Sexual Violence Prevention Resource Kit Project Work Group

Marquita Acosta, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Minneapolis Donna Dunn, Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services Carla Ferrucci, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault Jill Figge-Branson, Blue Earth County Sexual Violence Resource Center, Mankato Irma Guerrero-Mata, Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicios (CLUES), St. Paul Kelly Holsopple, Freedom and Justice Center for Prostitution Resources, Volunteers of America Rosanna Hudgins, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Maggie Knoke, Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services Signe Lervaag, Brown County Sexual Assault Services, New Ulm Lupe Monzon, Esperanza para Mujeres, Gaylord Sue Patterson, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, Fargo, ND-Moorhead San Juanita Ramos, Esperanza para Mujeres, Gaylord Iweda Riddley, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Minneapolis Marjory Singher, Sexual Offense Services of Ramsey County Melissa Sandeen, Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services

Sexual Violence Prevention Program Staff, Minnesota Department of Health

Project Consultants Evelyn Anderson Gail Hoffman Marybeth McKenna, M.S.W.

Project Coordinator Amy Okaya, M.P.H

Individuals who contributed information
and ideas and/or reviewed portions of the Kit:

Will Alexander, Minnesota Department of Corrections Rose Allen, Minnesota Extension Service Mary Altman, Rural Arts Collaboratives Cyndi Anderson, Lakes Crisis Center, Detroit Lakes Ellen Anderson, Minnesota State Senator Cordelia Anderson, Sensibilities, Inc. Tanya Anderson, St. Francis daycare provider Kathleen Anderson, Wings of Healing Shelby Andress, Search Institute Karen Atkinson, Search Institute Laurie Auger, Victim advocate Jeff Benedict, Northeastern University MaryElizabeth Berglund, St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health Greg Bergstrom, Office of Minnesota State Representative Wes Skoglund Ruth Bills, Minneapolis preschool teacher Linda Bishop, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Aviva Breen, Minnesota State Commission on the Economic Status of Women Mary Brittts, Anoka County YMCA Kathy Brothen, Family Tree Clinic Patricia Bryon, Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids Penny Butterfield, Itasca Alliance Against Sexual Assault Margaret Capocasa, Minnesota Department of Transporation Sharron Carlson, Kandi-Swift Sexual Assault Program, Willmar Sandy Casmay, Resource Center for Churches Mike Charland, Minnesota 4-H Youth Development Bonnie Clairmont, Sexual Offense Services of Ramsey County Micky Cook, Hennepin County Attorney's Office Daryl Copoletti, WATCH Toni Craft, Community Education, Fridley Mary Crossen, Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning Florence Dacy, Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council Sue Devitch, Children's Defense Fund Judy Diaz, KTCA-TV Emari Dimagiba, Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting Virginia Dowdle, Maplewood Police Department Janet Dudrow, Allina Foundation Mary Ellison, Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning Mary Evers, Anoka County Juvenile Correction Department Andy Fena, Men As Peacemakers Jude Foster, Sexual Violence Center of Hennepin, Scott and Carver Counties Renee Fraundienst, Stearns County Public Health Mary Gargaro, Anoka County Social Services Donald Gault, St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health Lois Gelbmann, Art therapist Lori Gildersleeve-High, Arc of Hennepin County Jane Gilgun, Department of Social Work, University of Minnesota Jean Greenwood, Minnesota Council of Churches Stephen Greer, Central Park Elementary School, Roseville Lois Gunderson, Initiative for Violence-Free Families and Communities in Hennepin County Cliff Gustavson, American Legion Post #168 Matt Haley, Minnesota Youth Diversion Program Beth Olson Hallen, North Shore Horizons, Two Harbors MayKao Yangblongsua Hang, Hmong Violence Prevention Initiative, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation John Hanna, Ramsey County Human Services Jacquelyn Hauser, WATCH Clell Hemphill, Minnesota Governor's Council on Disability Steve Huot, Minnesota Department of Corrections Christine Imbra, Citizens Council Center for Reducing Rural Violence Casey Johnson, Anoka County Crisis Nursery Dave Johnson, St. Cloud Police Department Deb Jones, PACER Center Michael Kaplan, District 202 Marion Kershner, Otter Tail County Public Health Bill King, Minnesota Council on Foundations Dr. Vic Klimowski, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity Beth Kosky, Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota Jan Kuenzel, WomanSafe Center, Faribault Jenny Kula, Oakdale Elementary School Peggy LaDue, Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center Lee LaDue, St. Cloud State University Women's Center Julie Larsen, Citizens Council Center for Reducing Rural Violence Sharyn Larson, Center for Victims of Torture Linda Ledray, Sexual Assault Resource Service Pete Legus, St. Cloud Police Department Melissa Lemoine, Nursing student Carrie Lennon, Hennepin County Attorney's Office Lori Lilly, University of Minnesota Child Care Center Emily Lindgren, Sexual Offense Services of Ramsey County Mila Llauger, Compas Migdalia Loyola, Domestic Abuse Intervention Project Tasha Lumen, Red Wing YMCA Pacyinz Lyfoung, Asian Women United Alice Lynch, BIHA Women in Action Andy Martin, St. Joseph's Home for Children Kim Martinez, Midwest Children's Resource Center David Mathews, The Initiative for Violence-Free Families and Communities in Ramsey County Suzi Matthews, Minneapolis daycare provider Sr. Jane McDonald, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet Mary Jo McGuire, Minnesota State Representative Sheila McGuire, Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association James Meehan, Maplewood Police Department Katy Millington, Centerville Elementary School Pat Moen, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Pamela Moore, Minneapolis Planned Parenthood Pat Moreland, Church Mutual Insurance Company Andrea Mowery, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Bill Nelson, Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center Carol Niewolney, St. Paul/Ramsey County Department of Public Health Barbara Novy, Sexual Violence Center of Hennepin, Scott and Carver Counties Bob Parkin, Minnesota Workforce Center Roman Paur, Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute Alan Pendleton, The Anoka County Attorney's Office Shirley Pierce, The Initiative for Violence-Free Families and Communities in Ramsey County JoAnn Pierson, Isanti Elementary School Lou Powell, Women's Advocates, Inc. John Pribyl, Senior Companion Program of Minnesota Katherine Quaintance, Hennepin County Attorney's Office Juddson Raney, Park Nicollet Dede Ray, Ramsey County Social Services Jeannette Raymond, The Initiative for Violence-Free Families and Communities in Hennepin County Nancy Riestenberg, Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning Becky Richardson, Minneapolis Child Foster Care Mary Robinson, Befriender Program Sally Sawyer, Minnesota League of Women Voters Steven Sawyer, Project Pathfinder Karen Schaub, Community Education, Columbia Heights Lou Schoen, Minnesota Council of Churches Maureen Sewerk, Early Childhood and Family Education Ceci Shapman, PACER Center Jonna Shelomith, District 202 Susanna Short, Program Against Sexual Violence, University of Minnesota Karen Smith, Little Voyageurs Montessori School Penelope Snipper, St. Paul Foundation James Sop, Minnesota Department of Corrections Leah Steinberg, Domestic Abuse Project Donald Streufert, University of Minnesota - Duluth John Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender M.J. Swanson, St. Cloud Hospital Kathy Sweetman, MD, Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia Lousinda Tatley, Headstart Linda Thompson, Hennepin County Medical Center Thomas Thompson, Ramsey County Community Corrections Department Jamie Tiedemann, Program Against Sexual Violence, University of Minnesota Ann Tranvik, St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health Sandy Traudt, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Lolita Uloa, Domestic Abuse Service Center Bridget Usilton, Anoka County Corrections Dept. Robert Vorwerk, Maplewood Police Department Nancy Jacobs Wallace, Early Childhood Family Education, Bethel David Walsh, National Institute on Media and the Family Mary Ann Walt, Victim Advocate Peg Wangensteen, St. Paul Area Council of Churches Geena Washburn, Minnesota County Attorneys Association Christopher Watson, University of Minnesota College of Early Education and Development Kathy Waugh, First Presbyterian Church, White Bear Lake Christian Werner, Nursing Student Joan Whitman, Volunteer, St. Paul Area Council of Churches Phyllis Willerscheidt, Commission on Women, Archdiocese of St. Paul Laura Williams, Olmsted County Victim Witness Programs Molly Wilson, Office of U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone Lydia Wood, Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services John Yoakam, Youth and AIDS Project Grit Youngquist, St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health Beth Zemsky, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Programs Office, University of Minnesota

Other contributors from the Minnesota Department of Health: Don Bishop, Director, Center for Health Promotion Khatidja Dawood, Center for Health Promotion Jerri DesJarlait, Purchasing Erica Fishman, Reproductive Health Unit Kaying Hang, Office of Refugee Health Rebecca Hostetler, GLBT Youth Health Initiative Candy Kragthorpe, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Mark Kinde, Supervisor, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Lisa Taylor Lake, Communications Pati Maier, Assistant Director, Division of Family Health Margaret Etta Meyer, Communications Mari Mitchell, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Bill Neujahr, Finance Barbara Palmer, Targeted Home Visiting Program Doug Palmer, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Nina Ross, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit John Stieger, Communications Kathleen Thompson, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit Dawn Udean, Purchasing Nancy Vanderburg, Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs Mary Wermuth, Office for Mental Health Policy Design and pre-production services: Digit Imaging, Inc. Fred Perez, Project Development Rob Lyons, Design Sharla Smith, Layout, Website Michelle Cybyske, Layout, Website Book 2 Shawn Sweeney, Copyediting Jim Fuller, Website Printing: COR/COMM MINNCOR Industries Minnesota Department of Health Facilities Management and Support Document Center Assembly: St. Paul Rehabilitation Center