It’s hard to believe it’s already June, which means it’s our conference month! Our staff has been working hard to plan our 2024 conference since July of last year, right after our last conference! This blog will give you a…
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING Storytelling is a powerful communication tool in the sexual violence advocacy field. From support groups, to statehouse Advocacy Days, to #EmbraceYourVoice campaigns for SAAM, to fundraising efforts, storytelling practices are central to the work of supporting…
If you’ve ever shared space with me, you’ve probably noticed I use SARTs (Sexual Assault Response Teams) and CCRTs (Coordinated Community Response Teams) interchangeably. So what is each kind of team, how are they similar and different, and at what…
In late May, the White House published the first-ever National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, a comprehensive resource for federal approaches to violence prevention and response. This federal plan follows decades of national plans developed in other countries and is…
Throughout the past few months, I’ve heard from many teams that it’s been challenging to enact case review. If you’re experiencing this – you're not alone! Case review can be tricky; it has the tendency to put some members on…
Last June, Ohio passed House Bill 99 (O.R.C. 2923.122, 5502.703) permitting "a school district board or governing body to elect to arm specific staff members” after 24 hours of training. This bill also created the Ohio Mobile Training Team (OMTT)…
During our Southeast Ohio Coordinated Community Response Team Summit, many amazing praises were shared about teams — but also mentioned were some barriers. One barrier that came up in conversation, and has come up frequently in other spaces, is that…
It’s baseball season, and also a great season to start SART and CCRT formation; in short, a great season for pitching. Pitching your team to prospective partners can be the pivotal point between planning your team and making it a…
In Fall/Winter 2021, OAESV’s Director of Prevention performed a statewide capacity assessment to understand better if OAESV's local programs have adequate knowledge, tools, structures, and processes to provide comprehensive prevention programming. We know that across the country, millions of people…
"Being a whore isn’t a category of sexuality. It is a right to express one’s self as a worker.” 1 Today marks International Whores’ Day (IWD) 2, a day when sex workers rebelled against the systems that criminalized their existence.…
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