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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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BARCC Youth Leaders on Youth Voice Matters Podcast
Thursday, February 04, 2021   Media   In the Community  
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month! BARCC's Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) kicked it off with the release of their…
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New Laws to Celebrate ✅
Friday, January 15, 2021   In the Community  
It was an incredibly busy end of the year at the State House (and unusual, given that the session usually wraps up in July, and it ended this time…
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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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Virtual Advocacy Day to Help Pass the Healthy Youth Act
Monday, October 05, 2020   In the Community  
Join Us to Prevent Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Abuse We still have a chance to get the Healthy Youth Act passed this year—but we need…
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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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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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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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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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Historic Highlights: Formalizing BARCC’s Youth Initiative
Friday, June 08, 2018   In the Community  
BARCC’s work with youth began with the founding. From the beginning, teenagers called the hotline and volunteers held workshops and speaking…
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Media: Massachusetts Activists Fight Battle for Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools
Friday, June 01, 2018   Media  
This week, the Rainbow Times reported on the status of the Healthy Youth Act, which would "mandate that public school districts offering sex…
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Youth Leadership Corps: Sexual Violence Takes Many Forms
Monday, May 07, 2018   In the Community  
Last year, BARCC's Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) thought up a series of PSA videos that address youths' role in the mission to end sexual…
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You Are a Gift to Your Child
Thursday, May 11, 2017   In the Community  
An interview with Shadi Johnston, LMHC This Mother’s Day, we honor all the mothers out there who are survivors of sexual violence. We sat…
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Protecting Transgender Students
Tuesday, February 28, 2017   In the Community  
You may have seen recent reports about the new federal administration reversing Obama-era guidance on protections for transgender students,…
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The Next Generation of Leaders against Sexual Violence
Monday, January 30, 2017   Stories of Impact  
If the onslaught of media coverage of sexual assault has you discouraged, we have an antidote. It comes in the form of 10 young people, all members…
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Announcing Teen Drop-In Sessions
Tuesday, August 16, 2016   In the Community  
Come to one of our teen drop-in sessions, learn more about BARCC, and explore how to get connected with our services. You will be able to meet with…
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Urgent Support for Youth Survivors: Call Your Legislators!
Thursday, June 30, 2016   In the Community  
We need your urgent help to support youth survivors of sexual violence. We just learned that in Massachusetts state budget negotiations, vital…
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Whose Stories Matter: A Look at the Responses to Chris Brown
Thursday, October 10, 2013   In the Community  
As I am sure many of you have read or seen on social media, Chris Brown discussed his first sexual experience in a recent interview with The…
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Homelessness and Youth: Impacts and How YOU Can Help!
Friday, June 21, 2013   In the Community  
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a survivor speaker event put on by the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. First a staff member gave the…
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Boy Scouts voting on allowing open gay youth: A step that is just not far enough
Thursday, May 23, 2013   In the Community  
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are having an overdue vote at a conference today and tomorrow. They will be voting as to whether to allow openly…
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Support Girl Scouts Policy to Accept ALL Girls
Wednesday, January 25, 2012   In the Community  
It is Girl Scout Cookie time! Countless people, myself included, count down to this season so that we can get our fill of Thin Mints, Samoas, and…
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An Impression of MissRepresentation
Wednesday, January 18, 2012   In the Community  
I was on a panel for a screening of the MissRepresentation film yesterday at Northeastern. It was a great film, and I recommend that you watch it…
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Shifting the Focus
Wednesday, October 26, 2011   In the Community  
The latest topic that has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter is the ‘Amber Cole’ scandal. I am deeply disturbed and appalled at the…
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