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May 2021
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: An Action Plan for Alaska Native Communities
Publisher(s): Alaskan Indigenous communities are encouraged to use this toolkit from the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center as a guide for developing a plan of action that will include awareness, prevention, and intervention strategies.
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May 2021
Restorative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s): In this podcast episode, host Juan Carlos Areán from Futures Without Violence speaks with Ed Heisler and Chris Godsey from Men As Peacemakers and Kourou Pich from HarborCOV Communities Overcoming Violence about restorative practices in abusive partner intervention as well as intimate partner violence cases more broadly.
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May 2021
U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors
Publisher(s):By providing U‐visa certifications and T visa declarations, law enforcement and prosecution officials add to their arsenal of crime fighting tools when immigrant victims feel safer coming forward to report crimes. This document provides a wide variety of background information on the U‐visa and T visa programs.
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May 2021
Abusers in the Congregation with Dr. David Adams
Publisher(s): This webinar series from Safe Havens was designed for advocates and faith leaders (clergy and lay) to participate in together. This webinar focused on how to create safe congregations and have accountability for abusers in congregations.
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May 2021
AAPI LGBT Adults in the US: LBGT Well-Being at the Intersection of Race
Publisher(s): This report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law analyzes several data sources to provide information on adults who self-identify as AAPI and LGBT, including separate findings on Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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May 2021
Supporting Victims and Survivors of Faith: Domestic Violence through a Jewish Lens
Publisher(s): This webinar, presented by Alyson Morse Katzman of Safe Havens, explores what advocates need to know about Judaism to better support Jewish victims.
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April 2021
Child sexual abuse in men, trauma, and sexuality
Publisher(s):This webinar explores the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on men, focusing on trauma, intimacy, sexuality, and relationships. It also examines how gender socialization and societal expectations can create barriers to disclosure, healing, and effective support for male survivors.
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April 2021
Working with Male Survivors: How Sexual Assault Impacts Transgender Men – Part 2
Publisher(s):These episodes focus on the specific needs and experiences of transgender men, offering foundational knowledge for inclusive service provision.
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April 2021
Working with Male Survivors: How Sexual Assault Impacts Transgender Men – Part 1
Publisher(s):These episodes focus on the specific needs and experiences of transgender men, offering foundational knowledge for inclusive service provision.
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April 2021
Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Survivors’ Physical & Mental Health, Spirituality
Publisher(s):This collection of presentations examines the profound, long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse on mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being while emphasizing survivor resilience, storytelling, prevention, accountability, and healing.
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April 2021
Working with Male Survivors: Economic Barriers Behind Bars
Publisher(s):Discusses the financial and systemic challenges incarcerated male survivors face when accessing services, highlighting intersections of poverty, incarceration, and victimization.
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April 2021
Youth Mobile Response Services: An Investment to Decriminalize Mental Health
Publisher(s): This report evaluates the role of law enforcement and mental health systems in the United States and their relationships to racial justice – recognizing that over the past few centuries these systems have caused more harm than good. The report highlights an important alternative to using law enforcement to respond to mental health and social crisis: mobile response.









