Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center

In her new blog, OVW Director Rosie Hidalgo commends the dedication of survivors, advocates, criminal & civil justice professionals, healthcare providers, community leaders, faith-based organizations, educational institutions & other service providers. https://lnkd.in/e4N9SJVB

Too often, the issue of stalking fades into the background. Not today. The SPARC team is proud to join survivors, professionals, and allies across the country as we #SparkleAgainstStalking this #NSAM2025. #NSAMDayofAction

Please join SPARC this Friday on Instagram Live and YouTube as we proudly present the 2025 Peggy Klinke award to?stalking?survivor and activist?Anna Nasset!?The?Klinke Award?is presented each January to highlight and express gratitude for incredible efforts to enhance responses to?stalking?victimization in the United States. Anna Nasset's strength, determination, and dedication to empowering survivors and educating responders on?stalking?-- as well as her bravery in sharing her own harrowing story of surviving?stalking?and pursuing justice -- is inspiring and impactful. She is an international speaker, subject matter expert, and published author whose story and message has reached thousands.?Anna is one of few people who hold the freedom to speak openly about her experiences, as the individual who?stalked?her received one of the longest known sentences for this crime in U.S. history: a mere maximum sentence of ten years in prison for aggravated felony?stalking. To learn more about Anna’s incredible contributions and congratulate her for this well-deserved win, join us this Friday, January 17th (just join @FollowUsLegally on?Instagram?or?YouTube?at 2pm Eastern)!?We'll also be joined by the incredible Debbie R., National?Stalking?Awareness Month Founder and 2024 awardee.

Today is the first day of National Stalking Awareness Month 2025! Join our annual call to action to elevate the issue of stalking and to KNOW IT, NAME IT, and STOP IT. Check out StalkingAwareness.org to learn more and join the conversation. #NSAM2025 #KnowItNameItStopIt ?Hoy es el primer día del Mes Nacional de Concientización sobre el Acecho 2025! Participe en el llamado anual a la acción para promover el tema del acecho y CONóZCALO, IDENTIFíQUELO, DETéNGALO. Visite StalkingAwareness.org para obtener más información y participar en la conversación.

Spread the word - we're hiring! SPARC and its sister organization, AEquitas, are seeking a Project Manager to assist with the development and implementation of the National Resource Center on Cybercrimes (NRCC). The NRCC will be a centralized hub for resources, training, and technical assistance to improve the capacity of individuals, organizations, and governmental entities and communities to prevent, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals, focusing on the intersection of gender-based violence and computer-facilitated extortion and intimidation, particularly the issues of cyberstalking and the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images of adults/image-based sexual abuse. Visit https://lnkd.in/e_AryAdB for more information on the position and how to apply.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)! Did you know that intimate partner violence and stalking overlap in many ways? Check out our posts throughout October to learn more about the intersections of stalking and intimate partner violence and how to support victims and survivors. Go to https://lnkd.in/e33H3iZB to see all our resources on the intersections of stalking and intimate partner violence! #DVAM2024 Octubre es el Mes de Concientización sobre la Violencia Doméstica (DVAM, por sus siglas en inglés). ?Sabía usted que la violencia en las relaciones de pareja y el acecho se entrecruzan en muchos aspectos? Revisa nuestras publicaciones de octubre para saber más sobre las intersecciones entre el acecho y la violencia en las relaciones de pareja y cómo apoyar a las personas víctimas y sobrevivientes. Visita https://lnkd.in/e33H3iZB para ver todos nuestros recursos sobre las intersecciones del acecho y la violencia en las relaciones de pareja. #DVAM2024

This week, SPARC Director Jennifer Landhuis and Senior Training & Awareness Specialist Dana Fleitman were honored and delighted to join with a few of the incredible stalking survivors who inspire us every day -- Caitlin Mathis, Aziza Murphy, Debbie Riddle, Lenora Claire, and Anna Nasset -- to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in Washington, D.C.! VAWA was the first federal legislation providing resources to fund and promote community-coordinated responses around gender-based violence. Up for renewal every five years, each VAWA reauthorization has built on existing protections and programs to better meet the needs of survivors and expanded its services, reach, and population served. What a gift to reflect and celebrate the progress over the past 30 years and the countless survivors, mentors, advocates, and allies who have bravely led this movement. Now, back to work! #VAWA30 U.S. Department of Justice, The Office on Violence Against Women

Calling all law enforcement and prosecutors! Join us and our partners at AEquitas for a conversation on investigating and prosecuting doxing. This is not a webinar, but a chance to meet our experts to converse, brainstorm, and share best practices or challenges in a national conversation. Register now at https://lnkd.in/d94vm68y.

From cartoons to thrillers, media misrepresentations of stalking often show this traumatic crime as romantic, funny, heroic, and/or edgy. While the media does not cause stalking, the cumulative effect of these portrayals contributes to the normalization and minimization of stalking -- with real world impacts for stalking survivors. Check out our new (short!) video to learn more! https://lnkd.in/eX947Qw5

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Peggy Klinke Award! This new annual award honors an individual doing outstanding work on behalf of victims and survivors of stalking. The Klinke Award will be presented each January — National Stalking Awareness Month — to highlight and express gratitude for incredible efforts to enhance responses to stalking victimization in the United States. Learn more and nominate someone who inspires you at https://lnkd.in/e-gQpw5q!