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Your Housing Rights as a Survivor of Sexual Violence Living in Federally Assisted Housing
Tuesday, February 06, 2024   In the Community  
This is Part 2 of our two blog series on housing protections for survivors of sexual violence and how BARCC case managers can help survivors…
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Bullying and Victim-blaming are a Losing Strategy
Tuesday, January 23, 2024   In the Community  
Many of us in the field of sexual violence prevention were galvanized in May 2023 when six men and three women on a New York jury awarded punitive…
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Know It, Name It, Stop It
Wednesday, January 17, 2024   In the Community  
Everyone deserves to feel safe. As January 2024 is the 20th annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM), BARCC is spreading the word about how…
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BARCC Supports the Revised Curriculum Framework
Tuesday, August 15, 2023   In the Community   Statements  
Dear Members of the Board of Elementary & Secondary Education, The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) and our supporters are thrilled that,…
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How to Share Your Feedback: Massachusetts Health Education Framework
Tuesday, July 11, 2023   In the Community  
With the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s announcement of a new framework for comprehensive health and physical education in Massachusetts…
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Centering BIPOC Survivor Mental Health
Saturday, July 01, 2023   In the Community  
July was first declared National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, after tireless work from…
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Amplifying Voices, Embracing Diversity
Saturday, July 01, 2023   In the Community  
July 1 marked the beginning of Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to celebrate disabilities as natural and integral parts of human diversity…
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BARCC’s Statement on the 2023 Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Framework
Thursday, June 22, 2023   Statements  
The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) applauds Governor Maura Healey and the administration in announcing the new framework for comprehensive…
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Breaking Silence, Pursuing Freedom
Sunday, June 18, 2023   In the Community  
On Juneteenth, we recognize that although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Black people in 1863, it was…
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Listen, Act, Acknowledge: Be a Good Bystander
Friday, January 21, 2022   In the Community  
January is Stalking Awareness Month A form of harassment displaying unwanted or obsessive attention, stalking can happen to anyone and under a…
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How the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Put Survivors First
Monday, September 13, 2021   In the Community  
Ending sexual violence in all its forms, including assault, harassment, and abuse remains a challenge in our communities. For survivors and loved…
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One Year into COVID-19, Three Reasons for Hope
Monday, March 01, 2021   In the Community   Stories of Impact  
It’s been a long, hard year since we all started navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. And in the midst of it all, there are many reasons to be…
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With Your Help, This Is the Session for the Healthy Youth Act
Thursday, February 25, 2021   In the Community  
Last week, Rep. O’Day, Rep. Howard, and Sen. DiDomenico refiled An Act relative to Healthy Youth, one of the most promising pieces of…
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Media: Uprooting Rape Culture
Monday, November 16, 2020   Media  
Casey Corcoran, director of youth sexual violence prevention education at BARCC, spoke with the Brookline High School newspaper, the Sagamore,…
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Why Reports of Hysterectomies on Immigrants Without Consent Are So Disturbing
Thursday, October 01, 2020   In the Community  
Recent reports have detailed medical abuse, neglect, and hysterectomies without clear consent at U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Tailoring Trainings to the New Normal
Friday, August 28, 2020   In the Community  
Back in March, as the COVID-19 outbreak became a pandemic, BARCC’s outreach and education staff made a speedy switch from primarily in-person…
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Upcoming Free Webinars: Supporting Survivors on Campus and Beyond
Wednesday, August 26, 2020   In the Community  
Presenters updated September 29, 2020. As students head back to school—whether full remote or in a hybrid model—we are eager to offer…
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Op-Ed: Colleges Need to Prepare For Another Challenge—Radical Changes To Title IX
Friday, August 14, 2020   Media  
In this op-ed, BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella outlines just some of the detrimental changes to Title IX that colleges and universities…
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What You Can Do to Support Survivors on Campus
Monday, August 03, 2020   In the Community  
This blog post was written by Samantha Weeks and Natalie Shafer, interns with the BARCC Legal Advocacy team. In May, the federal Department of…
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Friday Deadline for Healthy Youth Act
Wednesday, July 29, 2020   In the Community  
Help Pass this Bill to Prevent Sexual Assault Harassment, and Abuse Update July 31, 2020: While the legislature has recently extended formal…
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From TikTok to Teen Job Fairs to Tarana Burke
Friday, June 19, 2020   In the Community  
Since last fall, this year’s cohort of the BARCC’s Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) has been hard at work developing and exercising their…
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Asian American Activists Against Sexual Violence
Friday, May 29, 2020   In the Community  
[Content note: some descriptions and links contain mentions of sexual violence.] The month of May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage…
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Media: Social Media and Sexual Violence
Monday, May 11, 2020   Media   In the Community  
This past week, outreach and education manager Eliza Campbell of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center was featured as one of several guest speakers…
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Press Release: BARCC Responds to New Title IX Regulations and Urges State Lawmakers to Pass Three Bills to Mitigate Local Impact
Friday, May 08, 2020   Media  
This week, the Trump administration published long anticipated regulations governing Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination…
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Press Release: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Continues amidst COVID-19
Wednesday, April 01, 2020   Media  
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time nationally dedicated to raising public awareness about sexual violence and educating…
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Ask Your House Reps to Pass the Healthy Youth Act!
Tuesday, January 21, 2020   In the Community  
Update February 6, 2020: The House version of the Healthy Youth Act was reported favorably out of the Joint Committee on Education on February 5.…
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BARCC Statement on Senate Approval of the Healthy Youth Act
Thursday, January 16, 2020   Statements  
Today, the Massachusetts State Senate approved the Healthy Youth Act, which requires school districts offering sex education to use a curriculum…
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Op-Ed: It’s Time to Pass the Healthy Youth Act
Thursday, November 07, 2019   In the Community  
CommonWealth recently published an op-ed by BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella on the importance of the Healthy Youth Act in preventing…
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Tech Safety and Cybersecurity Tips for Survivors
Wednesday, October 30, 2019   In the Community  
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so our Legal Advocacy team is taking the opportunity to share some information to help survivors…
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Ask Legislators to Do Right by Massachusetts Youth
Tuesday, October 22, 2019   In the Community  
For years, we have been talking with legislators about the importance of sexual assault prevention, about setting the foundations for healthy…
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Free Fall 2019 Workshops for Survivors
Tuesday, September 17, 2019   In the Community  
We're offering an upcoming series of free educational workshops for all survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse ages 18 and up.…
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Getting Consent Right in Pop Culture
Thursday, August 29, 2019   In the Community  
Movies and television shows have long been influential in shaping our culture and social norms, and unfortunately, they’re drenched in sexual…
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Statement: BARCC Applauds State Lawmakers for Including Healthy Relationship Funding in FY2020 Budget
Wednesday, July 31, 2019   Statements  
Statement by Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Executive Director Gina Scaramella on Massachusetts legislature’s approval of a FY20 budget that…
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Talking without Talking: Breaking the Silence of Sexual Trauma with Expressive Therapy
Tuesday, July 30, 2019   In the Community  
For sexual violence survivors, connecting to emotions can be fraught. Sometimes your feelings might be so overwhelming that looking directly at…
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Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight on Title IX
Tuesday, June 18, 2019   Media  
In February 2019, BARCC Executive Director penned an op-ed in the Boston Globe regarding Title IX. Excerpt: "Thanks to the 2011 guidance…
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Press Release: BARCC Offers Testimony in Support of Healthy Youth Act
Monday, June 03, 2019   In the Community  
Today, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) offered testimony before the Joint Committee on Education in support of “An Act relative to…
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Let’s Pass the Healthy Youth Act!
Thursday, May 30, 2019   In the Community  
On Monday, we'll be at the State House testifying in support of the Healthy Youth Act, a bill that is key to preventing sexual assault,…
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Summer 2019 Workshops for Survivors
Tuesday, May 21, 2019   In the Community  
We're offering an upcoming series of free educational workshops for all survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse ages 18 and up.…
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I Took MA Sex Ed, and All I Got Was this Story
Tuesday, April 02, 2019   In the Community  
When I think back to my sex ed class at a North Shore high school, I think of the classroom crowded with juniors and seniors. I think of our sex ed…
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Educational Workshops for Survivors in April
Thursday, February 21, 2019   In the Community  
We're offering an upcoming series of free educational workshops for all survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse ages 18 and up.…
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