MS Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MSCASA) welcome the opportunity to work directly with the youth in advocacy, prevention strategies, and support youth to give voice to their experiences with sexual violence directly or indirectly, while empowering other youth to live violence free lives. MSCASA is a non-profit victim service and advocacy organization working alongside sexual […]
Debuting at the 2016 National Conference is the inaugural report on the state of sexual violence in the U.S. issued by Raliance, a new national partnership led by National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault-PreventConnect and the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. The report titled “Ending Sexual Violence in One Generation: A progress […]
Source Television shows and media give a false representation of sexual assault victims with overly dramatized characters and injuries, according to one presenter at a special training session. On television, victims are shown as emotionally devastated, bloodied and bruised, said Shalotta Sharp, the statewide sexual assault nurse examiner and sexual assault response team coordinator for […]
Scoring a Hat Trick: Three Ways to Minimize Your Partnership with Athletics Presenter: Darcie Folsom, Connecticut College in collaboration with Green Dot Making the team can be tough. In this session, we will explore “preseason conditioning” to get you ready to take the ice with strategies to create a solid foundation for a working partnership […]
Melanie Barton, PREA Coordinator at MS Coalition Against Sexual Assault provided prevention resources to participants at a community, faith-based information fair at New Hope MB Church in Jackson, MS on July 30, 2016. For information on prevention, please contact wmdavis@mscasa.org.
On June 28-29, 2016, MS Coalition Against Sexual Assault hosted the Trauma Informed Victim Interviewing and Investigations Training for Campus and Local Law Enforcement Officers in collaboration with The MS Association of Community and Junior College Student Affairs Officers and The Office of MS Attorney General Jim Hood. The event took place at The Muse Center […]
With sexual assault a growing concern on college campuses nationwide, Mississippi College leaders are setting up information tables on the Quad to make students more aware of the serious situation, and taking steps to stop it. A recent study of over 150,000 students at 27 universities shows 23 percent of the women reported they were […]
In addition to the Departments’ joint Title IX guidance, the Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education also released Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students, a compilation of policies and practices that schools across the country are already using to support transgender students. The document shares some common questions on topics […]
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released joint guidance to help provide educators the information they need to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can attend school in an environment free from discrimination based on sex. The guidance explains that when students or their parents, as appropriate, notify a school that a student is transgender, […]
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION At our country’s core is a basic belief in the inherent dignity of every person. Too many women and men of all ages suffer the outrage that is sexual assault, and too often, this crime is not condemned as loudly as it should be. […]
