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Gillis_Letter:Layout 1 11/19/07 9:53 AM Page 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS January 2008 Howard M. Lorber Chair Dear Colleague: David T. Austern President The National Center for Victims of Crime is proud to present the 2008 Richard Girgenti National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide, a product of our Treasurer continued partnership with the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The 2008 Resource Guide Alexander Auersperg offers you an extensive set of tools to engage your community in observing Hon. Arnold I. Burns this year’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Hon. Richard J. Condon This year’s theme, “Justice for Victims. Justice for All.,” evokes the ideals Carol DiBattiste that support our system of justice and inspire our nation’s quest for equity. Philip Gerson It declares that justice for all cannot be achieved without justice for victims Sarah S. Gold of crime. G. Morris Gurley Marla Hanson National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 13–19, 2008, serves to remind Ann Hayes us that crime can strike anyone. Whether it’s a drive-by shooting, a campus Alberta Davis Hogg massacre, an act of terrorism, or a crippling identity theft, we are all Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr. vulnerable to crime. In this sense, victims’ rights are everyone’s rights. As Ala Isham we celebrate our successes, assess our progress, and prepare for our next set Ralph H. Isham of challenges, we remember that justice for victims promotes justice for all. John J. Libonati Mark Mandell As you prepare your National Crime Victims’ Rights Week campaign—and Frank M. Ochberg, M.D. other outreach efforts throughout the year—we invite you to take advantage of our National Center for Victims of Crime Web site, www.ncvc.org, and Hon. Eric Smith our National Crime Victim Helpline, 1-800-FYI-CALL, which offers direct advocacy, information on available programs and services for victims, and Chairs Emeriti referrals to more than 16,000 organizations that serve crime victims Ala Isham throughout the United States. Hon. Arnold I. Burns We trust that the 2008 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide will inform, inspire, and advance your preparations, and we are Honorary Board Members honored by this opportunity to support our colleagues’ great work. Dominick Dunne Linda Fairstein Sincerely, Hon. Laurie O. Robinson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mary Lou Leary Mary Lou Leary 2000 M Street, NW ● Suite 480 ● Washington, DC 20036 ● Tel. 202 / 467-8700 ● Fax 202 / 467-8701 ● www.ncvc.org ATAGLANCE 2008 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Resource Guide Dates: Sunday, April 13 Saturday, April 19, 2008 Theme: “Justice for Victims. Justice for All.” Theme Colors: Blue Violet (Pantone 273C) and Olive Green (Pantone 575C) Fonts: Verdana, Bernhard Modern, and ITC Officina Sans • Identify other uses for the NCVRW Resource Guide Contents Resource Guide, including victimrelated • Section 1: Resource Guide Overview observances planned throughout 2008 • Section 2: Maximizing Communication (see “Commemorative Calendar” in and Awareness Section 2). • Section 3: CameraReady Artwork • Section 4: Working with the Media Special Announcements • Section 5: Landmarks in Victims’ Rights • The Sixth Annual National Candlelight and Services Observance of National Crime Victims’ • Section 6: Statistical Overviews and Rights Week (sponsored by the Office Resources for Victims of Crime in Washington, DC) • CDROM: All cameraready artwork is scheduled for Thursday, April 10, provided in blackandwhite and in color 2008. (new this year!) and in three electronic • The Attorney General’s National Crime formats (JPEG, PDF, and Quark/including Victims’ Rights Week Awards Ceremony fonts) (sponsored by the Department of Justice • Theme DVD: 5minute DVD with the and coordinated by the Office for Victims theme “Justice for Victims. Justice for of Crime in Washington, DC) is scheduled All.,” along with a 30second television for Friday, April 11, 2008. public service announcement (For more information about these two (new this year!) special events, including times and locations, visit www.ovc.gov/ncvrw.) Quick Planning Tips The complete 2008 NCVRW Resource • Review all the contents of the Resource Guide can be accessed in electronic Guide before moving forward. format at www.ovc.gov/ncvrw/2008/ • Establish a planning committee to help welcome.html. ■ share the workload and tap into even more ideas. • Develop a timetable detailing all activities and assignments leading up to your event(s). • Decide what Resource Guide camera ready materials you want to use and what other materials you might need to develop. • Develop a current list of local and state media and key reporters and producers. 1 ■ RESOURCE GUIDE OVERVIEW Justice for Victims. Justice for All. Materials in the 2008 NCVRW Resource Introduction Guide incorporate this year’s theme colors of The National Center for Victims of Crime and blue violet (Pantone #273C) and olive green the Office of Justice Program’s Office for (Pantone #575C). Victims of Crime (OVC) at the U.S. Department of Justice are proud to once again bring you the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week NCVRW Kickoff Events Resource Guide. Full of useful tools to enhance The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will your outreach efforts, the 2008 NCVRW commence National Crime Victims’ Rights Resource Guide helps unite public awareness Week with the Sixth Annual National Candle campaigns across the country during this light Observance on Thursday, April 10, 2008, year’s National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, in Washington, DC. DOJ’s National Awards scheduled for April 1319, 2008. Ceremony, which honors individuals and Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ programs for innovations and outstanding Rights Week has been set aside as a time of achievements, will be held on Friday, April national remembrance—a time to build public 11, 2008, in Washington, DC. For times, awareness about challenges crime victims locations, and other event details, visit face and to celebrate the hardwon progress www.ovc.gov/ncvrw. in victims’ rights and services. We hope you find these materials helpful as you endeavor to advance the goals of National Crime NCVRW Planning Tips Victims’ Rights Week this spring and through Follow these suggestions to enhance your out the year. 2008 NCVRW planning and maximize the impact of your efforts: 2008 NCVRW Theme and • Review each section of the Resource Theme Colors Guide before executing any plans. Decide which materials would be most helpful The 2008 NCVRW theme, “Justice for Victims. toward achieving your outreach goals. Justice for All.,” echoes the Pledge of • Establish an NCVRW Planning Committee Allegiance, recited every day in public to help brainstorm activities and share schools throughout the United States. The the workload. Committee members could theme underscores the deeply held value of include crime victims, survivors, victim “justice for all” that underpins our system service providers, or health professionals; of justice and drives the quest to ensure leaders of civic organizations, universi basic rights for all Americans. It asserts that ties, parentteacher associations, or securing this justice for victims, who still are student organizations; or members of too often denied basic rights and services, criminal and juvenile justice agencies, helps ensure justice for all—that a country ecumenical congregations, local busi that recognizes and responds to the signifi nesses, the service industry, or the news cant impact of crime on victims is more fair, media. Encourage diversity and collabo equitable, and just to its broader citizenry. ration with underserved populations. Resource Guide Overview • Exchange contact information, Section 3: CameraReady Artwork Section 6: Statistical Overviews including email addresses, to and Resources • 2008 NCVRW BlackandWhite facilitate ongoing communication Poster (11” x 17”) • Statistical Overviews (onepage among committee members. summaries of the most current • Logos, Buttons, and Magnets • Create or update mailing lists for crime statistics) event invitations and other materials. • Bookmarks > Overview of Crime Victimization • Ribbon Cards • Draft a timetable that includes in the United States committee meetings, tasks, dead • Name Tags and Table Card > Campus Crime lines, and areas of responsibility. • 2008 NCVRW Letterhead > Child Victimization • Develop a contact sheet of local • Certificate of Appreciation > Cost of Crime and Victimization media outlets to notify when you • Information and Referrals Contact schedule special events (see “Sec > Disabilities and Victimization List tion 4: Working with the Media”). > Domestic Violence/Intimate • Crime Clock (in English and • Coordinate planning for 2008 Partner Victimization Spanish) National Crime Victims’ Rights > Drunk and Drugged Driving • Three Public Awareness Posters in Week with other awareness and English > Elder Victimization prevention campaigns held during > Hate and Bias Crime Victimization April, including National Child • Three Public Awareness Posters in Abuse Prevention Month, National Spanish > Homicide Sexual Assault Awareness Month, > Human Trafficking National Volunteer Week, and Section 4: Working with the Media > Identity Theft and Financial Crime National Youth Service Days. • Sample News Release > Internet Victimization • Sample Public Service Announce > Mental Health Consequences 2008 NCVRW Resource ments of Crime Guide Contents • Sample Opinion/Editorial Columns > School Crime and