Newsletter: Author: Faith Huckel

Articles

July 17, 2004: Legislative Awareness Day

The annual Legislative Awareness Day in Albany provides an opportunity each year for advocates, survivors, allies, and legislators to unite for the purpose of generating awareness, creating change, and dialoguing about issues surrounding sexual assault. The legislative agenda for this year’s “A Day to End Sexual Violence,” hosted by the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, focused on four main areas: resources to sustain programs, greater access to services for survivors and their loved ones, improving safety and strengthening the legal response to sexual violence, and enhanced community education. [more]

January 13, 2004: Connecting the Dots : Alliance Testifies on Sex Offender Management and School Intervention

Harriet Lessel, Executive Director for the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, testified at a City Council hearing entitled “Holding Sex Offenders Accountable and Int. 584” on October 22, 2003. The hearing was held by Council Members Yvette Clarke and Peter Vallone Jr., Chairs of the Committees on Fire & Criminal Justice Services and Public Safety, respectively. [more]