sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy organization in northwestern Wisconsin. She was proud to have police officers on her board of directors; she believed that having strong ties to law enforcement kept survivors safer.
But in September 2020, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald resigned from Embrace's board. In a closed-door meeting, he convinced the county health department to rescind a $25,000 annual grant that paid for crisis counseling and emergency housing. Over the next week, 14 of the 17 police departments in the region cut ties with Embrace. Hard conversations are for equal relationships, and Bement realized that what she had with the police was anything but.
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End Abuse of People with Disabilities Newsletter
Resources: Responding to Sexual Assault of People with Disabilities
People with disabilities are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault and other violent crime than people without disabilities (BJS). The rate is even higher for specific groups of people with disabilities, including women, people with psychiatric and cognitive disabilities, and people of color with disabilities.
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NLIHC's Advocates' Guide 2021 Now Available Online 
The Advocates' Guide is NLIHC's resource about virtually every federal affordable housing program and policy pertaining to low-income people. The Advocates' Guide, written by NLIHC staff and other leading experts in the field, contains summaries of housing and community development programs as well as housing policy advocacy tools and other information. It contains all the information advocates need to advocate with public officials, in both the legislative and executive branches of government.
New in this year's Advocates' Guide is detailed information about COVID-19 housing and homelessness response programs; the policy priorities of NLIHC's new HoUSed campaign for racial housing justice and universal, stable, and affordable housing; and actions taken by the Biden administration related to fair housing and protections for immigrant households and LBGTQ individuals, among other things.
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The Representation Project Weekly Action 
Ending the Bro Code - Gender scholar, author, and filmmaker Thomas Keith's latest book The Bro Code is a must-have for men and those who have men in their lives. The Bro Code provides a look into how society raises many boys to view women in one-dimensional, objectified, and subordinated ways. This new book is a bold, argumentative narrative on popular culture's many vehicles to market sexism to boys, young men, and older men, and the consequences of doing so.
Media We Like - Actor and male ally Dax Shepard sent a question to Barack Obama during the former president's podcast Renegades: Born in the USA (which he co-hosts with Bruce Springsteen). Shepard asked Obama if his absent father motivated him to seek validation from his male peers. Obama replied that he did not "consciously seek approval," but instead noted the rites of passage that many American men face with or without their fathers: sports, "conquering women," being "physically tough," and learning to suppress emotions.
However, Obama credited his strong women role models - his mother and grandmother - for the positive impact they've had on his life.
By The Numbers - A survey found that 1 in 3 adults would not believe a man who said he was sexually assaulted by a woman. Harmful gender norms around sex and masculinity contribute to the misconception that men do not experience sexual abuse. This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, let's remember to believe survivors. Take Action - Sexual assault is not just an issue that affects women. This Sexual Assault Awareness Month, check out RAINN's resources and recommendations to support male survivors. In Case You Missed It:
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Spotlight |
SAAM 2021 Days of Action 
There's still time to order your Wyoming Wears Teal shirt and show your support for survivors throughout the month by wearing your shirt - and then sharing a selfie on social media. Post your photo on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtags #WyomingWearsTeal2021 and #SAAM2021, and join an online community of advocates, activists, and survivors who are signaling their support.
Chances are, someone in your life is a survivor of sexual harassment, assault, or abuse, even if they've never shared their story with you. Upcoming events for next week:
Friday, April 16: Online Community Shout-Out - Share a place that you find community online - this could be a social media account you follow, message board, subreddit, or other online space.
Saturday, April 17: How I Relax - Snap a picture showing your favorite way to reenergize. This might be curling up with a good book, doing a crossword, or exercising.
Sunday, April 18: Online Support - Share ways we can support survivors virtually. Ideas may range from donating to local organizations to standing up to victim-blaming comments online.
Monday, April 19: Terms to Know - Explain a term that relates to sexual violence and create your own graphic or find another way to highlight the definition.
Tuesday, April 20: Shine a Light on Local Support - Locate your local sexual assault resource center and share their website URL/hotline number by taking and sharing a screenshot. Or if you are a service provider, share your own contact info.
Wednesday, April 21: An Activist's Desk - Give us a snapshot into some of the SAAM supplies, resources, or symbols in your world.
Thursday, April 22: Something You Made - Share a photo of something you made (a resource, art piece, recipe, craft, or more) and explain how it relates to SAAM in the caption.
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