SCCADVASA News & Updates

Below you will find news and updates from both SCCADVASA and our member organizations. You will also find policy action alerts, legislative updates, monthly newsletters, op-eds, press releases and more.

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April 2024 Newsletter

The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault serves as the collective voice promoting the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in South Carolina. The Monthly Digest is a roundup of events, resources, and all SCCADVASA has to offer. Click here to read the April 2024 E-Newsletter.

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March 11, 2024 Legislative Update

SCCADVASA works proactively to increase the awareness of how laws and policies impact the lives and healing of survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Our policy focus areas are determined by our member organizations’ experience of emerging and ongoing needs at the community level.  SCCADVASA strives to make sure these needs are heard, understood, and acted […]

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Sara Barber Featured in Mother Jones

SCCADVASA’s Executive Director, Sara Barber, was recently featured in a Mother Jones article detailing the challenges and uncertain legal landscape faced by advocates for pregnant victims of domestic and sexual violence across the country since the fall of Roe v Wade.   Homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant people in the U.S. and […]

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February 13, 2024 Legislative Update

SCCADVASA works proactively to increase the awareness of how laws and policies impact the lives and healing of survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Our policy focus areas are determined by our member organizations’ experience of emerging and ongoing needs at the community level.  SCCADVASA strives to make sure these needs are heard, understood, and acted […]

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February 2024 Newsletter

The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault serves as the collective voice promoting the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in South Carolina. The Monthly Digest is a roundup of events, resources, and all SCCADVASA has to offer. Click here to read the February 2024 E-Newsletter.

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