Please Join the Blogs Against Sexual Violence Effort 4/3/08
On the national A Day To End Sexual Violence scheduled for Thursday April 3rd, 2008 as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Marcella Chester will, for the second year in a row, be coordinating a Blog Against Sexual Violence (BASV) event. The goal is to get as many bloggers as we can to participate.
Last year we had 79 participants. I would love to see the number of participants reach the triple digits this year. That's where you can help. Keep reading to learn how.
The 2008 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign national slogan for this April is: Prevent Sexual Violence… in our Workplaces.
This is an important area which often gets neglected until a report of rape by a coworker ends with murder or gang rape becomes a matter for employment arbitration. Often in the workplace, it is the person targeted for sexual violence who is expected to give up everything if their workplace becomes sexually hostile.
If you plan to participate in the Blog Against Sexual Violence event on Thursday April 3, please do the following:
1) Write a post about this project on your blog as soon as you can with a link back to this site (click here)
2) Add the BASV logo to your blog (optional)
3) Pass on the word about this effort to any person or any group who might find this effort worth supporting.
Anything which helps get the word out over the next month to all those who care about preventing sexual violence is welcome.
A blogroll of BASV participants will be up HERE soon and will periodically add all those who have announced their participation.
For those who don't know what to say, please participate anyway. Include a link to your favorite articles or blog posts on this subject.
Sex crime victims and survivors have been bearing the greatest responsibility for rape prevention for far too long. If anyone needs to be educated on what they should do differently it is those who look the other way -- or worse approve -- when someone steps over the line in their effort to make sexual contact.
If nothing else, you can post some resources such as:
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline (US): 1.800.656.HOPE (1.800.656.4673)
Thank you!
Last year we had 79 participants. I would love to see the number of participants reach the triple digits this year. That's where you can help. Keep reading to learn how.
The 2008 Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign national slogan for this April is: Prevent Sexual Violence… in our Workplaces.
This is an important area which often gets neglected until a report of rape by a coworker ends with murder or gang rape becomes a matter for employment arbitration. Often in the workplace, it is the person targeted for sexual violence who is expected to give up everything if their workplace becomes sexually hostile.
If you plan to participate in the Blog Against Sexual Violence event on Thursday April 3, please do the following:
1) Write a post about this project on your blog as soon as you can with a link back to this site (click here)
2) Add the BASV logo to your blog (optional)
3) Pass on the word about this effort to any person or any group who might find this effort worth supporting.
Anything which helps get the word out over the next month to all those who care about preventing sexual violence is welcome.
A blogroll of BASV participants will be up HERE soon and will periodically add all those who have announced their participation.
For those who don't know what to say, please participate anyway. Include a link to your favorite articles or blog posts on this subject.
Sex crime victims and survivors have been bearing the greatest responsibility for rape prevention for far too long. If anyone needs to be educated on what they should do differently it is those who look the other way -- or worse approve -- when someone steps over the line in their effort to make sexual contact.
If nothing else, you can post some resources such as:
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline (US): 1.800.656.HOPE (1.800.656.4673)
Thank you!
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