NAACP

The fourth quarterly featured quest speakers at the Otero County NAACP business meeting were  Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)  Tina Godby-Ware;  Otero County Sexual Assault Coordinator, Sandra Wilder, of the Counseling Center of Alamogordo;  and Detective Lt. Lee Wilder, Response Team Coordinator, of Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.  All are members of the  Sexual Assault Response Team  (SART) in New Mexico’s Twelfth Judicial District.

The coordinated sexual assault response team  is designed to ensure that victims are provided with a broad range of necessary care and services (legal, medical, social services) and to increase the likelihood that an assault can be successfully prosecuted. The SART team includes a nurse examiner, a sexual assault advocate, a prosecutor, and a law enforcement officer. All responding actors follow specific protocols that set out their responsibilities in treating and providing services sensitive to the needs of victims of sexual assault.

You can contact members of the response team at the following numbers:

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner,  Tina Godby-Ware:  575 430-9485
Otero County Sexual Assault Coordinator, Sandra Wilder:  575 437-7404
Response Team Coordinator,  Detective Lt. Lee Wilder:  575 439-4300

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The SART presentation was  followed by a showing of  “V-Day, Until the Violence Stops”. “V-Day” is an international movement to stop violence against women (and men).  An Alamogordo stage presentation of “The Vagina Monologues” is slated for February of 2010.  Men are encouraged to attend.

By Denise Lang
President Peace and Justice of La Luz

The film, V Day Until the Violence Stops, will be shown twice on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the New Mexico State University-Alamogordo campus in the Technical Education (Pro-Tech) Building, Room 128. (NE side of campus) The subject is how people are working to end violence, reclaim peace, and to celebrate women’s sexuality and strength. Admission is free!

Peace and Justice of La Luz (Pajoll), a local non-profit organization, proudly supports 2009 events to help celebrate women, their strength and their sexuality.  Pajoll is part of Otero County’s Take Back the Night Committee, bringing a controversial documentary film to Alamogordo to share with community members.