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Sexual Assail Awareness & Child Abuse Sensation Month in Review
Lutheran Community Services Northwest- Spokane
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Connections, a Center for Healthy Families
We asked community members and community partners to help us plant pinwheels in the Fleet Park in honor of the children and families we served at Connections for the past couple of years and to bring awareness to Child Abuse. We also recognized our county's police departments in their efforts to keep children prophylactic with a Facebook campaign in which we took pictures with officers from each police station in the canton with a pinwheel or pledge to keep children safe and posted them during April, Child Abuse Sensation Month. Nosotros also got a few fire departments.
Submitted past Nickie Gill, Education and Outreach Coordinator
Partners with Families and Children Children'southward Advocacy Center
PARTNERS 'S AWARENESS IN April
Partners with Families and Children (Partners) is both proud and excited to have been able to participate in events and activities that supported and brought awareness to both Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Sensation during the month of April.
In collaboration with Spokane's Customs Sexual Assault Plan at Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW), the Pieces of Promise Entrada was organized, as an effort to bring sensation to the Spokane Community well-nigh Kid Abuse and Sexual Assault. Both Partners and LCSNW reached out to Spokane area agencies and establishments, in an try to gain their support in this campaign, by offering the opportunity for their staff and customers to write messages of promise and encouragement on a "puzzle piece" of newspaper, to share with victims and others in the Spokane community. The puzzle pieces were collected and displayed at both Partners and LCSNW to bring inspiration and reassurance to the people both agencies serve, who take been impacted by Child Corruption and Sexual Attack.
Submitted past Tatiana Williams, CAC Program Manager/Forensic Interviewer
In addition to the Pieces of Promise Campaign, Partners supported and recognized a twenty-four hours of action on Apr v, 2019 for Kid Abuse and Kid Abuse Prevention past wearing blue. Article of clothing Blueish Day was too supported by some of our local law enforcement agencies and past LCSNW.
In support of our local Community Sexual Assault Program at LCSNW, Partners recognized a Day of Action for Sexual Attack, past wearing teal on April 2, 2019.
To demonstrate continued support for the mission of both agencies and the continued efforts to bring about community sensation regarding Child Corruption and Sexual Attack, Partners and LCSNW joined together for a group picture wearing both bluish and teal.
On Apr 24, partners also showed back up for sexual assail victims, by participating in Denim Day.
Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse
Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse held an active outreach, awareness education and prevention calendar this April for Sexual Assault Awareness Calendar month and Child Abuse Awareness Month. Our activities included weekly Palouse Teen Council meetings and trauma-informed yoga classes, participation in university panel discussions well-nigh bystander intervention and comprehensive sex education, providing local cafes with SAAM coffee sleeves, hosting a book discussion of Roxane Gay's Not that Bad, and pinwheel-making events with kiddos, foster parents and local businesses alike.
Submitted past Vanessa Corwin, Coordinator of Sexual Assault Services
Male monarch County Sexual Assail Resource Middle
KCSARC'S COUNT ME IN Campaign ENGAGES REGIONDURING SEXUAL ASSAULT Sensation MONTH
Apr was an exciting opportunity for the Male monarch County Sexual Assault Resource Center and its partners, supporters, sponsors, and communities it serves to join forces for our "Count Me In" campaign. The entrada's goal: reaching out in the communities KCSARC serves to foster better agreement that everyone is afflicted by sexual violence, and that we all play a role in catastrophe it. KCSARC encouraged individuals, communities, and organizations to engage during the month-long campaign, which was appear March 5 to ane,000 attendees at our 2019 Be LOUD Breakfast.
Here's what we accomplished:
- Developed and kicked off the month with video Outrage to Action. This video content, forth with a package of graphics and sample messaging, was included in a toolkit to encourage cities, police jurisdictions and other agencies to appoint in SAAM entrada.
- 35 municipalities throughout King County, including King County Council, proclaimed April Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Many drew from the toolkit to engage on social media. Ten police force enforcement jurisdictions, Rex County Public Wellness, and Rex County Prosecuting Attorney'south Part joined in sharing support/educational data nigh sexual violence with this toolkit.
- Hosted 2 live events (one of a series called POWER Upwardly! in Renton, and a announcer console held at MoPOP in Seattle). Attendees learned more than nigh the upshot, the work KCSARC does, and what influences our views about sexual assault.
- Media reported on the first-year results from the Study information technology to Stop it campaign launched terminal April, a partnership betwixt King County Metro Transit, King County Sheriff's Function, and KCSARC. Information showed a 3-fold increment in the number of reports received by Metro over the prior year – precisely the desired result to agree more offenders accountable and finish more sexual violence.
- Media also shared news during April about celebrated changes to Washington State laws for survivors, such as eliminating the statute of limitations for prosecuting child sexual abuse crimes, changes that KCSARC prioritized this session.
- Capping off the calendar month was our discussion with Male monarch-5 New Day Northwest on child sexual abuse and grooming.
- KCSARC legal advocacy staff trained the entire 500-member staff of the King County Prosecuting Attorney'southward Office staff on its WordWatch projection to foster a better understanding department-broad on how words used in crime reports are repeated in media, and can color the way survivors and their feel are viewed. Training was received well and has led to additional invitations for training.
Submitted by Laurel Redden, Marketing Communications Manager
Providence Sexual Assault Clinic and Kid Maltreatment Center
How do you become data to parents with children on the motility? Attach a message to a shiny pinwheel! We used the iconic Child Corruption Prevention Month pinwheel and fastened a "message to parents." Nosotros included a statistic well-nigh child sexual abuse and information about free Darkness to Light child corruption prevention trainings that are offered in our community past Providence St. Peter Hospital Sexual Assault Dispensary and Child Maltreatment Center.
Lacey and Olympia Timberland region libraries were willing to have the pinwheels bachelor during story time. We had a request for more pinwheels from the Lacey branch afterwards the first mean solar day! We plan to expand the number of locations at which the pinwheels will be available next year, in hopes of reaching more parents.
Submitted by Tina Olson
New Promise
Sexual Assault Sensation Calendar month was a busy one for New Hope staff as nosotros strove to raise sensation throughout Grant and Adams County. We were ambitious and chose to organize and execute four awareness events: Ruddy My Lips, The Clothesline Projection, a showing of The Hunting Ground, and Denim Solar day.
We were able to partner with local businesses and professionals for the Clothesline Project by asking them to hang a micro brandish containing 2 shirts designed by sexual attack survivors showcasing their story for the entire month. For the Red My Lips Entrada, the New Hope Advocates and community members wore ruddy lipstick to gainsay rape myths and victim-blaming. A showing of the pic "The Hunting Footing", which is a picture most rape culture on college campuses, was held at Big Curve Community College in Moses Lake, Launder. After the showing of The Hunting Basis audition members consisting of students and people from the community were invited to ask questions and had them answered by New Hope Advocates and College Counselors. For Denim Day a booth was fix and students were encouraged to write statements of consent on jeans that were and so displayed on campus.
Submitted by Kate Hoch, Legal and Customs Advocate
Dove House Advocacy Services
The Installation asks participants to understand that it was never about the vesture. The violation is not simply woven in to the fabric of the material, it is a part of the survivor's new narrative. If simply ending sexual violence was as piece of cake as changing our apparel. Instead it requires all of us to evaluate what enabled the states as individuals and every bit a social club to enquire, "What were you wearing?" in the kickoff place. The intent is to place the work of begetting witness to this question's answer back on the shoulders of the community and humanize the
survivor in the answer.
We are inspired by the folks at the University of Kansas to create this exhibit in Port Townsend.
Local paper article
Port Townsend Leader – What were you wearing exhibit comes to Port Townsend
Our website with SAAM issue info
Submitted by Kelly Grace, Birth and Family unit Advocate
Lutheran Customs Services Northwest- Spokane
LCS Northwest/SAFeT participated in the 2nd twelvemonth of Start by Believing in Spokane. We hosted 2 events on 4/3 one at Spokane Community College and one at Sweet Frostings Blissful Bakeshop. Nosotros received much back up from the community and the Spokane Police Department.
KREM News article
KXLY New Commodity
Crisis line texting went live for us on 4/1.
KREM news article
Spokane Inlander article
KXLY news article
Abet Kristina Poffenroth, spoke on Spokane Talks with Spokane Law Section Sgt. Glenn Bartlett regarding Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Spokane City Council Declaration for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Additionally, Sugariness Frostings Blissful Bakeshop offered teal ribbon cookies all month long with proceeds benefiting LCS/SAFeT. We hosted a Do good Night at Ben & Jerry'south Spokane with benefits proceeding LCS/SAFeT.
And then much more such as moving screenings/panel discussions, chalk walks, Clothesline Projection brandish, #30DaysofSAAM NSVRC Instagram challenge; agency wide teal and denim photos, blue photo for Child Corruption Prevention, and blue/teal photograph for SAAM & Child Abuse Prevention month in conjunction with our Child Advancement Center Partners with Families and Children; participation in events hosted by local colleges/universities; etc.
Submitted by Ligeia DeVleming, Managing director of Victim Advocacy and Education
Providence Intervention Center for Assault and Corruption
The Providence Intervention Middle for Assault and Corruption in partnership with Edmonds Customs College held a Chalk Art for Heart event on April 17 in laurels of SAAM. The Providence Victim Advocate who provides on-campus advocacy to survivors of sexual attack and the Edmonds Community Higher Middle program (Healthy Relationships squad) encouraged students, staff, and faculty to chalk fine art and supportive messages in order to promote Sexual Assail Awareness Calendar month. Information technology occurred from 11 a.m. – 3 p.grand. on the Apr 17 and there were iv different chalking stations around campus: 1) Between Lynnwood Hall and Mountlake Terrace; 2) Between Mukilteo and Lynnwood Hall; 3) Outside Rainier Place; and four) In front of Mill Creek. Whether participants choose to reverberate, find, draw, or engage any experience was welcome in order to show their support for survivors!
Submitted by Melissa Mertz; Director
Source: https://www.commerce.wa.gov/ocva-updates/child-abuse-awareness-and-sexual-assault-awareness-april-2019/