Interested in learning how advocates engage in prevention?
Paul Bancroft, ED of Sierra Community House, discusses his advocacy journey and how he unknowingly supported hundreds of survivors after they experienced sexual violence. Tune in now! t.ly/emBmx

Sobrevivientes, hagan oír sus voces y exijan que nuestros líderes apoyen el acceso a los servicios vitales que les han ayudado a sanar.📍Escalinata Oeste del Capitolio de CA🗓️30 de mayo de 10-10:45am seguido de una caminata hasta el Swing Space. El evento concluirá a las 2:00PM.

As #CALeg approaches the House of Origin deadline, we urge lawmakers to advance #SmartSolutions to public safety.

Our policy platform — supported by over a dozen diverse orgs — offers tools to:
☑️prevent crime
☑️expand treatment
☑️support survivors

📎bit.ly/SmartSolutions…

We need #CALeg to make smart decisions and support crime victim services. Make your voice heard! oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?…

The #cabudget doesn't include funds to prevent domestic violence or provide essential services to people who have survived it. #caleg
Thanks California Budget & Policy Center for including this in your First Look of the California Governor's May Revision

The US Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has released the first-ever Restorative Practices Pilot Sites Program Solicitation. VALOR is excited to be a Training and Technical Assistance Provider on this important project! Interested? Visit ➡️ loom.ly/voMMFhQ

JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the California Governor's 2024-25 May Revision.

⚡ Our team explores how the governor prioritized spending and determined cuts to balance the budget amid a sizable projected shortfall. #CAbudget
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/firs…

As CA faces a $38- $58 billion budget deficit, advocates are preparing for budget cuts to domestic violence services - one of many reasons why funding prisons at a time when prison population is declining is a poor use of taxpayer funds.
#protectsurvivors
bit.ly/4bJ11Vx

🗣️ ¡La registración para la Conferencia Estatal 2024 de VALOR se abrirá pronto! Si desea aprovechar su 'Voz colectiva. Acción colectiva. Poder colectivo'. Junto con otros 400 intercesores y activistas para prevenir y poner fin a la violencia sexual, ¡estén atentos 👀!

🗣️ VALOR's Statewide Conference 2024 registration is opening soon! If you want to harness your 'Collective Voice. Collective Action. Collective Power.' alongside 400 other advocates and activists to prevent and end sexual violence, keep an eye 👀 out!

Absolutely terrifying. Unprecedented budget cuts hit programs for California crime survivors - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/california/sto…

We cannot balance the budget on the backs of survivors. Take action today: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?…

Take action today to protect crime victim services by filling out this easy form: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?…

'Scores of rape crisis hotlines, child abuse centers and legal service providers across California are bracing for an unprecedented 44.7% cut this summer... thanks to a dramatic falloff in the federal Victims of Crime Fund.' latimes.com/california/sto… #CALeg #CABudget California Governor

“We respond 24/7 to three hospitals — how are we going to do that when we lose almost half our funding?” said Barbara Kappos, executive director at ELAWC. “It’s keeping me up at night.” We must include $200M in #CABudget latimes.com/california/sto…

California must stand with victims of crime.

“Come July 1, thousands of existing [domestic violence] shelter beds could disappear across the state. It’s not just emergency shelters: Scores of rape crisis hotlines, child abuse centers and legal service providers across California