Newsletters

ICASA publishes Coalition Commentary, a quarterly newsletter about sexual assault. The newletter includes informative articles, opinion pieces and legal articles. For more information contact ICASA.

		2001 Fall: Gender Violence in Elementary and Secondary Schools Lead article on gender violence in elementary and secondary schools from the Fall 2001 Coalition Commentary. Written by Nan Stein.
		2001 Fall: Prison Rape: The Unspoken Punishment Commentary by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett on prison rape that appeared in the Fall 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Fall: Stand Up for All Victims of Violence ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on the need to stand up for all victims of violence that appeared in the Fall 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Spring: Advocacy Duty Overrides Jury Duty ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on her brush with jury duty that appeared in the Spring 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Spring: Congress must Act on Gun Control ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on gun control that appeared in the Spring 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Spring: Words: Powerful Tools of Healing and Hurt Article on language use in the judicial system that appeared in the Spring 2001 Coalition Commentary. Written by Terry Mutchler.
		2001 Summer: Adovcates work to Restore Victims` Voices ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on the work of advocates that appeared in the Summer 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Summer: State Legislators Shortchange ICASA ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on funding for ICASA that appeared in the Summer 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Summer: Words Leave Lasting Impressions Lead article on language use from the Summer 2001 Coalition Commentary. Written by Susan Faupel.
		2001 Winter: Anti-Rape Movement Loses Leader ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on life of anti-rape advocate Deborah Wiatt that appeared in Winter 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Winter: ICASA Proposes Order of Protection ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on the need for Order of Protection for rape victims that appeared in the Winter 2001 Coalition Commentary.
		2001 Winter: Lending a Hand Article on Maureen Mostacci`s work in New York City following the September 11th terrorist attack. Mostacci is the Director of Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling. Article was written by Sean Black.
		2002 Fall: 25 Years and Counting ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on ICASA`s 25th Anniversary that appeared in the Fall 2002 Coalition Commentary.
		2002 Fall: Drugs and Sexual Assault: A Dangerous Mix Article on date-rape drugs that appeared in the Fall 2002 Coalition Commentary. Written by Kathleen M. Quinn.
		2002 Fall: Training Available on Investigating Drug-Facilitated SA Commentary by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett on training available on investigating drug-facilitated sexual assault that appeared in the Fall 2002 Coalition Commentary.
		2002 Spring: Coalition Gears Up for Conference ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on the ICASA co-sponsored Second National Sexual Violence Prevention Conference that appeared in the Spring 2002 Coalition Commentary
		2002 Spring: One Size Does Not Fit All Article on evaluation of sexual assault education programs that appeared in the Spring 2002 Coalition Commentary. Written by Kathleen M. Quinn.
		2002 Spring: Victims Make Strides with 2001 Legislation ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on the work of advocates that appeared in the Spring 2002 Coalition Commentary.
		2002 Summer: Clergy Abuse: Unveiling the Coverup Article on clergy abuse that appeared in the Summer 2002 Coalition Commentary. Written by ICASA Assistant Director Carol Corgan.
		2002 Summer: The Church and Sexual Abuse ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on clergy abuse that appeared in the Summer 2002 Coalition Commentary.
		2003 Spring: Juvenile Sex Offenders Required to Register in Illinois Commentary by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett on juvenile sex offender registration that appeared in the Spring 2003 Coalition Commentary.
		2003 Spring: Demand: The Driving Force of Sex Trafficking Lead article on sex trafficking from the Spring 2003 Coalition Commentary. Written by Donna M. Hughes.
		2003 Summer: Sexual Abuse Impacts the Whole Family Lead article on the impact sexual abuse has on a victim`s family. Written by Amy Tranel of the Riverview Center, Inc. in Galena.
		2003 Summer: ICASA Celebrates Legislative Victories Commentary by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett on recently passed state legislation that appeared in the Summer 2003 Coalition Commentary.
		2003 Summer: The Difficult Road Ahead Opinion article by ICASA staff Sean Black on the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case and its impact.
		2003 Winter: A History Worth Celebrating Lead article on ICASA`s founding mothers that appeared in the Winter 2003 Coalition Commentary. Written by Sean Black.
		2003 Winter: Lifetime Supervision Needed Commentary on lifetime supervision of sex offenders by ICASA General Counsel Lyn Schollett that appeared in the Winter 2003 Coalition Commentary.
		2003 Winter: Never Forget the Past ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary on ICASA`s history that appeared in the Winter 2003 Coalition Commentary.
		2003 Winter: The Mind of a Child Molester Excerpt from the book, Conversations with a Pedophile, that appeared in the Winter 2003 Coalition Commentary.
		2004 Fall: Legal prostitution: A bad idea Article by Dr. Janice Raymond that appeared in the Fall 2004 Coalition Commentary outlining why prostitution shouldn`t be legalized.
		2004 Spring: Debate on decency indecent Commentary by ICASA Assistant Director Carol Corgan on the decency debate.
		2004 Spring: ICASA Trains Expert Witnesses ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on the training of expert witnesses that appeared in the Coalition Commentary.
		2004 Spring: Institutional Barriers Stand Tall Lead article in the Spring 2004 Coalition Commentary on the barriers rape victims face when reporting the crime that took place in an institution. Written by Sean Black.
		2004 Summer: Institutional Barries Revisited Article on institutional barriers facing rape victims that appeared in the Summer 2004 Coalition Commentary. Written by Sean Black.
		2004 Summer: Rape Shield Laws prevail in Illinois ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett`s commentary on rape shield laws that appeared in the Summer 2004 Coalition Commentary.
		2004 Summer: Victories - Had One Lately? ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin`s commentary that appeared in the Summer 2004 Coalition Commentary.
		2005 Fall: 2005 Illinois Legislation in Review Article by ICASA General Counsel Lyn Schollett on legislation passed in 2005.
		2005 Fall: Differing takes on party games Lead article by Sean Black on the use of party games to facilitate sexual assault that appeared in the Summer 2005 Coalition Commentary.
		2005 Fall: Doing battle against daily life Viewpoint by Sean Black that appeared in Fall 2005 Coalition Commentary.
		2005 Spring: First Lady gives wrong message Viewpoint article written by Sean Black in regards to comments made by First Lady Laura Bush. It appeared in the Spring 2005 Coalition Commentary.
		2005 Spring: I want a 24-Hour Truce without Rape Reprint of article by Andrea Dworkin in remembrance of her death.
		2005 Spring: In Memory of Andrea Dworkin Article by Susan Faupel about the impact of Andrea Dworkin.
		2005 Summer: Fight for Justice begins Again Viewpoint commentary by Polly Poskin about the need to renew the battle against pornography.
		2005 Summer: Just a Prude on Pornography? Lead article by Robert Jensen on pornography that appeared in the Summer 2005 Coalition Commentary.
		2005 Summer: Pharmacisists required to Just Fill It Article by ICASA General Counsel Lyn Schollett on emergency contraception.
		2006 Spring: Predator Accountability Act Article by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett about recently passed legislation.
		2006 Spring: Prosecutors need to Prosecute Commentary by Kaethe Morris Hoffer that appeared in the Spring 2006 Coalition Commentary.
		2006 Spring: Unraveling ABCs of DNA and Rape Article focusing on DNA and its place in rape cases. It was written by Sean Black.
		2006 Summer: Anti-rape policy work must expand Article by ICASA General Counsel Lyn M. Schollett that appeared in the Summer 2006 Coalition Commentary.
		2006 Summer: ICASA targets bullies in schools Article on myths and facts of bullying that appeared in the Summer 2006 Coalition Commentary. It was written by Melissa Black.
		2006 Winter: Punsished for Being Female Lead article in the 2006 Winter Coalition Commentary.
		2007 Spring: Promising Prevention Practices Article on ICASA`s research project on prevention programming.
		2007 Spring: Time to Overhaul System Commentary by ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin about the need to revamp portions of the judicial system.
		2007 Winter: 2007 Illinois Legislative Review Article by ICASA General Counsel Lyn Schollett on legislation passed in 2007.
		2007 Winter: ICASA Stays After Bullies Article on ICASA`s bullying prevention project.