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		<title>Silent Witness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m a UT student and I live in an area called West Campus. The majority of college parties are thrown in this area, so it’s known for being rather boisterous at night, especially on the weekends. My room has large windows that face the street, so I can always hear anything going on outside.
Two weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TAASA&#8217;s Diversity Task Force Announces 2010 Conference Scholarship Recipients!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TAASA’s annual conference will take place Feb. 29 – March 4, 2010 in South Padre Island. This year the scholarship program hails state, national and international applicants from a variety of disciplines all of whom work directly with underserved communities. Be the first to know and join us for our inaugural cyber-event by viewing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/announcement/taasas-diversity-task-force-announces-2010-conference-scholarship-recipients/</link>
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		<title>Danielle Ramos Can Tackle with the Best of &#8216;Em!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Football season in the small rural town of Bartlett, Texas is filled with anticipation and excitement.  After all, the Bartlett High School football team was named “team of the decade” after winning three state championship titles during the ‘90s. The not-so-typical thing about the 2009 football season is 10-year-old Danielle’s decision to trade in her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/powerful-women/danielle-ramos-can-tackle-with-the-best-of-em/</link>
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		<title>The Line in the Sand</title>
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While I was a Voices Against Violence peer theater performer at the University of Texas, we educated student groups and other community groups about sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. We used improvised, interactive skits to facilitate dialogue about these issues. During workshops, other students frequently wanted to discuss the definition of sexual assault. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/uncategorized/the-line-in-the-sand/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Geez, Everything is Abuse to You!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took a vacation. To my amazement, everywhere I looked there was a training topic or a blog theme. Finally, one of my children uttered, “geez, everything is abuse to you!” and walked away.
I bet every single one of us has a story of taking our work home with us and having it leak out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/humorless-feminist/geez-everything-is-abuse-to-you/</link>
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		<title>Sexual Assault Examinations Without Police Involvement: A Guide to Texas’ New Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KVUE&#8217;s Noelle Newton interviewed me about no-report sexual assault exams. Here is some background information about the new law.
Sexual Assault Exams Are Now Available Without Police Involvement
If a sexual assault victim is not ready to get police involved, she or he still has the option to have a sexual assault examination conducted. No police report [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/news/sexual-assault-examinations-without-police-involvement-a-guide-to-texas%e2%80%99-new-law/</link>
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		<title>We Don&#8217;t Prevent Bank Robberies by Shaming Bank Employees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marcella at abyss2hope employed a metaphor I think could be very useful to explain the problem with blaming victims of sexual violence for their assaults:
We don&#8217;t prevent bank robberies by shaming bank employees. In many bank robberies there is a possibility that the attempt could be foiled, but we acknowledge that there are risks whenever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/uncategorized/we-dont-prevent-bank-robberies-by-shaming-bank-employees/</link>
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		<title>Breaking Free from Family Hate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just ran across this article in the Intelligence Report, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, that tells the story of children rejecting the hate that their parents espouse. As we think about our primary prevention efforts across the state, we can be encouraged by the bravery and sense of justice these children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/motivating-moments/breaking-free-from-family-hate/</link>
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		<title>See, That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Talking About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often mention gender role socialization (and strict gender roles) as a risk factor in conversations I have with people about the primary prevention of sexual violence. Many people nod their heads, but I suspect that they don&#8217;t really know exactly what I mean by that phrase &#8211; but leave it to children to provide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/uncategorized/see-thats-what-im-talking-about/</link>
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		<title>TAASA ED Named to Governor’s Task Force to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed five members to the Task Force to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect for terms to expire at the pleasure of the governor:

Annette Burrhus-Clay (Lockhart) – Executive Director, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault.
James Castro (Bergheim) – Executive Director, St. Peter-St. Joseph Children’s Home.
Nancy Harper (Corpus Christi) – Medical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taasa.org/blog/announcement/taasa-ed-named-to-governor%e2%80%99s-task-force-to-reduce-child-abuse-and-neglect/</link>
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