Click here to email your state rep! actionnetwork.org/letters/vote...

✨We hope you’ll join us April 29 at Champagne Tiger in Denver to celebrate survivors and our movement’s resilience! bit.ly/codenimday26

Registration for our Denim Day Party is free, and we appreciate anyone able to contribute a suggested donation of $50. 🩵

See you there! bit.ly/codenimday26

CCASA believes survivors. Your voices make movements for justice stronger.

And as ValorUS said in their statement that CCASA has signed onto, “Sexual violence is not an anomaly. It is systemic. No movement, no sector, no leader is immune.”

www.valor.us/pressrelease...

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

Her disclosure came on the heels of reporting from the New York Times that this same leader sexually abused multiple girls and young women who are now speaking out: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

A Statement from Dolores Huerta March 18, 2026

Yesterday, the labor rights and feminist icon Dolores Huerta shared her heartbreaking story of being sexual abused by another leader in the farmworkers’ rights movement: medium.com/@dolores_hue...

“I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for. [...] My silence ends here.” (Dolores Huerta, 3/18/26)

🚨 Take action in just two clicks to support survivors and help end sexual violence in Colorado's jails! mailxto.com/yeshb1123

The bill has passed unanimously through the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate floor, a powerful testament to the impact of survivors’ lived experience.

SB095 now moves to the Colorado House for further consideration.

Thanks again to Sen. Weissman for championing this important policy!

🎉 CCASA was proud to testify in support of S095 Monday alongside survivors of sexual and domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, and cybercrime and our partners, AG @philweiser.bsky.social, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center, CO Organization for Victim Assistance, and Violence Free CO.

Toll to sexual assault survivors rises if they feel blamed and disbelieved Natalie, a single mother, dropped off her son at daycare, went to therapy and then returned home. She swallowed a fistful of pills, washing them down with a six-pack of beer. She was ready to end her ...

Thank you to @denvergazette.com for covering these survivors' stories. www.denvergazette.com/2026/02/27/t...

This is unacceptable. Survivors deserve respect and care from the people they turn to for help.

CCASA continues to push for improving the system response to survivors through our trainings, advocacy, and policy work. But law enforcement and prosecutors must do better for survivors & public safety.

CCASA is proud to champion this essential bill, which was informed by survivors’ experiences, feedback, and advocacy. Stay tuned for the outcome of SB26-095's Senate Judiciary hearing on Monday, March 2!

🚓 Choosing to report is already difficult enough for survivors. SB095 requires law enforcement to take additional training to enhance their understanding of the impact of trauma to improve response and investigations.

⚖️ Survivors deserve to choose how they engage in their court case. SB095 extends the option for remote testimony to all survivors (currently allowed only for child sexual assault cases).

SB095 supports survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, stalking, & human trafficking:

⚕️Survivors shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get info about their assault. SB095 requires health professionals who conduct medical forensic exams to tell survivors when/how to get results & records.

SB26-095, Measures to Support Victim-Survivors of Crimes, takes a significant step toward improving survivors’ experiences within medical, legal, and judicial systems. Thank you Sen. Weissman, @repfroe.bsky.social, and Rep. Willford for listening to survivors’ voices and spearheading this bill!

Write a message of support and solidarity to survivors of sexual violence The Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CCASA) invites you to submit a message of support for survivors of sexual violence that we will compile and share on social media and other public platfo...

📣 TAKE ACTION

1️⃣Write messages of support to survivors bit.ly/4scNHkt
2️⃣Sign up to take more action alongside survivors and advocates who have their backs bit.ly/4aPJQT9
3️⃣Donate to our advocacy work coloradogives.org/donate/ccasa & local community-based programs youhavetherightco.org/support-services

🫶 GET SUPPORT

1️⃣@wingsfound.bsky.social support groups for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse wingsfound.org/join-a-wings-support-group
2️⃣Local services including confidential, 24/7 help youhavetherightco.org/support-services
3️⃣Mental health resources @988lifeline.bsky.social & ownpath.co

We know this is an extremely difficult time for all survivors and those who work in the anti-sexual violence movement.

Below are some resources and ways to take action. 🤍

We’re here for you. Thank you for being here for our movement, too.

Whether you choose to speak out or heal in private, you don’t owe anyone your story. Just being here is enough.

But speaking out is what survivors of Jeffrey Epstein are doing right now to make sure that all our communities are safer in the future.

Whether you’re a survivor, advocate, or community member who wants to get more involved, we hope you’ll join us!

Registration is open to the public: ccasa.coalitionmanager.org/eventmanager...

📬 Sign up for CCASA’s emails to stay updated on all the ways you can support priority bills for survivors during this legislative session: bit.ly/ccasanews

HB26-1052 passed unanimously out of the House Judiciary Committee, and we’re hopeful it will pass the House of Representatives soon.

As Elizabeth shared in her testimony, “this bill is critical for helping to strengthen Colorado’s Victim Rights Act and essential for survivors of sexual violence.”

👉 Giving survivors a voice in kit re-test requests for cases of lab misconduct

👉 Honoring survivors’ preferred name or use of initials in court hearings for safety and respect

👉 Ensuring victims and survivors are heard in restitution hearings

We’re proud this bill (HB26-1052) was informed by survivors’ voices, including members of CCASA’s Survivor Task Force.

Provisions include...

🗣️Survivor voices should inform policies that impact us! CCASA Director of Public Policy, Elizabeth, joined advocates from Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center & Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance at the state capitol last week to testify in support of a bill to strengthen the Victim Rights Act.

Thank you Rep. Katie Stewart, @javiermabrey.bsky.social, @judyamabileco.bsky.social, & Sen. Mike Weissman for bringing this legislation forward to prevent sexual abuse in CO jails.

Here's how YOU can help pass this bill:
1. Donate
2. Sign up for alerts
3. Sign up to testify
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The Prison Rape Elimination Act (#PREA), a federal law, sets standards of protection, but those standards aren't enforced in local jails.

If passed, HB26-1123 would

👉 PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE
👉 SUPPORT SURVIVORS
👉 INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY

"Sexual violence and violations of bodily autonomy pose an urgent threat to the rights, dignity, and safety of people held in our state’s jails. Colorado has a responsibility to do more to prevent this."

- Elizabeth, Director of Public Policy, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Recent coverage from @durangoherald.bsky.social @coloradopolitics.bsky.social @cbscolorado.bsky.social @ccmlocalnews.bsky.social and more reflects what the research shows: sexual violence is rampant in jails, including Colorado's.