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Tipping the Scales: The Resilience Game
Publisher(s): This interactive online game explores how the choices we make can help children and the community as a whole become more resilient in the face of serious challenges.
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Practical Issues: Preparing and Prosecuting Elder Sexual Assault Cases
Publisher(s):This booklet explores obstacles to prosecution of elder sexual abuse cases and offers practical solutions for professionals involved in these cases.
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Trans Agenda for Liberation
Publisher(s): The Trans Agenda for Liberation is a community-led guide towards the world we deserve. Trans people hold the knowledge, power, and joy to create a future where we can all not only survive but thrive.
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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
Publisher(s):Violence or natural disasters can cause trauma in young people. This booklet provides steps parents can take to help children cope with trauma after violence and disasters.
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African-American Women and Abortion
This essay reviews the activism of African-American women in the abortion rights movement, highlighting the past fifty years.
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MMIW Toolkit for Families and Communities
Publisher(s): The MMIW Toolkit for Understanding and Responding to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women for Families and Communities from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center is designed to assist families, communities, and advocacy organizations in understanding and responding to a case of a missing or murdered Native woman.
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Athlete Ally
Publisher(s):This resource uses public awareness campaigns and educational programming to foster inclusive sports communities.
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ICE Raids: Know Your Rights as a Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Immigrant
Publisher(s): This fact sheet has information for transgender and gender non-conforming immigrants in the event that they are contacted by ICE or detained.
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Female Genital Mutilation in the U. S. Factsheet
Publisher(s):This factsheet gives a brief overview of federal laws against FGM in the United States and also lists state laws against FGM.
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Poverty Thresholds
Publisher(s):This page provides access to tables outlining the poverty thresholds since 1978, by size of family and number of children under 18.
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Talking about LGBT Equality Among Latinos and Hispanics
Publisher(s):This report includes the findings from a research study that confirmed the strength of Latin@ support for LGBT issues, and uncovered approaches that can further even greater understanding and acceptance.
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Realities for Immigrant Populations: How they Experience the System
Publisher(s):"Although the number of applications for VAWA status has increased, winning a VAWA self-petition is only the first step in achieving safety and independence. To gain lawful permanent residence, applicants must overcome additional legal barriers. The complicated phases of applying for immigration status coupled with the passage of VAWA 2000 have created new questions and the need for greater expertise."