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2018 Annual Report
This is the Action Alliance's 2018 annual report, featuring the things we've worked on in justice intiatives, movement building, and community engagement. It also includes our financials as well as our vision for the future of the movement to end violence.
2018 LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY GUIDE
2018 LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY GUIDE
The Virginia General Assembly (GA) is back for the 2018 legislative session! The Action Alliance invites you to join us February 5th through February 9th to #AmplifySurvivorVoices and advocate for policies that empower survivors and prevent violence statewide! Hundreds of bills are introduced to the General Assembly (GA) Session each year, but few of them ever get signed into law. Grassroots legislative advocacy work is an opportunity for everyday people and concerned citizens to raise awareness of issues impacting Virginians – legislators listen!
Traditional legislative advocacy work means going in person to meet with lawmakers and their staff. However, not everyone has the time or means to do so, and that’s where virtual legislative advocacy, or virtual lobbying, comes in. Virtual legislative advocacy consists of any engagement with representatives in the GA through use of technology: phone calls, email, social media, and even good-old-fashioned letter writing. This guide is designed to help make engaging your legislators over technology as easy as possible.
Here are the four main sections:
1. PREPARATION: find out who your representatives are and what you’re going to say.
2. MAKING CONTACT: explore all the different ways you can engage with your representatives and decide on the best strategy or set of strategies for engagement.
3. IN-PERSON VISITS WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS: if you’re planning a visit, this section includes helpful tips, addresses, cheat sheets and more for your legislative visits!
4. FOLLOWING UP: Let us know how it went, share feedback, and help us thank supporters.
Click here to see the full guide.
2019 General Assembly Session Update - Resources for you!
The 2019 General Assembly Session officially ended on February 24th and we wanted to share a few session updates/resources:
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An Advocate’s Guide to the 2019 General Assembly Session: This is a run down on the notable bills passed that most impact our field and the work of our movement partners. We’ve organized the information in alphabetical order by subject/topic (i.e. so if you’re interested in seeing what happened with environmental justice or custody and visitation issues, you can scroll on down to those).
- 2019 General Assembly Report: Action Alliance Legislative Update: This is a detailed update on the priority bills that we either supported, opposed, or worked behind the scenes and/or with partners. This tells you which passed, which were defeated, provides status on pending Governor’s action, etc. It’s for the true policy nerds (or perhaps to reference as you read through the far more digestible Advocate’s Guide blog post).
Also, later this Spring, be on the lookout for a YouTube run-down of the new laws for advocates to expect on July 1 and how they might impact survivors/our work.
2020 Annual Report
This is the Action Alliance's 2020 Annual Report. There have been so many things out of our control. This annual report illustrates our abilities to nimbly adapt to changing situations to meet members' needs; to pivot and shift services; to be and do better in our work to advance racial equity; and to build the foundations for a brighter future.
20:1 Sexual Assault Prevention at Binghamton University Podcast
This 9:30 minute audio podcast by PreventConnect highlights the work done by Binghamton University in New York. The University has worked with Greek Life, Athletics, and a wide variety of students across the campus to implement the 20:1 sexual assault prevention and bystander intervention programs.
http://www.preventconnect.org/2016/04/201-sexual-assault-prevention-at-binghamton-university/
