Educational Resources

Utilize our Education Resources page to gain further knowledge in the realm of personal safety. In addition, we have provided recommended safety tools to assist you in applying personal safety planning to your every day life!

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Anti-Racism Resources:

To learn more about how you can be engaged in anti-racist work, check out the resources below from the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault!

Intersection of sexual violence and racism:

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/opus/issues/2015/spring/robinson

http://www.incite-national.org/page/dangerous-intersections

http://endsexualviolence.org/where-we-stand/racism-and-rape

Aspiring White Allies:

https://whiteawake.org/

https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-racism

https://www.dismantlecollective.org/resources/

https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

5 Anti-Racism Responses “Good” White Women Give to Viral Posts

Anti-Racism Resources

Podcasts:

Crime Junkie

- - Podcast on Domestic Violence and how to recognize signs of domestic abuse in your own relationships, as well as how to address it when it becomes apparent in a friend’s relationship.

Dear Sugar

- Three podcasts on step-families, lovers and friends and jealousy, and sexual fluidity.

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Videos:

Watch this video about the basics of consent

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Articles:

Feminist mobilization and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women

- - (Excerpt from abstract) Some national governments have adopted a wide variety of measures to address violence against women, including legal reform, public education campaigns, and support for shelters and rape crisis centres, but other governments have done little to confront the problem. What accounts for these differences in policy?

Knowledge and Know-How: The Role of Self-Defense in the Prevention of Violence Against Women

- - This study, commissioned by the European Parliament Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by the FEMM Committee, examined research on the effectiveness of self-defense and its place in policies at EU and Member State levels. It concludes that there is a growing evidence base that feminist self-defense can be effective in preventing violence.

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Websites:

Be SMART

- - The Be SMART framework is designed to help parents and adults normalize conversations about gun safety and take responsible actions that can prevent child gun deaths and injuries.

NO MORE

- - NO MORE is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action and fueling culture change.

Child Welfare

- - Database to inform about policies in each state regarding child welfare.

What Works

- - Website containing peer reviewed articles to help learn what works in the prevention of violence.

Girls Fight Back! Strong. Resilient. Spirited. Unified.

- - Organization dedicated to empowering and introducing others to the idea of full-force self-defense. They travel and present their programming to help teach self-defense basics.

Equality Now: Ending Violence and Discrimination of Women and Girls Around the World – Take Action