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Monday, August 29, 2011

so true for us survivors!!! No Matter What, we will believe and hope in God!- Kerrie Roberts


Another version of
Kerrie Roberts – No Matter What
Wow- very well made! And so true for us survivors!!! No Matter What, we will believe and hope in God!!  Enjoy!

Kerrie Roberts - Outcast


This is so my song! My life long song. Since childhood! How many of you can relate???

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Fw: Watch an inspiring trailer and bring the film to your city

 This looks good and it stars Robert Duvall!!! 




Eventful
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Seven Days in Utopia: Life is never the same once you've been to Utopia
Watch the trailer
Don't Miss Seven Days in Utopia
Starring Academy Award winner Robert Duvall and based on the best selling book Golf's Sacred Journey, Seven Days in Utopia is an inspiring film that all sports fans must see.

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"As golf movies go, this is one of the best."
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ABOUT THE FILM After a disastrous debut on the pro circuit, a young golfer, Luke finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas. Luke is welcomed there by eccentric rancher Johnny, who forces him question not only his past choices, but also his direction for the future.


Friday, August 26, 2011

Hurry Sickness? Very good message on slowing down!

Hurry Sickness? by Dr Paul Osteen MD

Radically Eliminate Hurry from Your Life

On September 11, 2001, while the nation watched tragedy unfold on television, my 96–year–old grandfather quietly slipped into eternity with Jesus. While growing up, I had heard the stories of his childhood in the early 1900s – without cars, electricity or telephones.
A hundred years ago, the pace of life in America was about 5 mph – the speed at which a good horse could walk in an hour.
Everything about our lives now, however, is at an accelerated pace: so much to do, so little time. In fact, "Hurry Sickness" was identified some 40 years ago by a cardiologist who recognized that nearly all of his heart–disease patients had a lifestyle of hurry.
In addition to ruining our health, hurry sickness can cause us to miss those special moments that make up the real joys of life. One of my elderly patients once was asked, "If you could have anything you want this Christmas, what would you wish for?"
Her answer sobered me: "to hear the little pitter"patter of feet running down my hallway, to be able to change a diaper, to rock a baby to sleep."
Up to that point, those were the very things I was rushing through. Now, I often remind my family when we are together at meals: "These are the best days of our lives."
Hurry also makes it harder to hear God and makes our hearts less tender and compassionate toward others.
Jesus was never in a hurry Yield - Slow Down
Jesus was never in a hurry. He is the one we should look to, to model the pace and rhythm for our lives – not the culture around us. He asks: "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to Me…I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace."
In our hurried world, how do we look to Jesus as our model instead of to our culture?

1. Slow down.

We can start by setting goals that add some margin to our lives. Part of the reason we are in a hurry is that if it's going to take us 20 minutes to get somewhere, we allocate exactly 20 minutes. That leaves no margin for obstacles. What not allocate 35 minutes? Then we wouldn't be frustrated by delays.

2. Keep the Sabbath.

God designed the Sabbath as a time to rest and refuel, a time to charge our batteries spiritually, physically and emotionally.

3. Practice regular times of solitude.

Jesus often withdrew to a lonely place to be by Himself, especially after being around people. Solitude is when we turn off activity to experience a time of quietness with God.

4. Get enough sleep.

One of the main areas where we try to "borrow" time is our sleep. But God didn't design us to be on the go 24/7. He says, "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be [refreshing]."
We don't have to live in the 1900s to enjoy a restful and healthy pace of life. We can start today!

PAUL OSTEEN, M.D.

Paul Osteen, M.D. had a busy practice in general and vascular surgery in Little Rock, Arkansas for many years. In July 1999, he moved to Houston to work full–time in the ministry at Joel Osteen Ministries. Currently he provides oversight to the pastoral and discipleship ministries at Lakewood. He speaks at the Wednesday night service twice monthly and teaches the new convert class every Sunday night. Paul and his wife Jennifer have 5 children: Matt, Georgia, Olivia, Sophia and Jackson.

Fighting The Blues By Joel Osteen

Fighting The Blues

 
We all have times when we wake up in the morning and feel the blahs and blues; we don't feel very excited. But just because we feel those emotions doesn't mean we have to stay there and give in to them; we can shake it off and move forward in faith relying on God's strength.
A great example of someone in the Bible who had a lot of experience in shaking off negative emotions is David. He had to fight being moody, and he was the King of Israel. He had all kinds of opportunity, power and position. He was wealthy, and yet, he still struggled with being depressed and discouraged. That tells me that having to choose to rule over negative feelings is something every person has to deal with. Don't think you're alone if you feel this way. Turn to God and His hope. Don't think, "If I just had more money, if I had a better job, if I had a different spouse, then I'd be in a good mood, Joel. Then I wouldn't have to deal with these feelings." No, you may think that, but every person has to fight the temptation to just give in and live by how we feel.
Stop looking at your problems and start looking at your god.
I love what David did; he talked to himself. He said, "Why are you cast down, oh, my soul? Hope in the Lord." That's Psalm 42. He was saying in everyday language, "David, what are you doing in a bad mood? Stop looking at your problems and start looking at your God." That tells me that true joy is found only in God, when you take your eyes off of how you feel and your circumstances and place them on God and His Word.
Sometimes the best thing we can do is talk to ourselves and speak scripture over our lives. When you're tempted to be in a bad mood, go look in the mirror and say, "Listen here, self. You need to cheer up. Get your joy back, get your peace back. I'm not going to live this day defeated." You have to stay on the offensive. Don't wait until you've been down for three days before you decide to do something about it. The moment you feel that discouragement trying to come on you, rise up and say, "No, I'm not going there." You wake up in the morning and feel the blahs, you say, "Nope, that's not for me. This is going to be a good day. It's the day the Lord has made."
Do you know being in a sour mood because of your problems doesn't make it better, it makes it worse? It puts more pressure on you. It makes you more miserable. A better approach is to say, "God, I'm turning this situation over to You. I'm not going to let it steal my joy. I know You're in control. And at the right time, I believe You'll not only turn it around, but You'll bring me out better off than I was before." That's how we rule over negative feelings. It's simply a decision that we make every day where we have to dig our heels in and decide that our feelings are not going to dictate what kind of day we're going to have. You can rule over your emotions and choose to be in a good mood in spite of how you feel. You can choose what kind of day you're going to have. You can choose how you're going to live your life.
Decide not to live by how you feel.
I know some of you, maybe in the natural, have a good reason to be down and discouraged. But don't allow yourself to go there. When you are stable in spite of what's come against you, that's one of the best ways to show God that you're trusting Him.
Decide not to live by how you feel. Go deeper than that and start living by what you know. You know God is in control. You know He's got a great plan for your life. You know His power is greater than any other power. When you wake up and those old negative, discouraging thoughts and feelings come, shake them off. Be done with that roller coaster living. Don't give into your emotions and let them keep you from God's blessings and promotion. Start choosing to live each day in God's peace. Decide that you're going to have a great day. By doing so, you will see God work in your life in greater ways because your eyes are fixed toward Him instead of your situation, and you'll live the life of victory He has in store for you!

Keeping the Connections

Beautiful message of love for each other...

Keeping the Connections

Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts. I know that all of us desire to come up higher and one way we can take a step towards the next level is in our love for one another.
Novelist Katherine Anne Porter once wrote, "Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it." Love should not remain the same year after year; love is supposed to grow. Relationships evolve over time, people change over time, and our love should strengthen and grow over time too. The apostle Paul prayed that our love would abound and grow in knowledge and depth of insight. That tells me that I cannot put my love on autopilot. If we put our love on autopilot and think that the people in our lives will simply "know" that we love them, our relationships will not grow or be as fruitful as they were intended to be. That's why it's so important to make every effort to keep strong connections in our relationships.
soccer mom and kids
Several years ago when Joel and I assumed leadership at the ministry, our lives became fuller and more complicated. Oftentimes, we found ourselves moving in different directions, so we had to make an extra effort to connect with each other throughout the day. We recognized that if we didn't make the effort, we'd find ourselves breezing right by each other, with our minds preoccupied with the tasks at hand. So, to help keep the connection, we decided to acknowledge each other every time we pass. Sometimes we high five, sometimes it's a quick "I love you," or a kiss on the lips. It's not important how we connect, but it is important that we do connect. We are both busy people during the day but whenever we see each other, everything else is placed on hold for a moment while we connect. Keep our connections strong, helps keep our hearts moving in the same direction.
Leaving notes is a wonderful and easy way to keep connections. When Joel travels without me, I put little notes in his socks just to say "I love you." (I have also been known to put photos of us in his suitcase.) You may want to leave sweet notes around the house, in a drawer, under a pillow, or on the TV remote as little reminders to the people you love that they are valuable to you. It takes time and effort to maintain the connections in our relationships. Sometimes when someone hurts or offends us, we can be tempted to disconnect. But one of the most common mistakes people make in relationships is to give the other person the silent treatment in an effort to pull back.
I heard a story about a couple who had a big fight. That night, the man and wife were still not talking to each other, and since the man didn't want to give in first, he left her a note saying, "Wake me up at six o'clock in the morning." The next morning, the man woke up at eight o'clock and was furious. He was about to go find his wife to give her a piece of his mind, when he noticed a note on his side of the bed that read, "It's six o'clock; wake up!"
woman taking notes
At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement. Scripture encourages, "Don't let the sun go down on your anger." It's not good to go to sleep mad and frustrated, because you'll wake up with that same anger and frustration you went to bed with—and you probably won't sleep very well anyway. You may not have the resolution to the disagreement by the time the evening comes, but if you will learn that you can disagree and still be friends, you will enjoy your relationships a whole lot more. I have a friend who tells me that sometimes when she and her husband are still mad at each other at bedtime, right before she goes to sleep, she will simply say to him, "I am right, you are wrong, and I love you. Good night."
Joel and I have decided that sometimes you have just to agree to disagree. One of the most freeing experiences is to recognize that you are two different people who see things differently, and you can still love each other and stay connected. Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion. Having the same heart and the same goal is what maintains a good connection. There will be times when we do not agree on every decision or subject, but we should always believe in one another, support one another, and move forward through life together—connected.

VICTORIA OSTEEN

A life–long Houstonian, Victoria began her career in her family's business. Now as a supportive wife, mother of two children and a co-pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, TX, Victoria is an inspiration and mentor to women everywhere. She is committed to helping women, children and families discover their purpose and reach their highest potential in Christ.

Joel Osteen | A Historic Night of Hope at Dodger Stadium Recap


Awesome Testamonies from people from the LA Dodger Stadium! Beautiful! God is Good! There is Hope with Christ Jesus by our side!

Today's Word with Joel & Victoria

Excellent message! Very good and helpful!

Today's Word with Joel and Victoria
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The Seed of the Word

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE

"But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop"
(Luke 8:15, NIV)

TODAY'S WORD from Joel and Victoria

Sometimes in the natural, we don't see how God's promises are going to come to pass in our lives. It seems like there are so many obstacles to overcome. But we have to see God's Word like a seed. When it's planted in our hearts, and we water it by thinking the right thoughts and expecting good things, that little seed begins to grow into something much, much greater.
Jesus told a parable in Mark, chapter four. He said, "God's Word is like a tiny mustard seed. When it is sown, it is less than all the other seeds, one of the smallest. But when it grows up, it becomes greater than all." Notice it goes from being less than all to being greater than all.
Are you in an overwhelming situation today, maybe in your health, finances or relationships? Does God's promise seem small compared to what you're facing?
Don't sit back and think, "Man, it's never going to get any better. It's never going to change." Instead, sow the Word by speaking it every single day. Water that seed by staying in faith because the seed of the Word has supernatural power in it. It will grow and flourish, and you will see God's promises come to pass all the days of your life!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father God, today I choose to sow the Word of God! Thank You that it will not return void, but it will accomplish what it was sent forth to do! Thank You for giving every good and perfect gift to Your children. I bless Your holy name today and always. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen

“What if my body had a sexual response during rape?”


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Interesting Read:"What if my body had a sexual response during rape?"

Excerpted from the book "Resurrection After Rape,"http://www.resurrectionafterrape.org
What follows is a forthright discussion of a difficult topic. Effort has been made to treat the topic with dignity and respect, but the customary trigger warning applies, of course.
"What if my body had a sexual response during rape?"
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To a degree far greater than in men, women express emotional sensations as physical ones. You may recall times when being depressed or upset resulted in the physical feeling of nausea, or a headache, or a tightened body. Food and appetite are often used as voices by women in distress, and a woman's body is regarded in our culture as the primary means of judging her worth as a person. While you and I may personally reject the use of physical standards as the measure of a person's value, we live in a society that generally does, and we cannot help but absorb messages that suggest to us that what we feel about our bodies is a reflection of who we are as people.
One of the least-discussed but most significant aspects about sexual assault is the possibility that some women's bodies may experience a sexual response to the assault. While not common, it is quite natural that a woman would experience the physiological effects of arousal, and even orgasm, which can be extremely confusing and upsetting to her later. I have found that this single phenomenon can produce the strongest stuck points of all because of the guilt and shame it can cause the survivor, to the point that some have strongly resisted even discussing or reading about this experience.
Cassie had been in treatment four times with four previous therapists, but her substance abuse and self-injury persisted. She was in the throes of self-doubt because her earnest work hadn't seemed to produce lasting recovery from rape, and her conclusion was that she must simply be a weak, defeated woman. As we progressed through therapy, though, we came to the issue of "stuck points" in her story. Cassie had come to trust me, and began to talk one day with a very familiar phrase: "I've never told anyone this before, but…" She then disclosed what she thought was the most shameful thing in her whole life: she had experienced orgasm during her sexual assault three years earlier.
Cassie's stuck point was that she felt she had "led him on" by being sexually responsive during the assault, which stirred up a swarm of stinging thoughts she had kept to herself: Was it really rape? Was it something she subconsciously wanted or enjoyed? Was she guilty of causing what he had done to her? And if her body responded in such a way, did it prove she is profoundly mentally disturbed for such a thing? These thoughts made therapy with Cassie very challenging because they prevented her from accepting the truth that she shared no fault for her rape. Cassie was also extremely angry at her body, which she felt had betrayed her, and would angrily exclaim, "I f—ing HATE being a woman!" Cassie was trapped between two conflicted thoughts: "I hate what happened to me" and "what could it mean that I hated something that resulted in a sensation most people associate with pleasure?" Needless to say, this was a delicate matter requiring care and empathy.
Cassie's story is her own, but it also typifies the kinds of mental "blocks" and inward guilt that women can feel when they have experienced this kind of physical response. When I asked Cassie to summarize what she thought this buried secret really meant, she thought and answered, "The word 'no' doesn't seem to count. My own body didn't listen to it. So it's as if I never said it."
Part of the answer to Cassie's self-crucifying beliefs was a simple lesson in biology. She had believed that a physical sexual response to her rape meant that she had accepted, and even encouraged, her attacker's acts of violence. But as awkward as it was for her to help me discuss the biology of her body, she trusted me and it was important for her to understand some facts she had overlooked. For example, the production of moisture in her vagina was not a result of physical or psychological desire for what was happening to her. On the contrary, it was a form ofself-defense. Her body had adapted to the sexual assault by responding in a way that would minimize injury and reduce the sensations of pain by secreting fluid so that the invasion by a penis would be less physically severe. By doing this, her body was not betraying her, but sparing her from whatever agony it could. Her body had allied with her, not with him, in doing this.
She also learned that the clitoris is a bundle of about 8000-30,000 nerve fibers, twice as many as are found in a penis and more than in any other part of a woman's body. During trauma, the sympathetic nervous system takes over physical functions of the body, and an evolutionary "fight-or-flight" response causes all of the body's nerves to become hypersensitive. While this adaptation is useful in prehistoric survival situations, it is an anachronism in situations like rape—but no less natural. Is orgasm "proof" that a rape victim "enjoyed it?" Absolutely not! In fact, in this context it is proof that her body was traumatized and responding as such; all of her body's physical systems become hyperactive for the sake of survival. The clitoris is part of the nervous system, and when it hyper-performs, it does so in a way that causes a specific physical feeling. This feeling is not necessarily an expression about pleasure, acceptance, consent, or desire; it is simply a physical reaction.
An analogy would be that when someone tickles you, even against your will, your body responds by laughing and smiling. These responses are programmed into the sensation of being tickled, but have nothing to do with enjoying or welcoming it; people will laugh during tickling even when they hate it.
Dr. Eliana Gil, a specialist in treating abuse and trauma, wrote about a brilliant technique to demonstrate this to an adolescent rape survivor she counseled. Dr. Gil's patient, Anna, felt the same shame and betrayal as Cassie did in my sessions, and this caused a similar obstacle to therapy. Dr. Gil brought a fresh onion to a therapy session with Anna, and began to slice it apart. As she did this, both she and Anna began to cry. "What's happening?" asked Dr. Gil. Anna described how the smell and fumes from the onion had caused her to become tearful. Dr. Gil pointed out that even though they were both crying, neither of them was sad.
This caused Anna to reconsider her beliefs about what a bodily reaction really says, or doesn't say, about a person's actual emotions. Anna was able to understand that sometimes the body has reactions that seem to represent certain emotions, but don't; they are purely biological behaviors. "It's like what happened to my body…when he touched me in certain places, I got wet, and I got off," Anna realized. Dr. Gil summarizes, "She now had a way of understanding that her orgasm was not compliance with sexual abuse, but a way in which her body reacted…Anna now had a new narrative about her early experiences." (Gil, Eliana. (1996) Treating Abused Adolescents, Guilford Press, New York, pp116-117.)
For many women, a sexual response during rape becomes a "trigger" for negative beliefs about themselves during later consensual sexual experiences. If you associate sexual response with assault or with "badness" in yourself, you may consciously or unconsciously suppress sexual sensations at all. Libido, sexuality, and even orgasm become misunderstood as immoral or dirty sensations that you do not want or deserve, and some women temporarily lose the ability to orgasm at all after a rape, which she previously may have been able to do. While some women become extremely sexually active in the aftermath of rape (which has nothing to do with pleasure-seeking or mora character), many become actively disinterested in sex at all.
These self-judgments can cause a woman to be fearful of sex, to have to be intoxicated to have sex, to dissociate during sex, and even to have sexual thoughts and fantasies that are inconsistent with her own previous sexual identity. Others may even have sexual arousal responses while reading a book or essay like this one, and may become horrified with themselves as "sick" or "perverted." But that is not at all what that means; it simply means that the body has associated certain physical responses with the memories of rape, and it has nothing to do with desire or pleasure. This is also not a permanent damage; sexuality can heal after rape and even become enjoyable again.
Lisa was anally raped at age 12, and had difficulty even talking about the assault because she was so embarrassed by the details. But as Lisa came to trust me, she opened up emotionally and shared some of her self-shaming beliefs about her rape. Lisa's rapist, an older boy, had groomed Lisa for rape by engaging in various forms of pleasurable touch at first. He had lavished positive attention on Lisa, and begun to affectionately caress her, and then kiss her. All of this felt good to Lisa, which made it hard for Lisa to cope with self-blame after her rape.
As a woman in her 30s, Lisa had become an addict of alcohol and methamphetamine, and had spent several weeks in a hospital after a suicide attempt. In therapy sessions with me, she was terrified to confess that at first she had liked the older boy's physical attention, which had been soft and gentle, not vicious. Lisa's stuck point was her belief that by responding pleasurably to these forms of touch, she had "sent the wrong signals" and "caused him to rape" her.
Furthermore, Lisa had subconsciously begun to link the pleasure of touch with the violence of rape. She shut off her body's receptiveness to pleasure because she feared that if she felt pleasurably stimulated again, it would lead to her being re-victimized. She also shamed herself as "bad" for feeling any sexual pleasure at all because she had believed that rape was a consequence of her pleasure feelings; in Lisa's mind, if she ever did want sexual stimulation as an adult, it would make her as sick as her rapist. Consequently, she tended to either dissociate during sex with her husband, or use drugs before sex.
In therapy, Lisa began to explore the differences between rape and sexuality. She had believed, for example, that being raped was her first sexual experience, and she was baffled when I responded that rape is not a sexual experience, and that she had not "lost" her virginity from rape. Lisa also believed that all sex was about power and control, which meant she expected rape-like feelings in any sexual encounter—even safe, consensual ones. Since she was either dissociated or drunk during sex, she had never really felt any sexual happiness that would challenge her beliefs. Because she blamed herself for "feeling good" during the victim-grooming stage before her rape, Lisa had carried intense shame for twenty years which deprived her of enjoying any pleasure from authentic lovemaking.
If any of this applies to you, do not avoid the issue in therapy! This can represent one of the most painful stuck points in your story, and until you can resolve your guilt and accept these issues as perfectly normal, blameless, physical functions they can continue to sabotage your recovery. Lisa had been in inpatient treatment for weeks without her story coming out. Cassie had attempted therapy four times before she was brave enough to address this stuck point, and the result was that four times she was unable to remain sober until this core of guilt and shame was exposed and extinguished.
(Cassie is also one of the letter-writing contributors to "Letters To Survivors: Words of Comfort for Women Recovering from Rape" at http://www.letterstosurvivors.com )
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Article by Matt Atkinson

Matt Atkinson is a Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Professional. He has worked as a director of prevention of domestic and sexual violence, where he developed and implemented programs with women's prisons, university sports teams, churches, schools, and Indian tribes. Matt has also counseled youth and adults, including more than 500 Survivors of rape. In 2004, he became the first male given the National Award for Outstanding Advocacy and Community Work in Ending Sexual Violence by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. In 2006 he began to teach university courses on domestic violence and crisis intervention. In 2010, he wrote "You Can Take Your Power Back: A Guide To Your Rights After Rape," a booklet distributed to thousands of victims. He is regularly sought as a presenter/trainer at workshops and conferences. Matt is currently directing a project to implement new Sexual Assault Response Teams to serve victims of sexual violence, and he runs an annual Spiritual Healing Retreat for Survivors which draws participants from around the world (see www. resurrectionafterrape.org for info). Matt has two Bachelor's and a Master's Degree in Art/ Human Physiology, Behavioral Science, and Social Work. He is very happily married to the most amazing woman in the world, and has two incredible sons. 




Crisis Centers-By State (Resource)


Crisis Centers-By State (Resource)


State Crisis Centers

Alabama Alabama Coalition Against Rape http://www.acar.org
Alaska
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.andvsa.org
Arizona
Arizona Sexual Assault Network
http://www.azsan.org
Arkansas
Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.acasa.ws
California
CALCASA Rape Prevention Resource Center
http://www.calcasa.org
Colorado
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.ccasa.org
Connecticuit
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services (CONNSACS)
http://www.connsacs.org
Delaware
Contact Delaware
http://www.contactlifeline.org
Florida
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
http://www.fcasv.org
Georgia
Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault (GNESA)
http://www.gnesa.org
Hawaii
Hawaii State Coalition for the Prevention of Sexual Assault
808-733-9038
Idaho
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
http://www.idvsa.org
Illinois
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA)
http://www.icasa.org
Indiana
Indiana Coaltiion Against Sexual Assault
http://www.incasa.org
Iowa
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA)
http://www.iowacasa.org
Kansas
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
http://www.kcsdv.org
Kentucky
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programming (KASAP)
http://kyasap.brinkster.net
Louisiana
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LFASA)
http://www.lafasa.org
Maine
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.mecasa.org
Maryland
Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.mcasa.org
Massachusetts
Jane Doe Inc./ MCASADV
http://www.janedoe.org
Michigan
Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.mcadsv.org
Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.mncasa.org
Mississippi
Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.mscasa.org
Missouri
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.mocadsv.org
Montana
Montana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.mcadsv.com
Nebraska
Nebraska Domestic
Violence/Sexual Assault Coalition
http://www.ndvsac.org
Nevada
Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence
http://www.ncasv.org
New Hampshire New Hampshire Coalition

Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.nhcadsv.org
New Jersey
New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.njcasa.org
New Mexico
New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
http://www.swcp.com
New York
New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.nyscasa.org
North Carolina
North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.nccasa.org
North Dakota
North Dakota Council on Abused Women's Service CASAND
http://www.ndcaws.org
Oklahoma Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault http://www.ocadvsa.org
Oregon
Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.ocadsv.com
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR)
http://www.pcar.org
Rhode Island
Day One
http://www.dayoneri.org
South Carolina
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.sccadvasa.org
South Dakota
South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.southdakotacoalition.org
Tennessee
Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
http://www.tcadsv.org
Texas
Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
http://www.taasa.org
Utah
Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.ucasa.org
Vermont
Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.vtnetwork.org
Virginia
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
http://www.vadv.org
Washington
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
http://www.wcsap.org
West Virginia
West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information
http://www.fris.org
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.wcasa.org
Wyoming
Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
http://www.wyomingdvsa.org
Washington, D.C.

DC Rape Crisis Center http://www.dcrcc.org