Rural Realities
Weigh-In Wednesday: What Does Trauma Informed Mean to You?
Working in and around sexual violence, we are bound to run into the phrase trauma informed somewhere. As a technical assistance provider to Sexual Assault Response Teams,…
Growing Towards Justice For All—Addressing Oppression in Our Work
I want to talk about an incredibly important issue that is challenging to discuss on our SARTs, in our communities, and in our work: oppression.
Resource Spotlight: Praxis International
As we are discussing growth mindset and making changes in our approaches, Praxis International is an excellent resource for rural grantees! Praxis helps those doing work…
SART Foundations: Building the Framework of Growth and Improvement
The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is capable of magical things, when SARTners are all working together to coordinate better responses. I was recently out…
Weigh In Wednesday: Reimagining Failure and the Growth Mindset
There’s been so much written on the ways in which failure can be a positive—sometimes, it seems like delusion and other times, it is comforting.
Weigh In Wednesday: Why Did You Choose a SART?
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s weigh-in time! Many communities and service providers talk with me about what prompted them to…
Resource Spotlight: Case Review Toolkit
Over the last several years, SVJI has worked to learn best practices and find better ways to complete case file reviews as a strategy for…
Addressing the Full Spectrum of Sexual Violence in SARTs
You’re probably looking at that title and thinking, “Whoa, Ganz. What’s this full spectrum concept?” Or you might be thinking of a line that looks like this:…
Resource Spotlight: Resource Sharing Project (RSP)
When talking about focusing on sexual violence and working together as a team to address sexual violence, the Resource Sharing Project has some great guides for…
SART Foundations: Sexual Violence Happens Here
Growing up, my friends and I didn’t know a whole lot about sexual and domestic violence. Even though violence happened, no one really talked about…