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Congratulations to Oralia Jaure of the Family Crisis Center in Harlingen, Texas, for 18 years of service to survivors and the community.  Listen as Oralia shares valuable insights 18 years of serving victims brings.

I did a very quick tweet/Facebook post earlier today from SlutWalk Dallas, which raised the question what is a slutwalk? In short, it’s an event to bring awareness to the community that a sexual assault victim is never to blame for being violated. The Huffington Post reported that since the first one in Toronto earlier this month, the event is sweeping the nation. Yay! The next one in Texas (that I know of at the time of this blog) is scheduled for June 4 in Austin.

Here’s a quick chat with SlutWalk Dallas organizer, Elizabeth Webb about the event:

If you’d like to see footage from the walk itself, here is the story that channel 33 ran tonight.

Griffin and Meredith Perry hosted a luncheon event highlighting the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month at The Belo Mansion in Dallas, TX.  The event honored the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation and featured guest speaker Marcus Luttrell.  Hear Griffin’s thoughts on the importance of TAASA and local rape crisis centers. 

Interim Executive Director Barbara Wright from the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children in Waco, Texas, shares her thoughts on the work of TAASA’s Diversity Task Force. How has the work of TAASA’s Diversity Task Force affected your organization?

The Texas PINK OUT kicked off to a rousing start yesterday!  Check out how the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center participated in this statewide (and beyond) effort to affirm that “People Are People” and discourage homophobia and gender stereotyping.
(Oh, yes…if you don’t blink, you’ll see some TAASA staff doing the PINK OUT.)

 I’d love to see (if you’ve got some photos) and hear (videos, maybe?) how you and/or your organization are participating in the Texas PINK OUT. (Send them to me at lhunter@taasa.org). Do you think the effort will make a positive difference?  Or perhaps you see it as “okay, gets some attention, but won’t really change much”? 

After I hear from you, I think I’ll have to say a bit about how it’s made me think more than I maybe wanted to!

Christopher Watson, a friend of mine and a longtime TAASA supporter/former board member, spoke out recently about how dumb it is to put down male athletic teams by saying they do something “like a girl.”  We all know it’s just joking, friendly ribbing, right?  So does it matter?  Listen to what Christopher has to say, then let us know whether you agree — or not.

Advocates from across Texas gathered this summer to get a comprehensive look at legal issues they and survivors might face after a sexual assault. During each two-day training (led by Chris Kaiser, TAASA staff attorney) advocates joined in lively discussions, asking questions about practical issues from their own communities and planning how they might use the new information they’d learned to better assist sexual assault survivors.

Following the last training in South Padre, Oralia Juare (Harlingen-Family Crisis Center) and Graziela Villegas (Pasadena-Bridge Over Troubled Waters) volunteered to share some of their responses on camera.

Check out the video to hear what they had to say!

Whether or not you attended one of these trainings, if there’s something you’d like to ask or share about legal advocacy, let us hear from you in the comment section.

(Trainings were co-hosted by TAASA and local rape crisis centers: San Antonio-Rape Crisis Center, Tyler-East Texas Crisis Center, Abilene-Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center, South Padre Island-Family Crisis Center.)