MEDIA ADVISORY
May 11, 2018

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES 
EVENT DATE: Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Media Contacts:

• Jessica Merrill, Communications Manager: jessica@cpedv.org | (916) 444-7163, ext. 118
• Lorena Campos, Communications Coordinator: lcampos@calcasa.org | 916.446.2520, ext. 316

The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Rally for $50 Million to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

What: The California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership) and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) will convene legislators, survivors, and victim-advocates to rally and in support of $50 million in new state funding to end sexual and domestic violence. 

Later in the afternoon, the Partnership and CALCASA will meet with Governor Brown’s office, turning in over 1,200 petition signatures in support of the budget request.

Speakers include: 

• Kathy Moore, Executive Director, the Partnership 
• John Finley, Public Policy Associate, CALCASA
• Michelle Felix, Corporate Social Responsibility Team, Mary Kay Inc.
• Ebony Ava Harper, Survivor Advocate
• Leah Sautelet, Survivor of Domestic Violence and Crisis Advocate – Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
• Senator Jim Beall
• Assemblymember Blanca Rubio
• Assemblymember Shirley Weber
• Speaker Anthony Rendon
• Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer
• Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson
• Senator Connie Leyva
• Assemblymember Eloise Gomez-Reyes
• Assemblymember David Chiu
• Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman
• Keely Linton, Operations Director, Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition
• Sharon Turner, Director of Client Services, STAND! For Families Free of Violence
• Rosa Cabrera, Associate Director, Policy Link – Alliance for Boys and Men of Color

When: Tuesday May 15, 2018

Rally: 9:30 AM -10:30 a.m. 
Turning in Petition Signatures to Governor Brown’s Office: 1:30-1:35 p.m.

Where:    

Rally:
California State Capitol, North Steps 
1315 10th St, Sacramento, California 95814

Turning in Petition Signatures to Governor Brown’s Office:
California State Capitol, Suite 1173 
1315 10th St, Sacramento, California 95814

Why: Sexual and domestic violence incur significant costs and consequences to survivors, communities, and governments: Sexual violence costs the state of California $140 billion, and domestic violence costs the U.S. $460 billion a year. The Partnership and CALCASA are proposing a state budget package that would include California’s first ever-prevention funding for sexual and domestic violence, support services to complement existing emergency interventions, and research and innovation. Learn more at http://www.calcasa.org/50toendsvdv/. 

Photo Opportunities:    

• Over 100 in attendance
• People adding signatures to a poster in support of the new $50 million state budget request
• Interview opportunities with legislators and leaders in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence
• Turning in a stack of petition signatures to Governor Brown’s office – photo before entering office (1:30 p.m.)

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