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January 2010
Reclaiming Our Voices: Health and Human Service Needs in New York State
People within American Indian, Alaska Native, and other Native communities who identify as LGBT or two-spirit often face high rates of stigma, violence, and historical trauma, and health and human services often do not fully address their needs.
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January 2010
Supporting the Mother/Child Bond to Build Strength & Resiliency: Strategies for Domestic Violence Advocates
Publisher(s):This document offers 13 key elements of a strong mother/child relationship for families who have lived with domestic violence and offers concrete suggestions for advocacy and support.
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January 2010
Gender Neutral Pronouns Chart
Publisher(s):This chart outlines eight traditional and gender neutral pronouns and provides conjugation and pronunciation information.
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January 2010
Sexual Violence in Later Life: A Technical Assistance Guide for Advocates
Publisher(s):Sexual violence in later life is a form of elder abuse. This guide thoroughly investigates the complexity of the topic and includes information on signs and symptoms, special issues facing older victims, and primary prevention techniques.
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January 2010
Enhancing Services to Children and Youth in Virginia Exposed to Violence: Demonstration Site - ACTS Turning Point Group for the Latina Community
Publisher(s):These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia’s “Enhancing Services to Children and Youth” demonstration project.
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January 2010
Building Resilience: The Power to Cope With Adversity
Publisher(s):This resource provides a synopsis of resiliency capabilities within the individual child, family, care-giving, and community levels. It states children who have grown up in challenging environments are still capable of engaging in age-appropriate activities, relating to others, and understanding their family life.
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January 2010
Safe Dates Program
Publisher(s):This evidence-based program helps teens recognize the difference between caring, supportive relationships and controlling, manipulative, or abusive relationships. It is during the critical pre-teen and teen years that young people begin to learn the skills needed to create and foster positive relationships. With Safe Dates, young people are given the tools needed to build these skills.
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January 2010
A Guide for Mothers, Grandmothers, and Others for Helping a Girl Caught in Prostitution or Sex Trafficking
Publisher(s):This is a seven-part online guide to help women learn how to help young girls victimized by prostitution or sex trafficking. Este es una guía electrónica para que las mujeres puedan aprender a ayudar a víctimas jóvenes de la prostitución y la trata sexual.
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January 2010
A Commentary on Religion and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This document features a discussion of the basic understanding of the place of religion in addressing domestic violence, illustrated through three western religious traditions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
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January 2010
Violence Against Native Women is Not Traditional
Publisher(s):One of Sacred Circle’s most popular public education publications, this booklet provides an analysis of why Native women are the most victimized group of women in the United States. This booklet can be used in a wide variety of settings and is an excellent resource for individuals and families seeking a working understanding of the causes and dynamics of violence against Native women. 44 pages.
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January 2010
What Works: Developing Successful Multigenerational Leadership
Publisher(s): The What Works study looks at the key factors that build leadership and commitment across generations. Rather than focus on well-documented differences, the study examines what helps potential leaders do their best work, what constitutes a good workplace, and how to improve on our ability to retain, support, and promote staff across generations.
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January 2010
When the Abuser Is Among Us: One Church’s Response to a Perpetrator
Publisher(s):One Christian congregation's response to the sexual abuse of children within their community. The article explains the central issues of naming versus denial, accountability versus collusion, offering safety or doing nothing.