Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault | MCASA

Press Release from the Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention May 20, 2013 More than 400 representatives of local, state and national organizations today gathered for the 2nd Annual Conference on Combating Human Trafficking in Maryland. Governor Martin O’Malley opened the conference, reviewing work already done to fight human trafficking in the state, and [...]

Sexual violence.  It happens every day.  In every jurisdiction in our State.  In the military, in homes, and elsewhere.  MCASA works throughout Maryland to help respond and prevent sexual assault. In Anne Arundel County, the press covered multiple sexual assaults in the last year, including cases in Glen Burnie, Crownsville, Linthicum, Edgewater, and Arnold. These are only the cases that came to [...]

President Obama made a strong statement yesterday on sexual assault in the military. Read the full comments below and visit MCASA’s military sexual assault resource page.   Christi Parsons: ”The Pentagon said today that there may be as many as 70 sexual assaults a day in the military — up by 35 percent during your term [...]