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Jun 2, 2010

Round-Up of New State Laws

State legislatures around the country are wrapping up legislative sessions and sending bills to governors to be signed. This year states have passed many bills address dating, domestic and sexual violence. The following are some of the new laws.

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Sharon Fisher-BassettMission Statement

The Sharon Fisher Bassett Memorial Fund is dedicated to raising community awareness concerning domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual assault and their connection to eating disorders. This awareness can be achieved through educating individuals, families, schools, universities, civic organizations and communities on local, regional and national levels. By promoting, organizing and financially supporting forums, lectures, workshops and other community projects and programs we believe that a deeper consciousness can be gained on all levels, attitudes can be enlightened, healthier choices can be made and lives can be changed.
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Events

DeKeseredy to discuss sexual assault

Posted: Mar 21, 2006

LEWISBURG, Pa. - Walter DeKeseredy, professor of criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, will give the lecture, "Male Peer Support and Woman Abuse on the College Campus: Research, Theory and Policy," March 29 at 7 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.

The lecture, which is open to the public without charge, is part of the First Annual Sharon Fisher Bassett '73 Foundation Memorial Lecture Series sponsored by the psychology department.

In addition to being a professor of criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, DeKeseredy is one of the foremost international authorities on sexual assault and woman abuse.

The author of Woman Abuse in Dating Relationships: The Role of Male Peer Support and Women, Crime and the Canadian Criminal Justice System, he has co-authored several others including Woman Abuse: Sociological Perspectives with Ronald Hinch; Woman Abuse: A Sociological Story with Linda MacLeod; Contemporary Social Problems in North American Society with Shahid Alvi and Desmond Ellis; and Crime in a Public Housing Community with Shahid Alvi, Martin Schwartz and E. Andreas Tomaszewski.

DeKeseredy also will participate in the Writers at Work series March 30 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 200G Roberts. The Writers at Work series facilitates informal conversation between writers and interested members of the community.


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WE WILL work to encourage, enlighten, enrich and empower all women;

WE WILL help all women recognize their talents, values, beliefs, uniqueness and perceptions of self;

WE WILL help all women achieve their passions, dreams, goals and desires in life;

WE WILL work to breakdown, reduce and hopefully eliminate domestic violence, sexual abuse, related eating disorders, gender bias, gender inequality, gender discrimination, gendered media, cultural stereotyping of women of different races, and sexism in the workplace;

WE WILL work to accomplish these goals by uniting, informing, educating, enlightening, transforming and helping all women to define their roles and change public policy;

WE WILL help any woman become an enlightened entrepreneur and realize her destiny;

WE WILL serve as a conduit and channel information through our magazines, workshops, conferences, presentations, projects, community education awareness programs, website (aroseforsharon.org), The Sharon Fisher Bassett Memorial Fund, a blog talk radio show, and connecting links with local, regional and national women’s organizations.

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