Communities of Color Content Topic Results
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September 2010
Justice at the Intersections: Action for Reproductive and Economic Justice in NYC
Publisher(s):This film provides interviews with 16 organizations doing reproductive justice work in New York City.
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August 2010
The Four Cs of HIV Prevention with African Americans: Crisis, Condoms, Culture, and Community
Publisher(s):This journal article discusses how to design successful interventions to prevent HIV using socio-cultural factors which address institutional and social barriers impacting risk reduction in African American communities.
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July 2010
Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipina, Indian, and Pakistan Women: Implications for Justice System Responses
Publisher(s):This report presents research findings on Asian battered women's help-seeking from the Criminal Justice system (CJS) and other programs and offers recommendations to the CJS for enhancing their responses to IPV in Asian communities.
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July 2010
Saving for Post-secondary Education in American Indian Communities
Publisher(s):This research brief provides a summary of a larger study examining the trends of post-secondary education saving among in American Indian communities.
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June 2010
Hard-Won Lessons: Responding to Women's Interests and Needs in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Publisher(s):This two-page talking points document is intended to help guide oil spill response and recovery work.
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May 2010
Native American Communities Justice Project: Beginning the Dialogue: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, & Teen-Dating Violence
Publisher(s):This research report represents the experiences and wisdom of over 500 Native Americans concerned about family violence in their communities and constitute the most comprehensive look at this issue in California to date. The research report compiles information shared during multiple tribal community meetings that took place across the state during the NACJP, into separate themes and identifies problems and solutions articulated by meeting participants thematically.
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April 2010
Women and Women of Color in Leadership: Complexity, Identity, and Intersectionality
This article describes the challenges that women and women of color face in their quest to achieve and perform in leadership roles in work settings.
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April 2010
Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) Study
Publisher(s):The Sexual Assault among Latinas (SALAS) Study adds to the literature by using a national sample of Latino women to determine the extent of interpersonal victimization alone and the overlap among different forms of victimization.
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March 2010
Domestic Violence Fatality Review in Indian Country
Publisher(s):This article, which begins on page 8 of the NDVFRI’s Fatality Review Bulletin, provides information on conducting fatality reviews with American Indian tribes in Montana.
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February 2010
Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse
Publisher(s):This report presents baseline information on pregnancies, births, sexual history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sex, and unintended pregnancy among urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women nationwide.
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February 2010
Shattered Lives: Homicides, Domestic Violence and Asian Families
Publisher(s):This report analyzes 160 cases of domestic violence related homicides in Asian families based on newspaper clippings and information from advocates for a six-year period (from 2000 to 2005).
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February 2010
Innovative Strategies to Address Domestic Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities: Examining Themes, Models and Interventions
Publisher(s):This report sets the agenda for future project endeavors. It is an initial inquiry into the broad universe of API experiences and reflections regarding our work towards addressing domestic violence in API communities.