It’s National Stalking Awareness Month and we’ve put together a resource collection of tools for the community.
Learn
- A 2021 Pew Research Center study found that, “Black, Hispanic targets of online harassment are more likely than their White counterparts to say they’ve been harassed online because of their race, ethnicity”
- This webinar from our knowledge base discusses stalking as a qualifying crime for a U Visa
Take Action
- The Stalking Prevention and Resource Center (SPARC) created a risk assessment tool to examine and assess stalking. If you are experiencing stalking, we encourage you to work with a service provider to complete this free assessment and develop safety strategies. SPARC also has a library of recorded webinars about stalking.
- The Violence Against Women Research Consortium published a series of training videos for advocates and resources detailing stalking laws and best practices for law enforcement and best practices for prosecutors in stalking investigations.
- This tool by the Campus Technical Assistance Resource Project describes the “It’s Your Business” curriculum, which provides students, faculty and staff at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with strategies to prevent gendered violence on campuses.