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|08-20-2018 -
|What's New in 2018? The State of Adolescent Sexual Health in Minnesota
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy N, St Paul, MN 55104
What's New in 2018? The State of Adolescent Sexual Health in Minnesota
Understanding current adolescent sexual health data and statistics is a core part of our work as professionals. In this workshop, participants will review the most current statistics on the sexual health of Minnesota youth, including pregnancy, birth and STI statistics, trends in adolescent pregnancy and sexual behaviors, and how Minnesota measures up regionally and nationally. This workshop will include a special focus on relationship violence and sexual abuse among Minnesota teens. Each participant will gain a basic understanding of current data and statistics and how to use this information in your work to support the sexual health of Minnesota adolescents.
Jill Farris, MPH is the Director of Adolescent Sexual Health Training and Education at the Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center. In this role, she assists youth-serving organizations and practitioners as they seek to implement adolescent sexual health programs with youth. Farris is a certified trainer on more than a dozen evidence-based interventions to prevent teen pregnancy and HIV/STIs, and is sought after as a national expert on program fidelity, adaptation and implementation. She also leads the creation and dissemination of the annual Adolescent Sexual Health Report, as well as various county health reports and fact sheets that are widely utilized by youth-serving agencies and professionals. In her free time, Jill enjoys running, cooking recipes with obscure ingredients, doing the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle in pen, and chasing after her two daughters.
Meeting Agenda
1:00 – 1: 15 p.m. Registration and networking
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. Welcome: Amy Kenzie, Minnesota Department of Health, and Hannah Laniado, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Presentation: What's New in 2018? The State of Sexual Health in Minnesota, Jill Farris, MPH
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Adolescent sexual health and preventing sexual violence: Adrianna Perez, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Marissa Raguet and Mary Hopkins, Minnesota Department of Health
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Announcements
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Final closing, adjourn
A recording of the meeting is available on the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault YouTube page.
|05-21-2018 -
|Jump Back Into Your Youth!: Experience the Southwest Crisis Center's Prevention Programming
1527 Prairie Drive, Worthington, MN 56187
Step into the shoes of a young person going through one of the Southwest Crisis Center¿s sexual violence prevention programs. In this interactive presentation, you¿ll get the opportunity to dive in and participate in multiple activities and curriculums centered around healthy masculinity, consent, bystander intervention, health relationships, and more! You¿ll have the opportunity to see the full range of services that SWCC¿s G.R.A.C.E. (Give Respect and Cultivate Excellence) program offers, from prevention presentations to youth discussion groups to one on one emotional support. Seth Quam, Juli Fast, Miranda Roskamp, Bianca Alvarez, and Allan Bakke will present from the Southwest Crisis Center.
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Registration and networking
10:45 - 10:55 a.m. Welcome: Adrianna Perez, MNCASA and Amy Kenzie, MN Department of Health
10:55 - 11:20 a.m. Prevention Overview: Mary Hopkins and Marissa Raguet, MN Department of Health
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 - 12:55 p.m. Jump Back Into Your Youth!: Experience the Southwest Crisis Center¿s Prevention Programming with Seth Quam, Juli Fast, Miranda Roskamp, Bianca Alvarez, and Allan Bakke
12:55 - 1:00 p.m. Final Closing and Adjourn
A recording of this meeting is available on the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault YouTube page.
10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
|02-09-2018 -
|What does NEAR Science have to do with Sexual Violence Prevention?
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, Saint Paul, MN 55104
You may have heard about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study. It is one piece of a puzzle that some are now looking at more comprehensively in combination with other related fields as NEAR Science: Neurobiology, Epigenetics, ACEs and Resilience. Come hear more about NEAR Science and how Minnesota Communities Caring for Children is partnering with communities around the state to share this knowledge and engaging community wisdom to build self-healing communities.
Becky Dale, Chief Operating Officer, Minnesota Communities Caring for Children Ms. Dale is a non-profit administrator with more than 15 years of experience in non-profit leadership, management and program development. She is also a certified leadership and transformation coach, and a composer who has worked extensively in theater including founding and producing the West Side Theater Project. In her 30-year career she has worked for Minnesota Communities Caring for Children (also known as Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota), the West Side Family Center, and Casa de Esperanza, all in St. Paul, MN. She is particularly interested in efforts that promote individual, family and community wellness for all, believing that all of our well-being is connected.
9:15-9:30 - Registration and Networking
9:30-9:40 - Welcome
9:40-10:05 - Prevention Prep
10:10-11:50 - Presentation: What does NEAR Science have to do with Sexual Violence Prevention?
11:50-12:00 - Evaluation, Announcements, Adjourn
9:15-9:30 - Registration and Networking 9:30-9:40 - Welcome 9:40-10:05 - Prevention Prep 10:10-11:50 - Presentation: What does NEAR Science have to do with Sexual Violence Prevention? 11:50-12:00 - Evaluation, Announcements, Adjourn
|11-02-2017 -
|Minnesota Crime Victimization Survey: Recent Findings
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy N., St. Paul, MN 55104
The presenter will be Valerie Clark, Director of Training, Research and Communications, from the Office of Justice Programs. Valerie will present on recent findings from the Minnesota Crime Victimization Survey. The Minnesota Statistical Analysis Center, a part of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), administered a statewide survey of victimization in late 2016. The mixed-mode survey collected data on experiences with crime victimization within the previous year, perceptions of safety and police effectiveness, and basic demographic information from 1,560 adults via mailed and web-based surveys. To ensure a representative sample with an adequate proportion of racial and ethnic minority respondents, households from majority non-white neighborhoods were over-sampled. Overall, the results of this survey reveal that self-reported victimizations are not following the same pattern as official crime data. While crimes reported to law enforcement agencies continue to decline, self-reported victimizations have remained stable or have slightly increased, depending on the crime type. Moreover, despite Minnesotans' confidence in the police, some of the most common and most serious types of offenses do not come to the attention of police. Despite the fact that serious violent crime has been continuing to decline in recent years, the rate of sexual assault without penetration more than tripled between 2010 and 2016. Join us to learn more about the results from the sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking questions on this survey.
Meeting Materials:
The meeting recording is available on the MNCASA YouTube channel.
The MN Crime Victimization Survey full report and executive summary for 2016 and previous years is available on the DPS Website.
|08-04-2017 -
|Boys, Trauma, and Sexual Violence
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104. Time: 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon (registration and networking from 9:15-9:30 a.m.)
This presentation will focus on boys' trauma from experiencing sexual violence as victims/survivors. The presenter will describe the nuances that will help providers in serving boys who are victims/survivors. The presenter will also discuss strategies for preventing sexual violence against boys.
Presenter: Pheng Thao, Statewide Coordinator, Men and Masculine Folks Network. Bio: Pheng Thao works at the intersections of building community, organizing community and mental health. He is committed to creating new masculine and male practices that will not marginalize women, girls, LGBTQ folks and limit boys and men's full expression. He has done numerous trainings and technical assistances to several local, national, and international organizations on gender based violence including domestic violence, sex trafficking, and sexual assault. Pheng is the statewide coordinator for the Men and Masculine Folks Network, a collaborative project of many community organizations and individuals. The Network serves as a hub of sharing and lifting up practices in different communities to engage men and masculine folks to end gender-based violence. He is also the founder and director of ManForward, a local organization based out of the Twin Cities, MN that works toward developing new practices of brotherhood among men, boys and masculinities to end gender violence and promote gender equity. As a mental health practitioner, Pheng supports and works with -- LGBTQ youth, families and couples; Hmong men who have committed sexual abuse; and founded a domestic violence Hmong men's program called Txivneej Yawg. Lastly, he serves as a trustee on the MN Women's Foundation.
Meeting Materials:
The meeting recording is available on the MNCASA YouTube channel.
Prevention Networking Activity
9:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon (registration and networking from 9:15-9:30 a.m.)
|05-15-2017 -
|From Advocacy to Education, Shifting the Paradigm
Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services Building (in the Multi-Purpose Room) 2200 23rd Street NE, Willmar, MN 56201
In 2016, the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) awarded Safe Avenues with a Community Primary Prevention Partnership Grant. With support from MNCASA, Safe Avenues began providing an evidence-based curriculum targeting attitudes and behaviors associated with dating abuse and violence to area students in grades 7-12. This presentation will include an overview of the Safe Dates curriculum and an opportunity to participate in one of the session activities. The presentation will use real life examples about one community's experience in using an evidenced based curriculum to have authentic conversations. We'll also examine the difference between one time presentations and the art of making connections with community, educators, and students to create meaningful change.
Jen Johnson, Executive Director, Safe Avenues
Kasey Baker, Director of Community Outreach, Safe Avenues
Melissa Hoffman Bodin, Education Advisor, Dream Technical Academy
|02-03-2017 -
|The Importance of a Building a Strong Foundation for Prevention Programs
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Parkway North, Saint Paul, MN
Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted Victim Services has provided prevention programming for 30 years and has seen a lot of growth over the last couple of years. By adding several different programs, we have been able to move from providing services to a few thousand students to reaching over 13,000 students in the last year.
Presenters will share their knowledge and practice around intentional planning, understanding theories underlying effective prevention such as the spectrum of prevention, building strong relationships with school partners, outreach to multiple age groups from elementary students to college aged youth, and developing/offering programs that connect to and build off of each other.
Alex Peterson - Prevention Specialist and Sexual Assault Interagency Council Coordinator, Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted County Victim Services
Neil Dennison - Prevention Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator, Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted County Victim Services
9:15-9:30 a.m. Registration and networking
9:30-9:40 a.m. Welcome
9:40-11:45 a.m. Presentation (with short break)
11:45-12:00 noon Announcements, adjourn
|11-04-2016 -
|MDH Sexual Violence Data Brief: What does the Data Tell Us?
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104
|08-04-2016 -
|Men's Engagement in Sexual Violence Prevention on Campuses and Sexual Violence in the Aftermath of Disasters
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104
1.Britt Heinz-Amborn, a recent graduate from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, earning her Master of Public Policy with a concentration in Gender and Policy will present on:
Men¿s Engagement in Sexual Violence Prevention on Campuses
On campuses across the U.S., the call for men to ¿stand up¿ against sexual assault coupled with increasing attention to the terms of consensual sex has created a particular moment. What about men who choose to advocate in sexual violence prevention? What can we learn from their experiences? Renewed public discourse invites scholars and practitioners to revisit how men engage in sexual violence prevention. Based on 17 months of field work and over 20 interviews with two distinct populations - volunteer advocates and fraternity men, Britt wil discuss how men navigate this unlikely space and how their reach might, or might not, extend to other college students in effort to prevent sexual violence. Britt¿s findings speak to the necessity for practitioners to employ multiple strategies of engagement, in particular, seeking out both activists and brokers on campus.
2.PaHoua Vang, a recent Master of Public Health graduate from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health will present on:
Sexual Violence in the Aftermath of Disasters
Natural disasters have the potential to exacerbate risk of sexual violence by disrupting the social infrastructure, leaving people displaced and homeless, and making access to resources more difficult. To explore this impact on a local level, 16 service providers of the Minneapolis Tornado of 2011 were interviewed about their observations of sexual violence risks in relation to the natural disaster. Although the majority were unaware, key qualitative findings point to the increase of supply and demand in sex trade. PaHoua will explain the unique circumstances of natural disasters that shape the experience of sexual violence in ways that public health and emergency management must understand.
Meeting Materials:
The video recording is available on the MNCASA youtube channel.
|05-12-2016 -
|Terminology and Definitions Matter: Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking/Abusive International Marriages/relationships
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104
This SVPN meeting will be on Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 9:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Terminology and Definitions Matter: Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking/Abusive International Marriages/relationships
Although forms of sexual and domestic violence may not be so different in homes across America, the context of communities matters if we want to more effectively address and help to end gender-based violence. In the Hmong American community there is an increasing number of international marriages and relationships that are having a detrimental impact on families. In this workshop we will discuss and define what constitutes abusive international marriages and relationships, and dive deeper on the intersections of gender, culture, and globalization. Additionally, participants will consider how to improve services for families given new insights. The knowledge and insights gained from this presentation will inform our prevention work.
MayTong Chang and Pheng Thao, organizers with Transforming Generations
Meeting Materials:
The video recording of the meeting is available through MNCASA here: MNCASA Youtube Channel - SVPN 5.12.2016 Meeting
Contact email@example.com if you would like a copy of the presenter's slides.
9:45-10:00 a.m. - Registration and Networking
10:00-11:45 a.m. - Presentation
11:45-12:00 noon - Announcements, adjourn
|02-12-2016 -
|Healthy Masculinity: The evolution of a community solution
Comstock Memorial Union, Room 101, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 615 14th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563 (remote livestream also available)
Please join us for the next SVPN meeting to be held on Friday, February 12, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in Moorhead, MN (in-person participation or livestream option available).
Healthy Masculinity: The evolution of a community solution
There is a positive interdependence between men and women. As Tony Porter says, "Our liberation as men is directly tied to the liberation of women." Many men and women in our community believe this is true, and a larger conversation about healthy masculinity is becoming an increasingly popular topic in our area. But it wasn't always that way. In this presentation, Kathy, Dayna, and Greg will illustrate how the effort to engage men in the prevention of IPV and SV has evolved over time and how the prevention leaders within our community decided to prioritize conversation about healthy masculinity. We'll look at some of the challenges and successes of this evolution as we seek to unite everyone in the prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence.
- Dayna Olson, Public Educator and Preventionist, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center
- Kathy Smith, Director of Prevention and Education, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center
Location: Comstock Memorial Union, Room 101, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 615 14th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563.
(Note: A map of the campus with parking lots marked can be found here. Guests will be not charge for parking on campus that day however they will need to park in the red or yellow parking lots. If they park in any other lot they will be ticketed.)
Education credits: Two hours of continuing education credits will be available for social work and nursing.
-The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: https://youtu.be/qX63apGx0LQ
(Note: sound quality improves after 9-minute mark.)
Meeting Materials:
-Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.
|11-06-2015 -
|SVPN Meeting: "De-Biasing Your Brain"
Friday, November 6, 2015, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon (registration/networking 9:30-9:45)
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, (Amherst H. Wilder Room)
De-Biasing Your Brain
In this presentation, we will explore a foundational knowledge of cognitive gender bias (aka implicit bias): what it is, how it works, and why it matters to our work in sexual violence prevention. We will face some bad news head on: cognitive bias is pervasive – it is everywhere, it infects all of us, and it leads to tremendous inequality. But we will also consider some good news, brought to us by recent research into "de-biasing" techniques. This presentation will outline ways of becoming more conscious about cognitive bias and how to address it both personally and institutionally. Once equipped with this knowledge, participants will have an opportunity to collectively discuss how cognitive bias affects sexual violence advocacy and prevention work and brainstorm solutions applicable in that realm.
Presenter: Lisa Stratton, Co-founder, Gender Justice
Lisa Stratton is an attorney and co-founder of Gender Justice. In her 20-year litigation career, Ms. Stratton has specialized in individual and class action gender discrimination cases. Ms. Stratton began her litigation career with the firm, Sprenger & Lang, which represented the women from the Minnesota Iron Range who sued Eveleth Mines for sex discrimination and whose story later inspired the movie "North Country." With Gender Justice, she continues to litigate sex discrimination cases as well as civil sexual assault cases, both intimate partner sexual violence and workplace sexual assaults.
Gender Justice addresses the causes and consequences of gender inequality, both locally and nationally. We pursue this mission through three interconnected program areas:
- impact litigation
- policy work
- public education and training
In each program area, we seek to highlight the central role of cognitive bias – the subtle but pervasive ways that stereotypes affect our perceptions, decision, and preferences – as a cause of inequality. Likewise, in each program area, we seek to counteract the most harmful consequences of inequality, by working to dismantle the gender-based barriers that keep people from full participation in our economy and our society. While we believe gender inequality is detrimental to all, we focus particularly on the needs of those individuals – such as low-income and immigrant workers – who face additional barriers to accessing the justice system.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.
The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: SVPN 11-6-2015 video recording
9:30 – 9:45 Registration/Networking
9:45 – 11:45 Presentation
11:45 – 12:00 Announcements/Adjourn
|08-06-2015 -
|SVPN Meeting: Shaping Environments to Prevent Sexual Violence
Shaping Environments to Prevent Sexual Violence
Sexual violence prevention can sometimes feel out of reach, but it doesn't have to be. This presentation will examine how Men As Peacemakers (MAP) looks for innovative opportunities to systematically shape social environments to promote gender equity and prevent sexual violence. Sarah Curtiss and Ed Heisler will use MAP programming as a case study to explain how a public health approach to primary prevention is fundamental their work.
Ed Heisler, Executive Director, Men As Peacemakers
Sarah Curtiss, Program Director, Men As Peacemakers
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.
The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: SVPN 8-6-2015 video recording
|05-05-2015 -
|Sexual Assault on Campus: New directions in policies, practices and prevention
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, Amherst H. Wilder Room (i.e. auditorium A).
Sexual Assault on campus has been receiving a lot of attention, particularly with the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault report released in April 2014. Since then, we've seen California pass legislation requiring campuses to use an "affirmative consent" definition (aka "yes means yes"), a growing list of institutions being investigated by the Office of Civil Rights for Title IX violations, and two federal bills introduced specifically to address campus sexual assault. In Minnesota, one of MDH's Sexual Violence Prevention Program's key partners, the MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), and several of our panelists have been working with legislators interested in issues related to improving prevention and response to campus sexual assault. Please join us for a panel discussion about what's currently working and not working on campuses as well as a sense of what the future holds both legislatively and in terms of campus climate around sexual assault.
Emily Erickson, Sexual Misconduct Prevention Coordinator, University of St. Thomas
Hannah Fischer, Sexual Violence Program Team Leader, Coalition to End Sexual Violence Coordinator, Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Mankato
Roberta Gibbons, faculty, Violence Prevention researcher, Metro State University
Lee LaDue, Gender Violence Prevention Coordinator, Women's Center, St. Cloud State University
- 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
- 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements
This meeting is also available via livestream.
Questions: Contact email@example.com
Also, we would like to pass along a request for attendees of SVPN meetings to please avoid wearing perfume, cologne and other scented products. Thank you.
Meeting Materials:
Presentation video recording:
- 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
- 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements
|02-06-2015 -
|Popular Culture's Promotion of Sexual Violence Against Native Women
Sexual Violence Prevention Network (SVPN) Meeting
Dr. Sandi Pierce will illustrate the sexual stereotyping of American Indian women in popular culture in print media, popular art, and advertising, from the time of colonization through the present.
Patina Park, Executive Director of Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, will facilitate a discussion of potential prevention activities.
Meeting Materials:
Note: The video recording for this presentation is not available (presenters requested that we not share the recording).
|11-06-2014 -
|SVPN Meeting: Youth Trauma Experiences and Impact on Health and Behavior
Sexual Violence Prevention Network Meeting (SVPN)
Please join us for an examination of trauma in students using the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey and the impacts on health and behaviors. Findings will be presented on youth in mainstream schools, alternative learning centers, and juvenile correctional facilities.
Presenter: Danette Buskovick, Director, Training, Research and Communication,
Dept. of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs
Meeting Materials:
Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/me9MDey_tzw
9:30am - 12pm. A more detailed agenda will be posted at a later date.
|08-08-2014 -
|SVPN Meeting: Minnesota's Anti-Bullying Legislation: What we all Need to Know
Join us for a panel presentation on Minnesota's recently passed anti-bullying legislation…
"This legislation is intended to prevent bullying by a student to facilitate a safe and conducive educational environment for all students, ameliorate the effects of bullying and teach students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior."
(continue reading, MN HF 826: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF826&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue).
Panelists will talk about the policy, its intentions and requirements, and will discuss what this means for sexual violence prevention in schools and implications for sexual and domestic violence program work.
Representative Jim Davnie, MN House of Representatives (bill author)
Nancy Riestenberg, MN Department of Education School Climate Specialist
Rebecca Waggoner, Anti-Violence Program Director, OutFront Minnesota
LOCATION: Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, Amherst H. Wilder Room (i.e. auditorium A). Free parking is available in their ramp.
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Meeting Materials:
Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/iGEWVtPzAjU
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements
|05-08-2014 -
|SVPN Meeting: Online, Offline, and Over-the-Line: Youth and the Internet
With an estimated 16 million users under the age of 18, it is impossible to deny that the Internet has changed the social life of youth. The Internet has influenced what youth know, and the way they think, feel, and behave. Clearly, the Internet has had a significant, positive impact in the lives of youth, but there is a dark side that we cannot deny. Pornography, gambling, sexual harassment, sex offenders, and online bullying; these are just a few of the issues youth face when they access the Internet.
This presentation will review the latest research related to youth and their online behavior. Particular attention will be paid to the sexual aspects of the Internet that influence youth in the online world. The presentation will also discuss what youth need to know to maintain emotional health in an electronic world and how adults can be involved in this process.
Presenter: Elizabeth Griffen
Elizabeth Griffin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over twenty - nine years experience assessing and treating adolescents and adults who struggle with sexual issues. Ms. Griffin lectures and consults nationally on the assessment and treatment of problematic online sexual behaviors, sexually compulsive behaviors, and sexual offending behaviors. She also lectures on Internet safety issues to a variety of audiences including youth. Ms. Griffin has published numerous academic articles on issues related to problematic sexual behavior both offline and online. She has also co-authored several books and workbooks including In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, and Illegal Images: Critical Issues and Strategies for Addressing Child Pornography Use.
Meeting Materials:
Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/bRNTCVU_A3k
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing
|02-13-2014 -
|SVPN Meeting: Using your Story to Change Minds
Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104
With the legislature starting at the end of February, now is a great time to build your confidence and skills for educating/talking with your legislators about the issues that matter to you. We know that the Civil Commitment Task Force recommendations will be on their agenda but what can we do to ensure that sexual violence prevention is on their agenda too?
We'll start our presentation with an overview of the legislative process and quickly move into talking about how to create effective messages. Then, we'll work in small groups to practice delivering our messages. You'll leave this session with confidence and skills to use your personal stories to advance policies at the legislature...and at the community/organizational level as well.
Presenter: Amy Brugh, Amy Brugh Consulting
Amy Brugh is a nonprofit consultant specializing in planning, facilitation and project management, with a particular focus in advocacy and public health. Previously she was the Director of External Relations at the Minnesota AIDS Project, where she was charged with advancing the fundraising, communications, public policy and volunteer programs, and the Public Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, where she lobbied elected officials and conducted grassroots legislative and electoral campaigns.
Amy currently serves on the board of directors of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and MCN's subsidiary organization, Nonprofit Insurance Advisors. She holds a Master's degree in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Meeting Materials:
Video recording for this presentation: https://youtu.be/ypSmM4T7zug
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing
|11-08-2013 -
|Management, Treatment and Prevention...a Conversation about People who have Committed Sex Offenses
William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, William Mitchell (Kelley Board Room)
The Sexual Violence Prevention Network meeting will feature a dialog with:
Eric Janus, Dean of William Mitchell School of Law
Jeanne Ronayne, Director of Victim Services of Dodge Fillmore and Olmsted Counties
and Haley Fox, Clinical Director of the MN Sex Offender Program
We will explore how effective, reasoned and evidence based approaches to the management and treatment of those who have committed sex offenses blends with emerging conversations about preventing the perpetration of sexual violence. We want to support thoughtful, respectful and productive public discourse that ultimately may help us prevent child sexual abuse and sexual violence.
Location (note location change for this meeting):
William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, William Mitchell (Kelley Board Room)
10:30 - 11:00 - Registration and networking
11:00 - 1:00 - Presentation
1:00 - 1:30 - Resource Sharing
|08-09-2013 -
|Opportunities for prevention and intervention: Screening for Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Assaults and Gang Rape
Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118
Learn about the partnership model used by the Ramsey County Attorney's office and the Midwest Children's Resource Center whereby high risk runaway youth are referred for intensive health assessments. We will review assessment data from our program and discuss different pathways and opportunities for intervening with runaway youth. We will provide two case studies about intervening with runaway, sexually abused youth.
Presenters: Laurel Edinburgh, MS, PNP, RNC Midwest Children's Resource Center Minnesota and Kate Richtman, Director, Ramsey County Juvenile Division
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation (video conference)
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing
|05-10-2013 -
|From Scandal to Social Change
Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118
Using recent public child sexual abuse allegations in youth sports and youth serving organizations as the backdrop, Yvonne Cournoyer, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), will lead a discussion of what needs to change to create safe environments for children.
Yvonne will provide a brief case study of recent "scandals" to illustrate the gaps in current practice that allow sexual abuse to occur at such alarming rates. Yvonne will discuss that effecting the changes that will prevent children from ever experiencing sexual harm in these settings will require social change at all levels of society—from individuals to institutions. You will leave with knowledge and tools you can use in your own life and to work with parents and youth serving organizations to proactively prevent child sexual abuse.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing
|02-15-2013 -
|Marketing Safety Across the Generations (open to public)
Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118
Join us for an exciting presentation by Bob Filipczak: Marketing Safety Across the Generations. Bob Filipczak is Social Media Coordinator for MnDOT and the co-author of Generations at Work, published in 1999 and republished in 2012. He has been studying the different generations since about 1994 when he wrote a ground breaking article about Generation X for Training Magazine. Since initially studying the Boomers, Gen Xers, and Gen Yers, he has been neck-deep in studying the next generation of young people¿the Millennials. His presentation is entertaining, utilizes many ads and marketing campaigns and is amazingly insightful in terms of addressing the question: Are we messaging to the people we are trying to reach?
Julia Johnsen from the U of M Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health will lead the discussion and brainstorming following Bob¿s Presentation. We encourage you to physically attend this SVPN meeting if possible (rather than livestream) to participate in what is sure to be a lively discussion! (note new meeting location)
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (registration/networking from 10:30-11:00 presentation/videoconference begins at 11:00)
|11-02-2012 -
|Using Stories for Prevention: Tapping into HeART
Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room
Single stories often get in the way of collective action but stories based on solutions can help us put a face to the facts and tap into people's hearts in order to take meaningful action for substantive change. This SVPN meeting will provide tools and dialogue around three types of stories you can use in your work to build community, engage participants, and help others to see their role in prevention. Be prepared for active involvement, to get up and move, not only to listen!
Cordelia Anderson, M.A.
President, Sensibilities Prevention Services http://www.cordeliaanderson.com/
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing
(Video conf. 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
|09-06-2012 -
|Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Role of Home Visitation
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation 451 Lexington Parkway North Saint Paul, MN 55104
NOTE: The date for this event is tentative.
Do you want to know more about Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they relate to the work of home visiting nurses/professionals? Are you a home visiting nurse/professional who is interested in prevention and intervention related to sensitive issues such as sexual abuse and violence?
Presenter: Dr. David McCollum
As a former physician and co-founder of the Academy on Violence and Abuse, Dr. McCollum has been a primary voice in Minnesota calling for more attention to Adverse Childhood Experiences and their associated effects on health over the lifespan. He has over 3 decades of experience talking to patients about ACEs as well as training health professionals on the issue.
You are invited to explore a new model to engage spiritual communities in preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse:
a Spiritual Communities Prevention Tree.
You will experience how the model works, how it was used in three test communities,
and how a spiritual community – yours or others with which you work – can make use of it.
Libby Bergman, Executive Director of the Family Enhancement Center, Minneapolis
Amy Hartman, National Director of Cherish Our Children, Minneapolis.
Libby and Amy served as co-chairs for the Spiritual Communities Action Team
in connection with the MDH Sexual Violence Prevention 5-year State Plan
Meeting Materials:
|02-03-2012 -
|Juvenile Sex Offenders: Turning Research into Action and Prevention
Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
Why do some youth sexually offend and how does that impact our sexual violence prevention work?
The facts are startling. Hear from the experts and join us in this critical discussion!
Panel Moderator, Ann Lindstrom, Prevention Policy Director,
MN Sex Offender Program, Department of Human Services
Michael Miner, PhD, Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota
Jim Scovil, Dakota County Community Corrections Deputy Director
Sarah Gravelle, LMFT, Coordinator, The SHARP Program for Youth and Families, Kenwood Center
Nancy Riestenberg, School Climate Specialist, MN Department of Education
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.:Registration and networking
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m:Meeting and video conference
|11-04-2011 -
|Stepping out of the story, expanding the frame: Using ACE data to build support for social change
Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
What does preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - including child sexual abuse - have to do with preventing diabetes, heart disease, obesity, early pregnancy, substance use, or improving education outcomes? Everything! We all have a pivotal role in promoting the conditions necessary to achieve the health and well-being we seek for our communities - no matter where you work in public health, policy, advocacy, education, social services. This SVPN meeting will provide you with an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, how its findings have been used to craft policies and advocacy messages, and the implications for sexual violence prevention work. We will describe the ways in which how we frame the story of child sexual abuse prevention - as advocates, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners - shapes our ability to achieve the change we are demanding. We will also explore how the ACE study has been used to create new frames that support our prevention efforts. We will also highlight how Minnesota is planning to collect and use ACE data - and how that data will be available to you and your organization.Presenters/Panel:
- Julia Johnsen, MPH, Director of Community Outreach, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health www.epi.umn.edu/mch
- Ilana Blum, CDC Associate, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/topic/svp/
- Karina A. Forrest-Perkins, MHR LADC, Executive Director, Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota www.pcamn.org
- Lindsay Gullingsrud, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault www.mncasa.com
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. : Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. : Presentation
1:00 p.m - 1:30 p.m. : Resource Sharing
(Video-conference portion of the meeting runs from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
|08-12-2011 -
|Meeting cancelled (next planned meeting is 11/4/11).
Due to the uncertainty of a state government shutdown, the August 12, 2011 SVPN meeting/presentation has been cancelled. We plan to resume our SVPN quarterly meeting schedule once the state budget issues have been resolved, with our next SVPN meeting on November 4, 2011.
|05-13-2011 -
|Demand the Change, Change of Heart
Snelling Office Park - Mississippi Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN
This SVPN presentation will provide participants an opportunity to learn more about Demand the Change, Change of Heart.
This is a MNCASA prevention initiative designed to mobilize communities and engage broader audiences in actions they can take to make social change. Through previous roundtables and the MN Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence, MNCASA learned the importance of having an answer to the often asked question of What is the IT? What is it that I/we can do to prevent sexual violence?
While there is not one simple action nor answer to such questions, people, organizations and communities are able to Demand the Change when they see and hear practices they find offensive or believe feed the demand to treat children, young people and women as sexual objects or commodities that they are entitled to abuse, exploit and violate whether for individual or commercial gain.
Learn about how you can use this campaign and also use the power of stories to focus on solutions and successful action.
Hear more Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) efforts related to this initiative and other tools available to help you advance your prevention efforts.
Cordelia Anderson, M.A., Facilitator, Trainer, Consultant, Sensibilities, Inc.
Lindsay Gullingsrud, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Meeting Materials:
|02-25-2011 -
|Sexual Abuse in Later Life
Snelling Office Park - Mississippi Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN
Sexual violence can affect individuals across the lifespan, including people in later life.
Many older victims have survived multiple victimizations over the course of their lives.
Recognition of sexual violence against people in later life is hindered by misconceptions that older adults are not sexual beings or sexually desirable and that rape is a crime of passion.
Join us for our panel presentation/discussion and learn about the often hidden problem
of sexual abuse in later life and ways we can all work to prevent it.
Char Thompson
Minnesota Network on Abuse in Later Life
Deb Holtz
Minnesota State Ombudsman for Long-term Care
Cristine Davidson
Business & Development Specialist
Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition
Panel Moderator
Donna Dunn
Executive Director
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for all locations and for live webstream, link to:
For those of you participating via live-stream, the link is: mms://stream2.video.state.mn.us/OET-Live
Meeting Materials:
- Barriers and Remedies (PPT: 309KB/39 slides)
- Certificate of Attendance 2-25-11 (DOC: 31KB/1 pages)
- Demographics of Aging Population(PDF: 130KB/2 pages)
- Elder Sexual Abuse (DOC: 31KB/1 page)
- Elder Abuse Tribal (PDF: 65KB/8 pages)
- Final Spectrum (DOC: 37KB/1 page)
- Part1: We Are Still Relatives Sexual Abuse in Later Life (PPT: 5.74MB/4 slides)
- Part2: We Are Still Relatives (PPT: 8.43MB/4 slides)
- Resource List Sexual Abuse In Later Life (DOC:76KB/2 pages)
- SAR1206-SA2-Sexual Abuse Later in Life (PDF: 96KB/4 pages)
- Evaluation 2-25-11 (DOC: 37KB/1 page)
- MBA Power Point Presentation (PPTX: 128KB/10 slides)
- MBA Power Point Presentation (PPT: 537KB/10 slides)
|11-05-2010 -
|A Significant Increase in Sex Trafficking in Minnesota?
What's going on? What is Minnesota doing about it?
Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
Charlotte Flowers, Senior Program Officer, Womens Foundation of Minnesota http://www.wfmn.org/
Beatriz Mananteau, Staff Attorney, The Advocates for Human Rights http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/
Cordelia Anderson, Prevention Consultant, Sensibilities, Inc., http://www.cordeliaanderson.com/
Meeting Materials:
- AFNAP_Research_Presentation (PPT: 4MB/13 pages)
- August Trafficking Report_SchapiroGroup (PDF: 494KB/25 pages)
- Sex Trafficking FactSheet (PDF: 115KB/4 pages)
- SVPN Sex Trafficking (PPTX: 7MB/37 pages)
- SVPN Presentation 11-5-10 for participants (PPT: 980KB/37 pages)
- SVPN Resources 11-5-10 (DOC: 100KB/4 pages)
- MIWSAC_PRE_Prelim Findings 8-25-10 (PDF: 110KB/4 pages)
|08-13-2010 -
|Sexual violence is a public health issue...let's make it a public health priority!
Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
- Donna Dunn, Executive Director, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault http://www.mncasa.org/
- Nicole Matthews, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition http://www.miwsac.org/
- Frank Jewell, Executive Director, Men As Peacemakers and Co-Founder, Minnesota Mens Action Network
- Jeri Boisvert, Executive Director, Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety http://www.ojp.state.mn.us/index.htm
- Patty Wetterling, Director, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/topic/svp/
Panel Moderator:
- Mark Kinde, Injury and Violence Prevention Program Director, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/index.cfm
|05-14-2010 -
|Seeking Common Ground: Exploring the Role of Sexuality Education in Sexual Violence Prevention
Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
Preventing sexual violence requires multiple strategies. Creating sexually healthy environments for our children and youth means ensuring that they have the best and most reliable information about healthy sexuality. For several years in Minnesota, policy has been proposed to enhance the education that happens in public schools regarding sexuality, sexual health, and pregnancy prevention. This year, for the first time, the proposed policy language referred to sexual violence prevention as a goal of effective comprehensive sexual health education. Research evidence suggests that parents want their children to have good sexuality information and that a comprehensive approach is responsible and respectful of youth.
This panel presentation highlights Dr. Marla Eisenberg, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Eisenberg will be joined by Lorie Alveshare, Policy Director at MOAPPP, Frederick Ndip, Planned Parenthood, and Anna Schmitz, Planned Parenthood Teen Council. MDH and MNCASA staff will also participate in the panel discussion.
The goal of the presentation is to give participants the language to engage in productive conversation about the role of sexuality education in preventing sexual violence.
For more information and/or to RSVP, contact email@example.com
Meeting Materials:
|02-26-2010 -
|Sexual Violence and People with Disabilities: Understanding the Problem and How to Prevent It
Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
Dr. Nancy Fitzsimons, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Meeting will also be videoconferenced to MDH district offices in Bemidji, Marshall, Duluth, Rochester, Fergus Falls, St. Cloud, and Mankato, and to Olmsted County Government Center, Rochester.
Meeting Materials:
|11-06-2009 -
|Promoting Health and Healing: Addressing the Mental Health Impacts of Sexual Assault from an Advocacy Perspective
Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN
Sexual assault and abuse can have serious mental health consequences for women and children. Understanding the range of potential mental health needs of survivors and how to address them within an empowerment-based framework is an important part of providing services for survivors that enhance their safety and well-being.
This presentation will provide an overview of current research on mental health, violence, and abuse and will offer steps that advocates and other professionals can take within their agencies and organizations to address mental health issues in sensitive, appropriate, and empowering ways.
Phyllis Brashler, Ph.D.
Minnesota Department of Health Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Meeting Materials:
|08-07-2009 -
|"Sex Trafficking: A Climate Change in Minnesota"
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth
835 W. College Street, Duluth, MN 55881
Mary Ellison, Esq., from The Advocates for Human Rights
Sarah Curtiss from the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)
Kelly Martin-Kurtz from the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA)
Bob Carter, Investigator with the Sex Crimes, Abuse and Neglect Unit of the Duluth Police Department
|05-01-2009 -
|Are We Making a Difference?
Public Health Services Building, Cascade Room, 2100 Campus Drive, SE, Rochester, 55904
Dorothy Gondwe, Research Analyst and Jon Roesler, Epidemiologist Supervisor,
Injury and Violence Prevention, Minnesota Department of Health
|02-06-2009 -
|What does the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) have to do with me?
Snelling Office Park
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Lydia Newlin, Department of Corrections Victim Liaison
Collin Gau, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Saint Cloud
|11-13-2008 -
|Celebrating 10 Years!
LoTo Cafe
380 Jackson St. (on Sibley btwn. 5th & 6th)
St. Paul, MN
|08-01-2008 -
|Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls
North Country Regional Hospital
1300 Anne Street NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
Suzanne Koepplinger, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Christine Stark, Writer, Poet, Visual Artist and Activist
|05-09-2008 -
|Minnesota Men's Action Network: Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence
Morrison County Government Center
213 SE 1st Ave.
Little Falls, MN 56345
Chuck Derry, Gender Violence Institute
Frank Jewell, Men As Peacemakers
|02-01-2008 -
|Sexually Exploited Youth and the Connection to Homelessness
Anoka County Human Service Center
1201 89th Ave. NE, Ste. 300
Blaine, MN 55434
Panel: Ann Gaasch, Program Director, The Bridge for Runaway Youth, Inc.
Jay Wagner, Street Outreach Worker, Streetworks
Deena McKinney, Program Supervisor of Homeless Youth Programs
|11-02-2007 -
|What Will It Take to Stop Sexual Violence on Minnesota Campuses?
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Lee LaDue
Sexual Assault Services Coordinator
and Michael Hernandez
Male Peer Educator
Gender Violence Resources Office
St. Cloud State University Women's Center
Roberta Gibbons
Associate Director
and Violence Prevention Educators
Aurora Center
University of Minnesota
Richard Carlbom
former student of
St. John's University
participating in the
Center for Men's Leadership
outreach activities
|08-17-2007 -
|The Costs of Sexual Violence in Minnesota
Ottertail Power Company
215 S. Cascade Street
Fergus Falls, MN 56538
Laura Hutton
Research Scientist
Injury and Violence Prevention Unit
MN Department of Health
Donna Dunn
Executive Director
MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault
|05-11-2007 -
|Trafficking of American Indian Women
Division of Indian Work
1001 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Suzanne Koepplinger
Executive Director
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Christine Stark
Writer, Poet, Visual Artist and Activist
|02-02-2007 -
|Sexual Violence Prevention:
Strategies and GLBT Youth
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Rebecca Waggoner Kloek
Anti-Violence Program Manager
OutFront Minnesota
|11-03-2006 -
|Choose Respect in Minnesota
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Dresden Jones
Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator
Danielle Kluz
Public Awareness and Prevention Coordinator
MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault
|08-04-2006 -
|The Role of Adults In Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Lyon County Courthouse
(Conference Rooms 1 and 2)
607 West Main St.
Marshall, MN 56258
Yvonne Cournoyer
Program Director
Leah Sweet
Prevention Specialist
Stop it Now! Minnesota
|05-12-2006 -
|Culture of Confusion:
Helping Teens Navigate the Power of the Media
Sexual Assault Program
of Northern St. Louis County
505 Twelfth Ave. W.
Virginia, MN 55792
Michael Mann
David Walsh's National Institute
on Media and the Family
|02-03-2006 -
|Male Victimization:
Perspectives on Prevention
Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites
75 37th Avenue, S.
St. Cloud, MN 56302
John Bullough
Rape & Sexual Abuse Center
|11-04-2005 -
|Communications for Action Against Sexual Violence
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Michael Goldberg
|08-05-2005 -
|Panel presentation:
Sexual Violence and Alcohol Abuse Prevention:
Where do they Intersect?
Public Health Services Building
2011 Campus Drive, SE
Rochester, MN
Donna Dunn
Associate Director
Program Manager
Sexual Violence Justice Institute (SVJI)
Monica Jensen
Community Relations Director
Dakota County
Patricia Rime
Program Manager
Probation/Supervised Release Services
|05-06-2005 -
|Understanding and working with youth who have been both sexual offenders and victims:
How to reduce the risks and stop the cycle of abuse
Lakes Crisis & Resource Center
718 Washington Street
Detroit Lakes, MN
also listed as
103 Front Street
Detroit Lakes, MN
Jeff Hansen, MS
Admissions and Community Relations
Mille Lacs Academy
|02-04-2005 -
|Helping Society Grow Up:
Moving Beyond Shame, Control and Domination
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Dr. Michael Obsatz
Macalester College
|11-05-2004 -
|Meeting cancelled
Meeting cancelled
Meeting cancelled
|08-06-2004 -
|Recruiting Youth into Prostitution
Trinity Lutheran Church
1420 South 6th Street
Brainerd, MN
Sgt. Andrew Schmidt
Minneapolis Police Department
Vednita Carter
Breaking Free
Rev. Al Erickson
Adults Saving Kids
|05-07-2004 -
|Preventing and responding to Sexual Assault in Minnesota Schools
University Lutheran Church of the Epiphany
390 4th Avenue S
St. Cloud, MN
Cordelia Anderson
Sensibilities, Inc.
Beth Olson
|02-06-2004 -
|The Role that Housing Plays in Prevention
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Robin Goldman
MN Dept of Corrections
|11-07-2003 -
|Prevention of Sexual Misconduct:
Some hard learning from faith communities.
Country Kitchen
Alexandria, MN
Fr. Roman Paur
|08-01-2003 -
|Rape is More than a Crime:
Public Health Surveillance of Sexual Violence in Minnesota, 1999-2001 and Attitudes, Beliefs, and Actions Taken Relating to Child Sexual Abuse in the 7-County Twin Cities Metro Area of MN
(Random Digital Dial Survey Results)
Blue Heron on the Green
Willmar, MN
Jon Roesler
Yvonne Cournoyer
|05-02-2003 -
|Men CAN Stop Rape:
What Men are Doing to Prevent Violence
Michael's Restaurant
St. Cloud, MN
Frank Jewell
Men as Peacemakers
David Sloane Rider
Men Can Stop Rape
Ed Griggs
the Men's Line at Crisis Connection
Nate Russell
100 Black Men Against Violence
Stephan Bulawski
Women's Center of St. Cloud
Central MN Sexual Assault Center,
& Campus Advocates Against SA
|02-07-2003 -
|On-Line Safety for Children and Adults
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Nancy Sabin
Jacob Wetterling Foundation
Rick Anderson
St. Paul Police ICAC Div.
Kelli Praught
Jacob Wetterling Foundation
Patty Wetterling
Jacob Wetterling Foundation
|11-01-2002 -
|Let's Talk (About Sex) Month:
Supporting Adult-Child Communication through Community Events
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Grit Youngquist
St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health
Emari Lavine
Joleen Manley
Bloomington Public Health
Pamela McWilliams
Catholic Charities
Wendy Mahoney
Lutheran Social Services
|08-09-2002 -
|Conference Confab
Golden Corral Restaurant
Rochester, MN
Members share
including attendees at
the National Sexual Violence
Prevention Conference
|05-03-2002 -
|Building Partnerships/Involving the Community in Sexual Violence Prevention
Intergovernmental Center
Mankato, MN
Members of the Mankato Area
Sex Offender Task Force
|02-01-2002 -
|Sexual/Domestic Violence and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
Harriet Tubman Center
Minneapolis, MN
Deborah A. Nathanson
DV Coordinator
Communication Service for the Deaf-MN
|11-16-2001 -
|Community Notification:
Working Together for a Safer Minnesota
Mai Village Restaurant
St. Paul, MN
Will Alexander
MN Dept of Corrections
|08-17-2001 -
|Showcase of Sexual Assault Awareness Activities
Holiday Inn
St. Cloud, MN
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
grant recipients
|06-15-2001 -
|Sex Offender Treatment:
How does it help prevent sexual violence?
Lino Lakes Correctional Facility
Lino Lakes, MN
Robin Goldman
MN Dept of Corrections
Steve Sawyer
Project Pathfinder
|02-16-2001 -
|Policy and Prevention:
What's up
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Tammie Larsen and Donna Dunn
Mary Cardinal
Network for the Supervision
and Treatment of Sex Offenders
Marnie Wells
Sex Education for Life Coalition
Rachel Bandy
Jay Jaffee
|10-13-2000 -
|Circles in Schools:
Using Restorative Justice to Address Sexual Harassment and Other Problems in Schools
Grand Portage Lodge and Casino
Grand Portage, MN
Penni Johnson
Family Facilitator
Mille Lacs County Family Ties
|07-14-2000 -
|Report Back from the first National Sexual Violence Prevention Conference in Dallas
Resource Center of the Americas
Minneapolis, MN
Attendees at the National
Sexual Violence Prevention Conference
|03-31-2000 -
|Reaching Out to Adults to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Ramada Plaza Hotel
Minnetonka, MN
Beth Dawson and Mario Cruz
|12-03-1999 -
|Advancing Prevention in Immigrant and Refugee Communities:
Hmong, Chicano-Latino and Somali Initiatives
Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester, MN
Bo Thao
Hmong Women's Action Team
Hmoob Thaj Yeeb
Dana Bennet
La Familia Guidance Center
Aisha Kassim
Victim Services
Dodge/Fillmore/Olmsted County
|08-20-1999 -
|Understanding the Psychology of the Sex Offender
Duluth, MN
Anita Schlank
Clinica Director
MN Sex Offender Program
Bob Devlin
|05-21-1999 -
|Sexuality Education and Sexual Violence:
What's the Connection
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Candy Hadsall
Hadsall and Associates
|02-19-1999 -
|Prevention on college campuses:
a sampler
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Nancy Bronson
Central MN Sexual Assault Center
Tamara Feige
Jaime Tiedemann
Program Against Sexual Violence
|11-20-1998 -
|A look back at sexual violence prevention efforts
Minnesota Black Bear Crossing
St. Paul, MN
Cordelia Anderson
Sensibilities, Inc.
|08-25-1998 -
|Recommendations for Preventing Perpetration
MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN
Participants in Advocate
- Treatment Provider series of dialogues
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text: While many choose to spend a cold, rainy Saturday morning sleeping in and staying indoors, many area kids were outside enjoying an activity-filled morning at the Youth Pheasant Hunt and Trap Shoot. The event, sponsored by the East Medicine Pheasants Forever, had 20 attendees, ready and eager to try their hand or hone their skills at pheasant hunting. Diane Amundson, one of the members of the youth committee, was pleased with the turnout. "It was really good - very successful," Amundson said. "Once it stopped raining right at the start, the sun came out and it was a very decent day." The kids, after trying their hand at the archery range or clay pigeons, went out into the field in groups of five, each given the chance to get at least one pheasant, although several kids went home with two. Although pheasant numbers have been down all over the Midwest, having the event at the pheasant preserve offered the chance for kids to shoot at trapped birds, each pheasant designated by flags in the field. But as Amundson explained, knowing where they were didn't make it easier. "They still fly up, and the challenge of shooting them is still there," Amundson said. "And at least they were able to get some shooting in. You could walk for miles without finding anything - this is the way hunting is. But for kids, it would be discouraging." The Youth Pheasant Hunt has grown from just five kids four years ago, and could have been a chapter high of 27 if all the registered kids had participated. Due to the rising numbers, the event will continue every year during the MEA weekend indefinitely. Other than the East Medicine Pheasants Forever banquet in March, the youth committee has considered planning or attending other events in the future, like joining up with the Lyon County chapter that holds their own trap shoot in the summer, or getting a group to go to the Prairie Pothole Day in New London.

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text:
Farm tractors of all brands and several eras were driven down Palmyra's Main Street Saturday morning, July 27, in the Marion County Fair parade.
Farm tractors of all brands and several eras were driven down Palmyra's Main Street Saturday morning, July 27, in the Marion County Fair parade.
The drivers were all ages, too, with several children taking the wheel, as their elders rode beside them. Most of the tractors appeared to be nearly new, while a few were from days gone by.
Other vehicles also were proudly shown in the parade, such as a small black truck. When someone asked the driver how old it was, he said 1923.
Mother Nature blessed the parade and other fair events with perfect weather on Saturday, as the crowd lined Main Street to greet their friends and neighbors in the parade.
Large groups of children and adults were walking or riding in the parade, with perhaps the most children being with The Crossing church from Hannibal.
Other churches and organizations also had floats, such as Palmyra United Methodist Church and Pal Bowl.
HIS Ranch of Taylor, Mo., had a vehicle and a group riding horses.
Several 4-H club members were greeting their friends as they rode by.
Numerous merchants drove their vehicles - big or small - in the parade, and queen contestants waved from convertibles.
Several special vehicles were to be in contests later in the week at the fair's arena, such as the demo derby and motor cross.
After the parade, many people lined up on the courthouse lawn for the annual Knights of Columbus barbecue, where dinners were being shared at picnic tables or taken home.
The local KC club has been sponsoring the barbecue for about 43 years, according to Jim Veit, who said he - with 53 years' membership - and Bob Wolfmeyer are the oldest active KC members, and both were involved in cooking at the barbecue.
The barbecued chicken and pork steak recipe is secret, Veit said, as is the recipe for the club's baked beans.
The meats and baked beans are served with potato salad and slaw. "We try to make everything the best we possibly can," Veit said. The potato salad was made on Friday, "so the sauce can go through it," he explained.
Saturday's fair schedule included the annual Miss Marion County Fair contest (for the winners, see separate article), along with additional contests and entertainment.
The fair continues all week through Saturday, Aug. 3.
For a schedule, see showmepalmyra.com.
See Seen on Scene photo gallery for more photos of the parade.


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Business breaks: Hassan cozies upEDITORIAL
February 16. 2013 2:54AM
We thought Democrats were supposed to be against government giveaways to and subsidies for business interests. Though a Democrat, Gov. Maggie Hassan sure is for them.
In her budget proposal on Thursday, Hassan presented the image of a state in which business owners and would-be business owners really wanted to expand, grow and hire people, but were held back by the refusal of the state to help them.
"There are many businesses looking to expand or move to New Hampshire; existing businesses who could use targeted tax credits to develop new products; entrepreneurs who, with just a little guidance, are ready to turn a creative idea into a burgeoning business," she said.
"I have seen these stories throughout New Hampshire, and I know that our business community is ready to lead the way to a more innovative economic future - if their elected officials are ready to stand by them."
It was patent nonsense, but how else could the governor justify subsidizing businesses when she has to raise taxes and sell casino licenses to make ends meet?
The first item on her business agenda was the "targeted tax break" known as the research and development tax credit. The state offers a total of $1 million in chunks of up to $50,000 to manufacturers who invest in research and development. Hassan advocated doubling that to $2 million, and the Senate already has passed a bill to do so.
Manufacturers, of course, will invest in research and product development anyway. And all non-manufacturing businesses, which are the vast majority of New Hampshire businesses, will subsidize that investment.
Hassan proposed spending more on the state's "business incubators," where fledgling entrepreneurs can get guidance and advice. The people are perfectly capable of starting businesses without the guiding hand of the state. In addition, the U.S. Small Business Administration already provides advice through its SCORE program. And some non-profits offer business incubation services.
Hassan also pushed for spending more money on the state's international trade office. This, of course, involves all businesses in the state subsidizing those that engage in international trade.
The least bad part of Hassan's business agenda was her proposal to increase spending on travel and tourism promotion.
Though this also could be done by business associations rather than the state, it is at least arguably broadly beneficial.
The rest of her business agenda involves the state picking favorites in the economy. It was disappointing to see the governor choose to do that instead of spend those scarce resources on core government functions such as courts and public safety.


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City Finance Director Rachelle McQuiston laid out an overall picture of her goals for the Ridgecrest city budget during a city council budget strategy meeting Monday afternoon.
City Finance Director Rachelle McQuiston laid out an overall picture of her goals for the Ridgecrest city budget during a city council budget strategy meeting Monday afternoon.
"I know everyone is impatient for numbers and I am trying to get them as quickly as possible," McQuiston said.
McQuiston filled the empty seat left by former finance director Tyrell Staheli only three weeks ago.
McQuiston said she was in the process of sifting through all the data, and after three weeks on the job and having spoken with auditor Pun & McGeady about the information.
"I'm not getting a lot of strong evidence of what I've seen at this point that we should be in panic mode," McQuiston said.
She said the auditor was under the impression that the city was spending more than it was taking in. So long as the city watched its spending and brought in more revenue, the city would be fine.
"You're not in a situation where you can't pay your bills, and I don't see us in a situation where we can't pay our bills," McQuiston said.
She made a sales pitch on people buying locally, pointing out that sales tax was a significant portion of the city's revenue stream.
While she agreed with finding every opportunity to secure more revenue — an aspect she advocated while working for Kern County Public Health — she stressed it was best to get through preparing FY 2013-14 budget first.
"At this point let's get our information and let's get it accurate, let's make decisions and move on," she said.
When Vice Mayor Chip Holloway asked about a two-year budget, McQuiston said it was plausible but was still tackling an overwhelming amount of data.
"Everybody wants everything right now and I am really concerned that pulling numbers out the air and making decisions based on bad numbers is not the way to go," she said.
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McQuiston said she had heard many rumors about the city going into bankruptcy and stamped the idea out.
"From what I see right now, bankruptcy is a moot point," she said. "It is very highly unlikely we would get to that point where bankruptcy is an option."
She said it might get to the point where the Parks and Recreation, Ridgecrest Police and Fiance departments might be unhappy with a lack of staff that affected services.
Holloway weighed in on his own study of bankruptcy.
"My understanding of analyzing the few cities in California in terms of bankruptcy is usually a result of long-term debt and liabilities," Holloway said.
Holloway requested a long-term projection of the city's debt compared to other cities and its budget process in spending one-time money compared to borrowing money for paying its bills.
"It's a disservice to run around bantering terms like bankruptcy when we're talking about the city of Ridgecrest, because we do not have long-term debt," he said.
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Mayor Dan Clark inquired about the possibility of a reserve fund in light of the last two years and the need to balance a budget.
Ridgecrest had to balance its 2011-2012 budget in September 2012 to avoid a cash deficit in the general fund. In December, it again had to make midyear adjustments to the FY 2013 budget due to a shortfall in projected revenue.
"At the end of this budget cycle, is that insanity going to end?" Clark asked.
McQuiston stressed her background leaned very heavily to budget projections and would plan on routinely go over the city's budget process.
"I'm an accountant and I don't like surprises so I'm going to do everything I can to avoid surprises at the end of the year," she said.
Clark asked about the expectations of a 5 percent general fund reserve for the end of the budget cycle based on the numbers she had reviewed.
"I wouldn't count on a reserve," McQuiston said. "At this point I believe we can make budget."
She said was planning a review for the next council meting with recommendations for cuts if necessary, a good idea of where the city might end the current fiscal year, and a basic picture of where the city might be next year.
"I want to stress, (that is) a vague picture, not an absolute picture of what to hopefully expect next year," she said.


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An economic snapshot of Oregon agriculture shows the usual heavyweights at the top of the list: Cattle and calves, greenhouse and nursery products, and stalwarts such as hay, milk and wheat.
Wine grapes? They're way down the list behind such blue collar crops as onions, potatoes and ryegrass. But ask a visitor or an urban Oregonian to name the state's top agricultural product and they'd probably guess Pinot Noir wine.
They'd be wrong, but such is the swagger of Oregon's wine industry. Although still small compared to the wine-making regions of California and Europe, it's established a international reputation for making high-quality, expensive wines. Among people who don't mind paying $25 or even $45 a bottle, Oregon wine is a drink of choice.
Statistics bear out the industry's continued growth. The number of vineyards, acreage planted and crop value have increased sharply nearly every year since 2001, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Cash receipts for wineries hit $94 million in 2012, a record. The state has nearly 850 vineyards operating on more than 20,000 acres.
According to the Oregon Wine Board, the state's wine industry employs 15,000 people and has a combined economic impact approaching $3 billion annually. It has been at the center of Oregon's emergence as a place known for fine food and drink.
Travel Oregon, the state's tourism department, cites a study that showed 55 percent of visitors engaged in "culinary activities" while here, compared to 17 percent nationally. Nearly one-third of visitors purchased Oregon products several times after returning home, with 37 percent of them buying wine — by far the most-frequently purchased product.
Oregon State University has stepped up its role in the industry by devoting more staff and laboratory resources to its Wine Research Institute. The five-year-old institute draws upon campus experts in vineyard operations, wine making, entomology, soils, taste chemistry and other fields. Among the current research projects: Determining if vineyards can maintain quality while increasing yield.
The state's reputation for high-quality wine continues to grow. This past February, marketers shipped 27,000 bottles of Oregon Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris to South Korea's largest retailer. The shipment was the biggest to date, and marked what many believe will be the opening of a much larger Asian market.
Is there a ceiling for Oregon's wine industry?
"I don't think there is from a demand perspective," said Tom Danowski, executive director of the Oregon Wine Board. "Supply is always a question mark, but there doesn't seem be any barriers to the demand for Oregon wine."
The majority of Oregon wines sell for more than $12 a bottle, he said, double the price of most other wines available in grocery stores or restaurants. The state competes at the high end of the market, and has found a "very receptive audience."
"We're in a marketplace that rewards quality and investments in quality," Danowski said. "It's a very serious business."


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Troy Hall will join Oregon State University's College of Forestry this summer as the department of forest ecosystems and society's new department head.
Hall is an internationally known conservation social scientist who holds degrees in anthropology, cultural anthropology and forest resources.
"We did an international search, we had candidates from Australia — with a really strong set of finalists for the position," said Thomas Maness, dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. "We're just absolutely delighted to get Troy Hall to come here and be a department head with us."
Hall has taught a diverse set of courses, which includes communication theory, data analysis and interpretation, cross-disciplinary research and wilderness management.
In Hall's career, she has supervised more than 30 graduate students and published more than 50 refereed journal articles on a wide variety of topics related to conservation and social science, according to Maness.
Hall has served as department head in the department of conservation social sciences and has also served as the director of graduate studies for the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho.
Hall is a member of U.S. Forest Service National Wilderness Teams and has a long-lasting record of research, education and service related to wilderness issues — much of it in Oregon.
With a strong background in conservation, Hall is committed to finding solutions for working together with communities and ecosystems, according to Maness.
"I think that's going to bring a really fresh approach to our college," Maness said.
Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova is the science reporter at the OSU Daily Barometer.


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On Washington's side: Shea-Porter takes her stand
May 05. 2013 3:04PM
Carol Shea-Porter has a funny way of working in Washington to protect New Hampshire. Instead of fighting bad or questionable ideas that threaten to bring lasting harm to the state, she supports the ideas and works to carve out small exceptions for New Hampshire.
Last week Shea-Porter participated in a conference on the future of the Great Bay. High levels of nitrogen have been a problem in the bay. The Environmental Protection Agency has set new nitrogen emission standards that are extremely low and that will cost the communities on the bay hundreds of millions of dollars to meet. Several of the municipalities have sued, saying that the standards are far too low and won't produce the desired results.
Shea-Porter, of course, is siding with the EPA, questionable science and all. Instead of siding with the local municipalities, she said she would try to get federal money to help pay for the costs of meeting the EPA's standards. She called water bodies like the Great Bay "national treasures" that need to be protected. True, but how? That's the question, and Shea-Porter's answer is: However the EPA says.
Also last week, Shea-Porter finally took some kind of position on the Internet sales tax legislation pending in Washington, which could lead to the destruction of the New Hampshire Advantage. Her position was to support Jeanne Shaheen's proposed amendment carving out an exception for states that do not have a sales tax. Of course, once the law is in place, that exception can be revoked easily.
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Monarchs fall short on the road in Hershey
February 02. 2013 11:05PM
The Manchester Monarchs' comeback bid fell shy in a 2-1 road loss to the Hershey Bears before a crowd of 10,672 Saturday evening at the Giant Center.
The Bears generated 44 shots and owned a two-goal lead when Monarchs captain Linden Vey netted his 12th goal of the season at 14 minutes 6 seconds of the third period. Chris Huxley scooped up a loose puck from in front of a goalmouth scramble and passed to Vey, who fired a low shot inside the left post to beat keeper Philipp Grubauer. Tyler Toffoli and Huxley were credited with assists.
Monarchs goalie Martin Jones saved 42 shots before heading to the bench in the closing minute of play to give the club an extra attacker. Armed Two delayed offside calls thwarted the last gasp comeback attempt.
The Monarchs dropped to 21-21, remaining in third place of the Atlantic Division. Eastern Division foe Hershey improved to 20-19.
The Bears opened the scoring at 2:05 of the first period. Mike Carman factored on both Hershey scores, assisting on goals by Barry Almeida and the third period game-winner by Cameron Schilling.


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Hospitality group votes to oppose casino gamblingBy Garry Rayno
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 05. 2013 8:19PM
CONCORD - Concerns over lost business and damaging the state's family-friendly image had the board of the state's hospitality association this week voting to oppose casino gambling.
The Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association voted overwhelmingly at Wednesday's meeting to oppose casino gambling in New Hampshire, according to board chairman Joel Bourassa.
The board had previously been neutral on the issue, although about a decade ago the organization also opposed expanded gambling citing similar reasons.
"It is the opinion of the board that casino gambling revenues will come at the expense of other recreational activities in our Seacoast, lakes and mountains throughout the state," Bourassa wrote to members after the board's vote. "This will lead to reductions in rooms and meals taxes and losses in retail expenditures."
The board also heard presentations for the issue by Millennium Gaming, which has an option on Rockingham Park in Salem and wants to build a casino at the track if lawmakers approve Senate Bill 152, and from gaming opponent the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling.
The hospitality organization's president Mike Somers said Millennium was willing to spend more on marketing a casino than the organization's members spend combined. The board feared the casino's brand would become the state's image and that could be a problem, he said.
"It is also the board's opinion that the wholesome, family friendly image of New Hampshire will be eroded once casino gambling is enacted, and it will have a negative impact on the hospitality and tourism industry," Bourassa wrote to members.
Another concern said Somers is the proliferation of casinos as happened in Maine and other states. "One is never enough," he said. "It never seems to end."
The NHLRA board is the latest organization to weigh in on the issue of casino gambling, something the Senate has already approved and that Gov. Maggie Hassan is backing.
The governor included $80 million in her two-year budget proposal from casino licensing fees.
Last week the National Education Association - New Hampshire changed course and supported expanded gambling as a way to pay for essential state services such as higher education and catastrophic special education and transportation aid for school districts.
Last month two police organizations announced backing the casino gambling bill, although the NH Association of Chiefs of Police continues to oppose expanded gambling.
SB 152 is now before the House, which has traditionally opposed gambling.
The bill allows up to 5,000 video slot machines and 150 table games. State lottery officials predict a casino that size would produce about $120 million in revenue a year, although the independent New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies predicts a casino would net the state only $45 million or less due to competition from three planned Massachusetts casinos.
"This is a difficult debate statewide right now, but in the end, the board is committed to protecting the best interests of our diverse membership and the hospitality and tourism industry," Bourassa said.
The organization has more than 600 members statewide and Somers notes the membership is divided on the issue.
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The Kretzmann Society recognizes those individuals who have made estate plans or established life-income gifts to benefit Valparaiso University. Membership in the Kretzmann Society has no minimum gift level, as each commitment represents a lifetime commitment to Valpo – a legacy of light for future generations. Your future gift provides you the opportunity to support students in pursuit of a Valparaiso University education.
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Our wilderness is under an unprecedented attack from Trump and anti-conservationists in Congress. Help us fight back.
President Obama announced a new program on April 3 that will advance the fight against climate change while creating thousands of new jobs—largely for veterans.
A few months ago, I wanted to vent about millennial-bashing in wilderness circles.
The National Park Service (NPS) and National Park Foundation launched Find Your Park on March 30 with an eye toward celebrating
Lawmakers are bowing to special interest groups, attempting to forward the sale or transfer of public lands including wilderness areas, wildlife refuges and national forests to state and local governments.
The Bureau of Land Management is instituting a new Master Leasing Plan for an area outside Dinosaur National Monument. Large areas of wild lands in northwest Colorado will now be protected, but the new plan also opens up several sensitive areas to oil and gas drilling.
Their study, released earlier this year, looked at various methods such as capturing emissions from factories, extracting carbon directly from the air, a
The U.S. Senate is debating its fiscal year 2016 budget resolution, a process that will include amendments affecting important programs that support forests, parks and conservation priorities.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is mapping the windiest public lands as it searches for the best places for wind energy development.
Since its approval by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used on a bipartisan basis by 16 presidents, serving as an important contingency plan for when Congress is unable to act swiftly to protect public lands.
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Arrest made in last month's robbery at Nashua marketBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2013 12:51PM
NASHUA - Police have arrested a man they say robbed a local market at gunpoint last month.
Solomon Sanchez, 35, of 20 Fulton St., Apt. B, has been charged with robbery for the Feb. 23 incident at Churchside Market, 56 W. Hollis St.
Police say Sanchez allegedly robbed a store clerk at gunpoint, demanding money from the cash register. He was able to leave with an undisclosed amount of money, according to authorities.
The robbery charge is a felony and carries a possible prison sentence of up to 15 years if convicted, said police. Sanchez was being held on $75,000 cash bail at the time of his arrest.


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Will I get high school credit for the classes I take at CCSF?
You will receive college credit for coursework taken at CCSF. Your high school will determine whether or not to give you high school credit for your CCSF course(s); please check with your high school counselor and let them know you are enrolled in a college course.
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If you have a 2.0 GPA and have completed more than 120 high school credits, you can enroll in a maximum of 3 units per semester. If you have a 2.0 GPA and have completed 204 high school credits, you can enroll in a maximum of 6 units per semester.
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If you received notification that you are enrolled/or are on your instructor's class list you, will need to complete a "SPECIAL H.S. DROP" form (have your ID # handy). You must drop the class by the drop deadline to avoid getting a "W" or an "F" on your transcript. If you are sure you were never enrolled and did not officially add the class, you do not need to do anything.
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A family of six was displaced by a mobile home fire on the morning of New Year's Day east of Rolla.
A family of six was displaced by a mobile home fire on the morning of New Year's Day east of Rolla.
Billy Pankey, his wife and four children escaped the fire with no injuries, according to St. James Fire Protection District Chief Bruce Parton.
The blaze, which was reported around 7:46 a.m., is believed to have started in a wood stove in the center of the mobile home located at 14475 County Road 3240.
"We arrived on the scene ... and the whole center of the mobile home was engulfed and smoke was coming out of the two ends," the chief said.
Parton said when the blaze was reported, the occupants stated that fire was coming from the stove pipe.
"It's a total loss," Parton said of the damage to the structure.
According to the chief, one of the family members woke up around 7:30 a.m., put some wood in the stove and then went back to bed. Parton said a daughter then woke up, saw the fire and got the rest of the family members out of the home.
St. James fire crews were on the scene for about two hours. A total of 14 St. James firefighters were assisted by four firefighters and a tanker from the Rolla Rural Fire Protection District.
While the mobile home has a Rolla address, the home is located with the St. James Fire Protection District.
The American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter is assisting the Pankey family. According to a press release from the Red Cross, the family secured their own temporary lodging.
Firefighters in the southern portion of Phelps County responded to another fire that burned a home New Year's Day in the 1200 block of County Road 6050, northeast of Edgar Springs.
Information on this fire was not available by press time. According to the Red Cross, one individual was displaced from that residence.