Community
outreach and education is provided by Women's Center staff, and volunteers who
have completed sexual assault certification training. Contacts are
developed with other social service agencies, law enforcement, service groups,
parent-teacher associations, trade and union groups, the faith community, work
places and other interested community groups. Education topics include
Women's Center sexual assault services, services to adult survivors of childhood
sexual assault, the Sexual Assault Response Team program, prevention and safety
measures, historical and cultural perspectives on sexual assault and specialized
services to the elderly, young people and persons with disabilities. We
also address these topics to Spanish speaking
audiences within the community at the Public Health Department, CalWORKS,
Healthy Start programs and WIC.
Similar
information is provided to newspapers and other print media. We have
developed and run 15 second slides on Women's Center services in the local
theater before every movie and have a series of 15 second commercials on child
safety on the local cable tv channel during programs of interest to teens and
younger children.
Anyone
who would like to arrange for a group presentation should contact the Women's
Center business office at (530) 626-1450.
