Newsletter: Spring 2005

This issue is available for [1] download in PDF Format (855.43K)

[2] Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2005

On Tuesday April 19th, the Alliance and the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Planning Committee held its second annual 24-hour reading of survivors’ stories in City Hall Park, "Listen: NYC Unites for Sexual Assault Awareness." An opening ceremony at 11:30am included remarks by the event organizers. At noon, Public Advocate Betsy Gottbaum read the first story, and reading continued for 24 hours. By the time the event closed on Wednesday afternoon, with a performance by the New York based Artichoke Dance Company, hundreds of volunteers had lent their voices. [[3] more]

[4] Quarterly Meeting

Sara Maimon discusses the Birth Doulas Network; Wilson Prunier of Mustard Seed Counseling Services and Ije Ude of Generation Five discuss The Meaning of Justice. [[5] more]

[6] Alliance Launches Citywide Survivor Survey

The Alliance has embarked on an ambitious project to include survivors' voices in the evaluation of services provided to them after a sexual assault. The Alliance believes the survivor's perspective is crucial to enhancing systems' abilities to respond to their needs. [[7] more]

[8] Coalition Defends Sexually Exploited Youth

In a disturbing trend, young people in New York are being enticed into prostitution at very early ages-some as young as 11 or 12. Many are homeless, most have a history of physical or sexual abuse, and all are too young to legally consent to sex. Yet the state's response is not to provide them with the housing, education and psychological care they need, but to send them to jail. [[9] more]