Early Childhood Educators Curricula

http://www.barcc.org/information/educators/ece

Resource Spotlight:PODER

The Women's Building, Community Resource Center is inviting you to a presentation given by PODER. It is a great opportunity to  get to know about this wonderful organization as well as get to know the services offered in the CRR. 

People Organized to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER) will present on monday April 16th in the Community Resource Center at 5:30 p.m. 

Book Release: The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence in Activist Communities

The extent of the violence affecting our communities is staggering. Nearly one in three women in the United States will experience intimate violence in her lifetime. And while intimate violence affects relationships across the sexuality and gender spectrums, the likelihood of isolation and irreparable harm, including death, is even greater within LGBTQI communities. To effectively resist violence out there—in the prison system, on militarized borders, or other clear encounters with "the system"—we must challenge how it is reproduced right where we live. It's one thing when the perpetrator is the police, the state, or someone we don't know. It's quite another when that person is someone we call a friend, lover, and trusted ally.

Based on the popular zine that had reviewers and fans alike demanding more, The Revolution Starts at Home finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the "open secret" of intimate violence—by and toward caretakers, in romantic partnerships, and in friendships—within social justice movements. This watershed collection compiles stories and strategies from survivors and their allies, documenting a decade of community accountability work and delving into the nitty-gritty of creating safety from abuse without relying on the prison industrial complex.

Fearless, tough-minded, and ultimately loving, The Revolution Starts at Home offers life-saving alternatives for ensuring survivor safety while building a road toward a revolution where no one is left behind.

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic.
Kundiman Fellow Jai Dulani is an interdisciplinary storyteller and activist/educator.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is the author of Consensual Genocide.

Andrea L. Smith is Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside. She is the award-winning author and/or editor of several books, including Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances; Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide; The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex; and Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology. Smith currently serves as the US Coordinator for the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, and she is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. She recently completed a report for the United Nations on Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools.

Resource Spotlight: New Leaf is closing it's doors

It's a sad sad day. New Leaf: Services For Our Community Closes after 35 Years on October 15.

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs065/1102430933552/archive/1103635838864.html

They have provided a very valuable service to the queer community for 35 years. This is a big loss.

Resource Spotlight: Oakland Sister Circle Zine

Check out this great local resource!

oaklandsistercircle.org

Here is the link to the "normal" version: http://www.swashdesign.com/SHARE/dropbox/OSCv1-draft20100622.pdf
Here is the link to the version that you would print to make a booklet: http://www.swashdesign.com/SHARE/dropbox/OSCv1-draft20100622-booklet.pdf

Access SFWAR's referral guide from your PDA or Phone!

If your phone or PDA can access the internet, then you can use it to access our referral guide! Just download a pdf reader like GoodReader or Adobe Acrobat, then browse to the referral guide on our website. You can save the guide to your phone and just download the latest version when we do upgrades. Then you can search the referral guide for key words and support clients without having to carry around extra items.

Hope that's helpful!
The Volunteer Team

Referral Guide and Training Manual available online

Our Training Manual and Referral Guides are now available on our website. The links are always available from this blog on the right hand side bar under "Important Links for Our Volunteers"

We hope they're helpful!

Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who put so much hard work into getting both of those books completed!!! You are amazing!

Resource Spotlight: My Sahana

http://www.mysahana.org/
http://mysahana.wordpress.com/

Aiming to bring mental health awareness to the South Asian community.

This website just launched, so it's just getting it's feet wet, but check it out as it grows!

Mission District Organizations

Resource Guide 2010

Free Tax Preparation if you make less that $52k!

Get free tax help at The Women’s Building! IRS-certified tax preparers will get you the refund you deserve-you could even qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit.

To qualify, 2009 household income was less than $52,000.

Call to make an appointment at 415-431-1180 x16 or come for a walk in appointment
Thursday 5:30-8:30 or Saturday 10:30-5:30 from 2/18 - 4/10.

It’s your tax refund. Use it for what matters…your future!

Free Self Defense Workshop

Janet Gee at CCSF is offering a FREE workshop series for Women's Self Defense. Non-credit pre enrollment required: WOMN 9843. Call (415) 239-3899 to
pre-enroll. Saturdays, February 28–May 2 (no class 4/4 and 4/11) 12 noon–2 p.m. CCSF Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco CA 94112. Wellness Center, Room 207.

Energy Healing Clinic

Beginning Monday, February 8 I will be hosting an Energy Healing "clinic" on alternate Monday evenings in Temescal, North Oakland

Energy Healing Drop in Evenings
· Repeats on alternate Mondays: call or email for dates

· 30 minute treatments by experienced energy healers

· $20 drop-in fee ($15 for social justice, trauma or anti-violence workers)

· Activate the healing energy in your body

· Relieve pain and stress
· Work on specific physical blocks & injuries
· Reduce impact of vicarious trauma
· Emotional first aid
· Learn simple self-care practices to support your work

· please email vanissar@cs.com or call (510) 594-6812 for more info

2010 Referral Guide!

Hi everyone!!

Our 2010 Referral Guide has officially launched with new and improved functionality!

New Features:
~Annonymous Tip lines for all SF police stations!
~ Somatic Healing Category to find local amazing Somatic Healers!
~Numbered Agencies! Organizations are alphabetized and numbered for super fast lookups!
~ Got an Iphone or other device that let's you access data? For IPhone you can download "GoodReader" for free to view pdfs which allows you to access the referral guide on your phone! It also lets you search for words and phrases... need to find shelter? Just search for "shelter" and scroll through the results. For other devices look up their ability to view pdfs. :)

You can access the latest referral guide here: http://sfwar.org/pdf/RefGuide.pdf

Resource Spotlight: MISSEY

SACEY/SPA (MISSSEY) from Melody C. Miller on Vimeo.

MISSSEY (Motivation Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth)

MISSSEY is a project based out of Alameda County that was created to respond to the epidemic of the commercial sexual exploitation of children, especially in the form of child/teen prostitution.

Resource Spotlight: El/La

El/La

El-La program is based in beautiful San Fran and was developed to reach out to the trans-latina community in and around the mission neighborhood. We provide services for hiv prevention, counseling and referrals for all services available to transgender girls and those in transition as well. Feel free to call 415-864-7278 for an appointment or you can always e-mail el.latgprogram@yahoo.com


El/La was defunded! Watch this video to learn more about their mission and what they're doing to stay alive as a resource for trans latinas.

Resource Spotlight: Highland Sexual Assault Center

Highland is the equivalent of the Trauma Recovery Center in Alameda County. They have the same services with support groups, 24 hr crisis line, rape kits, etc. Keep them in mind for survivors in the East Bay! :)

The Documentary Filmmakers Course

Is there a story you want the whole world to know, but aren't sure how to do it? Maybe you have a social cause that needs more attention?

Learn how to make a documentary film and you can get your message to the masses.

http://www.script-tonic.com/documentary_course2.html

Resource Spotlight: 211

211 is a service that's available via phone (just call 211) or online here.

It's a vast database of resources all over the Bay Area and beyond. Left your referral guide somewhere, or the SFWAR referral guide doesn't have what you're looking for, and need some support? Try using this resource.

Resource Spotlight: Positive Directions Equals Change

Referral Guide Spotlights!
Have you ever wanted to know more about the resources in your referral guide? Well we're going to start shining a "spotlight" on some resources for you. Feel free to use the "Spotlight" label over there on the right to see all resources we highlight over time.

First up is Positive Directions Equals Change!

Using tools like drama therapy, African American history, anger management groups and life skills, Positive Directions Equals Change offers culturally-specific outpatient treatment services working with batterers and survivors alike.

SERVICES

Life Skills

African American History

Drama Therapy

Certified Batterer’s Intervention

Parenting Education Class

Women's Empowerment Support Group

Certified Parenting Classes

Women's Batterer's Intervention Group

Differential Response Intervention - Child Welfare Department
(this offers services that will help families avoid CPS cases)

Anger Management and Violence Prevention
o Relapse Prevention
o Drug Education
o HIV/AIDS Awareness & Education
(which includes Needle Exchange Mon. & Thurs. 1pm - 3pm and Health Seminars)

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings (Tues 1pm - 2:30 pm & Fri 10:30am-12:00 noon)

Contact Info:
4716 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94124
ph. (415) 401-0199
(10 am - 5 pm)
fax. (415) 401-0175
pdirections@yahoo.com
http://positive-directions.org/index.html

Online sortable database of diversity, anti-oppression, and community-building activities developed by DiversityWorks

http://thesource.diversityworks.org/