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Privacy and Vaccine Database
Tuesday, June 01, 2021   In the Community  
If you're a survivor concerned about privacy, you may have questions about record keeping and privacy related to vaccines. Our Legal Advocacy…
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Media: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program
Tuesday, January 26, 2021   Media  
Katia Santiago-Taylor, BARCC's policy director, spoke with the Carolina Public Press about how the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program…
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2020 Champion for Change: Toyin Ajayi
Wednesday, August 26, 2020   In the Community  
Awesome. Brilliant. Caring. Those are just three words that people use to describe Toyin Ajayi. Add to that her outstanding commitment to survivors…
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Media: For Many Young Women, Their First Sexual Encounter Is Rape
Wednesday, September 18, 2019   Media  
In September, the JAMA Internal Medicine journal published a study that estimated "roughly 1 in 16 women were coerced or physically forced…
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Election Watch: What to Ask and What to Look For
Friday, July 26, 2019   In the Community  
This campaign season, we’re watching candidates to see whether they make supporting survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse a…
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Healing the Whole Person
Wednesday, February 06, 2019   In the Community  
Supporting the Health of Black Women Survivors with the Resilient Sisterhood Project Health is about the whole person. Someone isn't just a…
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Media: Criminal Justice Reform Comes with a Price Tag
Thursday, April 19, 2018   Media  
State House News Service quoted BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella's statement on the sweeping criminal justice reform bill signed into…
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BARCC Praises MA Legislature for Enacting Health Care Confidentiality Bill
Friday, March 23, 2018   In the Community  
Update April 2, 2018: We're excited to share that Governor Baker has signed the PATCH Act into law! Yesterday, the Massachusetts House and…
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Op-Ed: Pilot Program Offers Lessons from Military on Supporting Sexual Assault Survivors
Monday, December 11, 2017   Media  
Gina Scaramella, BARCC executive director, writes in the Hill about an innovative TeleNursing pilot program that ensures that medical staff and…
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Media: Baker, Markey Lead Bipartisan Resistance to Senate Health Care Bill
Wednesday, June 28, 2017   Media  
Following the Senate release of the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act, Massachusetts legislators are speaking out against the bill. In a…
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Statement on U.S. Senate’s Proposed Bill to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act
Friday, June 23, 2017   Statements  
Yesterday the United States Senate released the Better Care Reconciliation Act, a proposed bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Gina…
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Letter: For Rape Victims, New Law Would Pose Worrisome Implications
Saturday, May 20, 2017   Media  
In a Boston Globe Opinion letter to the editor, BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella responded to a recent op-ed on the rhetoric of the…
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How Health “Reform” Will Make Sexual Assault Survivors Sick
Friday, May 05, 2017   Media  
A version of this piece was originally published in the Hill on May 3, 2017. So far, we know that about 24 million Americans stand to lose their…
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Op-Ed: Health “Reform” Will Make Sexual Assault Survivors Sick
Wednesday, May 03, 2017   Media  
In an op-ed for the Hill, BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella breaks down how the American Health Care Act (ACHA), legislation currently…
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