SAVE THE DATE:
Presenters: Donna Barry & Chief Paul Cell of Montclair State University
Date:March 30, 2011
Time: 9:30am–3:30pm (9am registration)
Location:TBA
Fee: $60 ($50 for Sexual Violence Program members)
 

The mission of the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJCASA) is to promote the compassionate and just treatment of survivors and their loved ones; foster collaborative relationships between community systems; and affect attitudinal and behavioral changes in society as we work toward the elimination of sexual violence against all people.

Please join NJCASA’s 5k Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Walk!

When: April 2, 2011 at 11:00 am

Where: Veterans Park, Hamilton, New Jersey

Registration is FREE, but walkers age 13 or older are required to have a minimum sponsorship of $25 to participate in the walk.

Register Now! Here's how:

1. Register online to be a walker
2. Set your own personal fundraising amount goal
3. Login to your webpage to tell your story of why you support NJCASA
4. Send your webpage link to your friends and ask them to support your efforts

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Honoring State Legislators and
Anti-Violence Advocates
Steps of the NJ State House
125 West State Street, Trenton
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Reception to follow sponsored by the NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Historic Trenton Masonic Temple
100 Barrack Street, Trenton

Within walking distance, the Masonic Temple is two blocks from the State House Light refreshments will be available.

In 2009, the New Jersey Senate voted unanimously to adopt joint resolution AJR 101/SJR 67 designating April 28th as Denim Day to promote rape and sexual assault awareness. Denim Day is intended to invite public discourse on the topic, to make it possible for more survivors to reach out and find help and to advance the prevention of such crimes.

For additional Denim Day resources, including information on how you can raise money in your workplace and download materials.

For more information, contact Heather at hbaldwin@njcasa.org or (609) 631-4450, x213
 

The GlassBook Project, a joint initiative of Rutgers-University in Newark's Department of Arts, Culture and Media, and Witness Justice, will be launched at a campus reception on Jan. 28, 2010.  The goal: To reshape how people generally think about and respond to survivors and individuals with mental health concerns, shifting the question, "What's wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?"  
 
Informed by individuals who live through traumatic experiences and then respond with self injury, addiction, eating disorders, isolation, hyper-vigilance, and more, students, who are enrolled in a book arts course taught by Rutgers-Newark faculty member Nick Kline, create books made of glass about the trauma response topic.  The books are then exhibited in communities to tell the stories of survival and to build understanding.  The NJ State project will focus on changes in relationships that occur following domestic violence, which is significant because this impacts a survivor's support network, health and wellbeing.  

Some of the more notable speakers and attendees at the reception include:

• Steven Diner, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
• Celina Gray, Executive Director of the NJ Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma
• Sandra Estepa, Region II Coordinator for the Office of Women's Health/DHHS
• Nick Kline, Artist, Conceptual Creator and Instructor, Rutgers University-Newark
• Helga Luest, Founder/President & CEO, Witness Justice
• Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), US Congress (remarks read)
• Yvonne Pressley, New Jersey State Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health Services
• Student artists from the first collection (self injury) and the NJ State project (changed relationships after domestic violence