April 18th, 2009 by Allen
Andrea and I are the regional reps for northern Illinois. Since the Board has decided not to run a national conference in 2009 we thought we might put together a small regional conference near Rockford, IL.
Our thought is to do a one day conference sometime in September or October 2009. If you are in the area and would like to help organize the conference please contact us at GallowglassAcad@aol.com or call us at 815-973-1064.
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April 5th, 2009 by Allen
April is Sexual Assault Awareness month.
As instructors and those interested in women’s self defense we should be promoting this important information to the general public, law enforcement and the media wherever we live.
Here are some statistics I found at at the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network website (www.rainn.org/statistics):
1 in 6 women are victims of sexual assault as are 1 in 33 men.
44% of rape victims are minors
15% are under 12
29% are between 12 and 17
73% of victims know their attacker
60% of sexual assaults are NOT reported to the police
Other organizations that have information on this topic are:
National Sexual Assault Violence Resource Center (www.nsvrc.org)
US Dept of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (www.ovw.usdoj.gov also for a poster to put up in your office or school www.ovw.usdoj.org/doc/ssaawarenessmonthposter.pdf)
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (www.safeyouth.org)
Allen Reed
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