History
Key Points in Ohio Alliance History
- April 2008: What is now
known as the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual
Violence Steering Committee forms with the
goal of creating an Ohio coalition focused
on ending sexual violence. Fiscal
commitments are made by the Cleveland Rape
Crisis Center, the Ohio Department of Health
and the Office of Criminal Justice Services.
- November 2008: The Ohio
Alliance receives its state not-for-profit
status.
- April 2009: The
Ohio Alliance is granted tax-exempt
status.
- July 2009: OAESV
Steering Council receives the Executive
Summary of their Needs Assessment, available
here.
The Ohio Alliance holds regional meetings to
assess needs and plan strategically to work
toward ending sexual violence.
- November 2009: Victim
Services Coordinator, Jen Yoder, hired.
OAESV opens doors at 65 South Broad Street,
Suite 405 in Columbus, Ohio.
- March 2010: Samar
Kakaub Ahmad is hired as the Executive
Director.
- April 2010: Executive Director Samar Ahmad holds Open House to introduce the Ohio Alliance's Resource Lending Library.