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When “Workers’ Comp” Becomes a Shield Against Justice MilitaryNews

When “Workers’ Comp” Becomes a Shield Against Justice

By Becky Park, Conference on Crimes Against Women & Russell Strand, Senior Special Agent (Ret.)…

Rachel BauldreeOctober 7, 2026

Sensationalization of Femicide NewsTrauma

Sensationalization of Femicide

By Abby E. Lagemann, PhD, Genesis Women's Shelter & Support   “The poor man .…

Rachel BauldreeSeptember 23, 2026

Criminalized Survivors: Dismantling Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline Child AbuseCriminal JusticeTrauma

Criminalized Survivors: Dismantling Today’s Abuse to Prison Pipeline

By Carolina Bazan, Rights4Girls   I never fully understood what the "abuse to prison pipeline"…

Rachel BauldreeSeptember 16, 2026

TBI: More Than a Football Injury AwarenessDomestic ViolenceTrauma

TBI: More Than a Football Injury

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   As football season kicks off, we often think…

Rachel BauldreeSeptember 9, 2026

An Attendee’s Perspective on CCAW Summit Summit

An Attendee’s Perspective on CCAW Summit

By Stephen J. Stocks, Grand County Attorney (Utah)   After attending the 2025 CCAW Summit:…

Rachel BauldreeSeptember 2, 2026

Honoring Women’s Equality Day Awareness

Honoring Women’s Equality Day

By Abby E. Lagemann, PhD, Genesis Women's Shelter & Support   In honor of Women’s…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 26, 2026

Back to School Tips on Addressing GBV Campus Safety

Back to School Tips on Addressing GBV

By Melissa Malone & Malcolm McGuire, SMU Police Department By Brikitta Hairston, Title IX &…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 19, 2026

Why Rural and Tourist Communities Face Unique Challenges in CAW ConferenceRural

Why Rural and Tourist Communities Face Unique Challenges in CAW

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   Whether nestled in a remote rural region or…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 5, 2026

What Recent ICE Allegations Remind Us About Domestic Violence Domestic ViolenceLaw EnforcementNews

What Recent ICE Allegations Remind Us About Domestic Violence

By Jamie Gaunt, Director of Communications & Development, CCAW   Recent reports involving ICE personnel…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 31, 2026

Snorkeling and It’s Benefits for Your Nervous System ConferenceTrauma

Snorkeling and It’s Benefits for Your Nervous System

By Myra Strand, Advocate Diplomat & Victim Intervention Specialist, Strand Squared Solutions LLC   Snorkeling…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 29, 2026

Crime Doesn’t Take a Vacation Law Enforcement

Crime Doesn’t Take a Vacation

By Jack R. Gates, Former Law Enforcement Officer in Missouri, currently serving as a civilian…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 23, 2026

Help the Office that Protects Women from Violence AwarenessLegislationNews

Help the Office that Protects Women from Violence

By Becky Park, Executive Director, Conference on Crimes Against Women   Picture a woman calling…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 15, 2026

Paralegals: An Emerging Direct Service Role in DV Nonprofits Domestic ViolenceLegal

Paralegals: An Emerging Direct Service Role in DV Nonprofits

By Vanessa Devis, Bilingual Paralegal, Genesis Women's Shelter & Support A few weeks ago, someone…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 6, 2026

Women Count USA: The Fight for Femicide Visibility AwarenessDomestic ViolenceSexual Violence

Women Count USA: The Fight for Femicide Visibility

By Dawn Wilcox, Founder & Executive Director, Women Count USA: Femicide Accountability Project   In…

Rachel BauldreeMay 27, 2026

A Call to Address Image-Based and AI-Generated Abuse Sexual ViolenceTrauma

A Call to Address Image-Based and AI-Generated Abuse

By Samantha McCoy, Lived-Experience Expert of Image-Based Abuse and SA For many people, image‑based abuse…

Rachel BauldreeMay 5, 2026

The Hidden Danger of Domestic Violence Calls Domestic ViolenceLaw EnforcementOfficer Safety

The Hidden Danger of Domestic Violence Calls

By Josh Bronson, Director of Education, Programs, & Visitor Experience for National Law Enforcement Officers…

Rachel BauldreeApril 29, 2026

Translating Advocacy Jargon for Crisis Callers TrainingTrauma

Translating Advocacy Jargon for Crisis Callers

By Elisabeth Swim, Helpline Specialist, Daya Inc. Case management, crisis intervention, economic stability assistance, and…

Rachel BauldreeApril 16, 2026

Why We Cannot Ignore the Link Between Masculinity & Gun Violence Gun ViolenceNews

Why We Cannot Ignore the Link Between Masculinity & Gun Violence

By Jeremy Flowers, Director of Coordinated Community Response, East Texas Crisis Center   On March…

Rachel BauldreeApril 8, 2026

Motivational Interviewing: Supporting Survivors Through Their Ambivalence TrainingTrauma

Motivational Interviewing: Supporting Survivors Through Their Ambivalence

By Dr. Kate Watson, President and Founder, The Advocacy Academy   In the aftermath of…

Rachel BauldreeMarch 30, 2026

Why The Words We Use Matter Domestic ViolenceLaw Enforcement

Why The Words We Use Matter

By Dottie Davis, Ret. Deputy Chief, Davis Corporate Training, Inc.    I spent 32 years…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 24, 2026

Invisible No More Awareness MonthDiversityDomestic Violence

Invisible No More

By Demyia Pridgen, Program Manager, ICCR & NTC **This blog post is a fictional narrative intended to explicate themes…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 19, 2026

Why Romance Fraud Is More Than just Fraud Financial AbuseTrauma

Why Romance Fraud Is More Than just Fraud

Reposted with permission from LOVESAID     Not Just a Scam, A Psychological Ambush Romance…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 10, 2026

Officers Ambushed in Response to Stalking NewsOfficer SafetyStalking

Officers Ambushed in Response to Stalking

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   The tragic ambush that claimed the lives of…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 3, 2026

Stalking Awareness Month Awareness MonthStalking

Stalking Awareness Month

*Resources below*   By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   Each January, National Stalking Awareness…

Rachel BauldreeJanuary 28, 2026

Speaker Impact Conference

Speaker Impact

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   At CCAW, we pride ourselves on the caliber…

Rachel BauldreeJanuary 26, 2026

Human Trafficking Awareness Month Awareness MonthHuman Trafficking

Human Trafficking Awareness Month

*Resources below*   By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   January marks Human Trafficking Awareness…

Rachel BauldreeJanuary 20, 2026

What Everyone Missed About Bryan Kohberger Campus SafetyNewsStalking

What Everyone Missed About Bryan Kohberger

By Joy Farrow, Ret. Deputy Sheriff   As a retired law enforcement officer, here's what…

Rachel BauldreeDecember 11, 2025

How Expert Witnesses Can Salvage a Family Violence Case Criminal JusticeTraining

How Expert Witnesses Can Salvage a Family Violence Case

By Staley Heatly, County Attorney, Wilbarger County   Prosecutors handling domestic violence cases often face…

Rachel BauldreeDecember 2, 2025

Navigating Trauma and Healing within Indigenous Communities TraumaTribal

Navigating Trauma and Healing within Indigenous Communities

This post is based off the conversation from the PCAW episode: Navigating Trauma and Healing…

Rachel BauldreeNovember 19, 2025

Putting CCAW into Practice Conference

Putting CCAW into Practice

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   “The Ripple Effect” emphasized by the Conference on…

Rachel BauldreeNovember 5, 2025

Officer Safety Campaign Domestic ViolenceLaw EnforcementOfficer Safety

Officer Safety Campaign

*This page will be continuously updated as we launch more campaign elements At the Conference…

Rachel BauldreeOctober 29, 2025

The Impact of CCAW Conference

The Impact of CCAW

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   Thousands of people from all walks of life…

Rachel BauldreeOctober 14, 2025

Recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month Awareness MonthDomestic Violence

Recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW October marks Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month, a time…

Rachel BauldreeOctober 7, 2025

Recognizing Suicide Awareness Month Awareness MonthDomestic ViolenceMental Health

Recognizing Suicide Awareness Month

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW Each September, Suicide Awareness Month reminds us at the…

Rachel BauldreeSeptember 18, 2025

Officer Safety on Domestic Violence Calls Domestic ViolenceLaw EnforcementNewsOfficer Safety

Officer Safety on Domestic Violence Calls

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   What happened? “Two police officers were killed Sunday…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 28, 2025

Women’s Equality Day Awareness Month

Women’s Equality Day

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW At the Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW), Women’s Equality…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 26, 2025

What’s so special about CCAW Summit? Conference

What’s so special about CCAW Summit?

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW If you are interested in learning more about CCAW…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 18, 2025

Disrespect in Women’s Sports News

Disrespect in Women’s Sports

By Rachel Bauldree, Communications Manager, CCAW   What happened? In recent weeks, multiple incidents have…

Rachel BauldreeAugust 13, 2025

Rebuilding Leadership After Financial Abuse Elder AbuseFinancial Abuse

Rebuilding Leadership After Financial Abuse

By Bob Shannon, Founder, SeniorsMeet   Financial abuse doesn’t leave bruises. It rewires trust. It…

Rachel BauldreeJuly 8, 2025

Happy Pride Month Awareness MonthLGBTQIA+

Happy Pride Month

*Resources below*   Pride Month honors the resilience and strength of the LGBTQ+ community in…

Rachel BauldreeJune 6, 2025

Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month Awareness MonthMental HealthTrauma

Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we honor the strength it takes to heal—and the critical…

Rachel BauldreeMay 16, 2025

The Ripple Effect of CCAW ConferenceLegislationStalking

The Ripple Effect of CCAW

By Lacy Hensley, Director, ICCR & NTC   Update as of June 12, 2025: House…

Rachel BauldreeApril 28, 2025

Recognizing Child Abuse Awareness Month Awareness MonthChild Abuse

Recognizing Child Abuse Awareness Month

At the Conference on Crimes Against Women, we know that violence doesn’t happen in isolation—and…

Rachel BauldreeApril 16, 2025

Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month Awareness MonthSexual Violence

Recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month

*Resources below*   Sexual violence affects millions. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center,…

Rachel BauldreeApril 11, 2025

Recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month Awareness MonthTrauma

Recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month

*Resources below*   Every March, as communities nationwide come together to observe Brain Injury Awareness…

Rachel BauldreeMarch 20, 2025

Recognizing Women’s History Month Awareness Month

Recognizing Women’s History Month

HerStory is Our Story By Demyia Pridgen, Program Manager, ICCR & NTC Women’s History Month…

Demyia PridgenMarch 12, 2025

2025 Keynote Announcement ConferenceNews

2025 Keynote Announcement

The Conference on Crimes Against Women Announces Nichole Schmidt and Tara Petito of the Gabby…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 18, 2025

A Day to Reflect on Love and Raise Awareness About Intimate Partner Violence Domestic ViolenceSexual Violence

A Day to Reflect on Love and Raise Awareness About Intimate Partner Violence

Valentine’s Day is often associated with sweet gestures, flowers, and expressions of love. For many,…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 14, 2025

Recognizing Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Awareness Month

Recognizing Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

*Resources below*   Teen dating violence encompasses physical, emotional, psychological, and even digital abuse between…

Rachel BauldreeFebruary 12, 2025

Recognizing Black History Month Awareness MonthDiversity

Recognizing Black History Month

*Resources below* By Demyia Pridgen, Program Manager, ICCR & NTC The month of February marks…

Demyia PridgenFebruary 7, 2025