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Stalking is a social and public health emergency. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Counterman v. Colorado makes things easier for abusers.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and CSU has been honoring those affected by sexual assault and violence with programming and resources. Teal is the color of sexual assault awareness.

Autumn brings more than pumpkin spice and cooler weather—it also brings a time of reflection and support because October is National Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Month . This blog post shares definitions and statistics related to domestic violence, as well as information for a l

Our new in-depth guide is for frontline documenters utilizing video as evidence in cases involving sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

Vithai Zaraunkar Once my professor at Goa University said to me that I had changed a lot. “You were so quiet, seated on the last bench in the class, afraid to be noticed by teachers. You are not the same Vithai I met five years ago. Do you think you have changed?” I thought for a bit and replied

This blog post highlights community-led approaches to data collection on sexual and gender-based violence in the United States.

In Tarana Burke’s book Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, she shares intimate stories about people and events that compelled her to found the ‘me too.’ Movement and the Just BE Inc. organization in 2006. “The story of how empathy for others – without which the work of ‘me too’ doesn’t exist – starts with empathy for that dark place of shame where we keep our stories, and where I kept mine.” Like the majority of historical events involving people of color and underrepresented groups, depending on the community you come from, the history of what is now commonly known as the Me Too Movement may have been missing a few critical details. In her book, Burke describes her initial fear of being erased and her feelings of distress at the prospect of marginalization of the experiences of people of color when the movement she founded went viral after it was turned into #MeToo by Alyssa Milano in 2017. Burke wrote, “Other than these women being survivors of sexual violence, none of what was happening in Hollywood felt related to the work I had been entrenched in within my own community for so many years.”