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Announcement!

After a national search and hiring process, the SASS Board of Directors is overjoyed to announce that Martina Shabram, SASS Interim Executive Director, has accepted the board’s offer to serve as the new permanent Executive Director. We are overjoyed to have such a capable and thoughtful person to lead the organization into the future. Martina has been with SASS since 2019, beginning in survivor advocacy, leading the education and outreach program and most recently serving as the Interim Executive Director. 

During her tenure at SASS, Martina has focused on expanding access to psychoeducational services for survivors. During the pandemic, she took over SASS’s support group program and successfully transitioned it into the digital arena; that program has now served hundreds of survivors and is growing under the guidance of new and energetic staff. She also developed the Healthy Sexuality for Survivors program. As Interim Director, Martina provided steady and caring leadership, ushering the organization and its service to the community through the most recent stages of the pandemic.

Originally from California, Martina moved to Eugene for her graduate studies, completing a PhD in 2015 from the University of Oregon’s English department in the area of Disability Studies. After completing her studies, she taught at Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon. She also served as an elected Director on the Eugene School District 4J Board before resigning to take on the SASS Interim Executive Director Role earlier this year.

As a board, we are incredibly grateful to have had Martina’s strong and steady leadership over the last 6 months and are looking forward to seeing what the next chapter looks like as Martina officially takes the helm and brings the organization into the future. Martina officially began her new role August 31st.  Please join us in welcoming Martina into this new role.  You can contact Martina directly at director@sass-lane.org

As always, the Board of Directors would like to assure the community that our work will continue to be empowerment-based and survivor-centered. Our core work will be unchanged, and we will always be here for our community providing outreach, advocacy, and support to survivors of sexual violence and their partners, families, and friends.

Después de un proceso a nivel nacional de búsqueda y contratación, la junta directiva de los SASS se complace en anunciar que Martina Shabram, la directora ejecutiva interina de los SASS, aceptó la propuesta de la junta para ser la nueva directora ejecutiva permanente. Nos llena de felicidad tener a una persona tan capaz y considerada para liderar la organización hacia el futuro. Martina ha sido parte de los SASS desde 2019, comenzando con abogacía a las personas sobrevivientes y liderando el programa de educación y alcance comunitario, y, más recientemente, ejerciendo la función de directora ejecutiva interina.

Durante su permanencia en los SASS, Martina se ha enfocado en expandir el acceso a los servicios psicoeducativos para las personas sobrevivientes. Durante la pandemia, se responsabilizó del programa de grupo de apoyo de los SASS y lo trasladó exitosamente al mundo digital; ese programa ha atendido a cientos de personas sobrevivientes y continúa creciendo bajo la guía de un nuevo y energético personal. Ella también desarrolló el Programa de Sexualidad Saludable para las personas sobrevivientes. Como directora interina, Martina aportó un liderazgo firme y atento, acomodando a la organización y a sus servicios comunitarios a lo largo de las etapas más recientes de la pandemia.

Proveniente de California, Martina se trasladó a Eugene para realizar estudios de postgrado; en 2015, terminó su doctorado en el área de Estudios sobre las Discapacidades, en el Departamento de Inglés de la Universidad de Oregon. Tras terminar sus estudios, enseñó en Planned Parenthood de suroeste de Oregon. También se desempeñó como la directora electa en la junta directiva del distrito escolar 4J de Eugene antes de presentar su renuncia para asumir, a inicios de este año, el cargo de directora ejecutiva interina.

Desde la junta directiva manifestamos que agradecemos profundamente haber contado con el liderazgo firme y sólido de Martina en los casi últimos seis meses, y esperamos con gran interés ver lo que que viene cuando Martina asuma oficialmente el mando y dirija la organización hacia el futuro. Martina comienza oficialmente su nuevo cargo el 31 de agosto. Únase a nosotros para darle la bienvenida a Martina a su nuevo cargo. Puede contactar a Martina directamente en director@sass-lane.org

Como siempre, la junta directiva quisiera reafirmarle a la comunidad que nuestro trabajo seguirá basándose en el empoderamiento y centrándose en las personas sobrevivientes. El núcleo de nuestro trabajo no cambiará y siempre estaremos aquí para nuestra comunidad, brindando alcance comunitario, abogacía y apoyo a las personas sobrevivientes de la violencia sexual, a las familias y a las amistades.

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES OF LANE COUNTY

SASS is a non-profit organization providing outreach, advocacy and support to survivors of sexual violence and their partners, families and friends throughout Eugene-Springfield and the rest of Lane County.

• Our advocates listen, believe, support, accompany, offer information and referrals, and provide peer counseling to survivors of assault, past and present.
• We maintain a 24-hour crisis and support line and 24-hour advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse.
• We provide support at our Drop-In Center Tuesday-Thursday 9:00 AM- 4:00PM.
• Our empowerment-based, survivor-centered approach to ending sexual violence and the forms of oppression that allow it to exist is presented in our volunteer training.

For more information on SASS events, support groups, office closures, and other important dates, please visit our public calendar.

July 2022 Services Update