VALOR sits on the California Sex Offender Management Board (CASOMB). Members are dedicated to addressing complex issues related to sexual violence by updating current policies and practices. The members of CASOMB created videos, available in English and Spanish, to educate about youth who have committed a sexual offense. The video highlights that effective policies need to be made with the understanding of developmental differences between adolescents and adults, and treatment options should be comprehensive and provide wraparound services. Watch the English or Spanish video to learn more ..read more

  Today the White House Gender Policy Council released the first-ever U.S. National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: Strategies to Action (the National Plan), and VALOR staff had the opportunity to attend the launch event at the White House. The National Plan is warmly welcomed by VALOR and recognized as a milestone in the nation’s response to preventing and ending sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and other forms of gender-based violence (collectively referred to as GBV).  In 2021, VALOR and PreventConnect, a project of VALOR, hosted two National Action Plan ..read more

In collaboration with The Arc of California, VALOR is proud to present a new training series created to help build knowledge around the prevalence of sexual assault and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and improve services for survivors of sexual assault. This training series, created and presented by California Advocates Leading in Engagement, Accessibility and Developmental Disability Services (C.A. LEADDS) is one of the results of a three year OVW grant and consists of four 90 minute recordings.   This two-part web conference provides sexual assault advo ..read more

VALOR and the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence welcomed 100+ members to Sacramento May 15th and 16th for Policy Advocacy Day. Throughout the two-day event, members learned about VALOR and the Partnership’s three policy priorities and met with over 70 legislatures and staffers to educate and advocate about the importance of these priorities. This year, members focused on our prevention budget ask, championed by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, highlighting the need for the state to invest $20 million in ongoing funding to support sexual and domestic violence prevention progr ..read more

Registration for the National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) is Now Open! Join VALOR and 2,000 for the opportunity to meet with colleagues in the field to prevent and end sexual violence and help us set the national agenda for the sexual assault movement at this year’s National Sexual Assault Conference®. Early registration is $495 and is now open and will run until June 15, 2023. Regular registration is $595 and runs from June 16, 2023 until we reach capacity. VALOR has set aside a room block at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square (as well as Parc 55 San Francisco) and received a specia ..read more

For the first time in four years, VALOR welcomed back legislatures, advocates, survivors, and community partners to the California Capitol for our 2023 Denim Day Rally. With the theme, Equity in Action, speakers and attendees asked the question, “What does it mean to embody equity in action in our work?” Standing over 200 people strong, we created an environment to answer that. A powerful First Partner of California, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, said, “We are far from powerless. Today, I feel fully the collective power of the community of survivors and allies.” Leaning into her survivorhood, Sie ..read more

Every year in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the National Sexual Violence Resources Center invites each state sexual assault coalition the opportunity to nominate an individual who has created a significant impact in preventing sexual violence through a Visionary Voice Award. It’s so important that we pause and take the time to recognize and honor those who have dedicated their lives to making our world a safer and better place. This year, VALOR is proud to present California’s Visionary Voice Award in memory of Laura Segura, past Executive Director of Monarch Services. Laura Segur ..read more

Please join us for our in-person Gender Equity: Building Inclusive Leadership, Policy, and Practice for Violence Prevention Training! It will take place at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West, CA on Thursday, June 8th from 10 am to 5 pm PT and Friday, June 9th from 9 am to 3 pm PT. This training is open to all Rape Prevention Education (RPE) grantees, California Rape Crisis Centers, Sexual and Domestic Violence (SD) grantees, and other organizations committed to preventing sexual violence. This training will provide an overview of gender equity, explore the intersections of sexism, heterosexism ..read more

Muchas familias quieren tener conversaciones sobre la violencia sexual y doméstica, pero no saben por dónde empezar. Esta guía lo ayudará a tener esas conversaciones mientras viaja hacia y desde la escuela. Esta guía se puede utilizar para ayudarlo a navegar conversaciones difíciles sobre relaciones, acoso, consentimiento y mucho más. Esto servirá como punto de partida para muchas más conversaciones seguras por venir. Tener estas conversaciones puede ser difícil: especialmente si usted, como tantos otros, no fue educado sobre la prevención y respuesta a la violencia sexual y doméstica. Con e ..read more

This Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), VALOR is asking, “What does Equity In Action mean to you? How can you embody this in your everyday work?” This SAAM, use VALOR’s media toolkit to make Equity In Action a presence on all of your platforms. Download the toolkit and social media graphics to support your messaging, and share widely with your communities. Join us on April 11th, for Equity In Action Day! Post the SAAM graphics, or your own image on social media and let us know what Equity In Action looks like in your community. Don’t forget to tag VALOR and use the hashtag #EquityInAction ..read more