APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT ACTION MONTH Dear member programs and community partners, Our theme this year is “Together, We Create a Violence-Free Oregon- Will You Join Us?”. SAAM is a critical month for community engagement to raise awareness, solicit donations and volunteers, and to deepen Sexual Violence advocacy work in Oregon’s anti-violence community by providing an open … Read more
By: Marsela Rojas-Salas, El Programa Hispano Católico – Project UNICA (fmr.) As an organization, Proyecto UNICA believes that prevention against sexual assault and anti-oppression work should begin at a young age to re-imagine a world without violence. However, often times the voices of youth of color become marginalized and misrepresented in the mainstream anti-violence movement. Proyecto … Read more
The Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, is pleased to announce the Prevention Through Liberation project! This project seeks to fund and support 1-3 culturally specific, Tribal, or culturally responsive community-based sexual violence programs to conduct sexual violence prevention work in marginalized communities using an anti-oppression framework. … Read more
We are pleased to announce a funding opportunity (four (4) capacity building mini-grants at $5,000 each) to increase organizational capacity for culturally-specific prevention efforts in Oregon anti-violence programs. Applications are due by Friday, May 25th, 2018 at 11:59pm. Download announcement [PDF] Download application form [DOCX]
The Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, is pleased to announce that El Programa Hispano Católico – Project UNICA has been selected as the first-ever recipient of Prevention Through Liberation grant funding, effective October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018! Prevention Through Liberation-funded programs will receive support … Read more