Understanding Sexual Violence and Improving our Response

Ethel Magaña-Lopez is Education Coordinator for the Rape Crisis Center in San Antonio, Texas. The Rape Crisis Center provides free and confidential counseling, 24-hour crisis intervention services, and a public education program promoting healthy relationships. Visit www.rapecrisis.com for more information.

In this 5-part video series, Ms Magaña-Lopez discusses various elements of social norms and our role as community members to shift cultural behaviors to foster healthier environments an trauma-informed responses.

The learning objectives for this 5-part video include:

Defining the realities of sexual violence.
Identifying barriers and survivors’ challenges to reporting.
Clarifying our role as community members/first responders.

Clarity Child Guidance Center hosted this community presentation on April 21, 2017.

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