With our Training Update, stay informed about training opportunities, educational resources, & news relevant to anti-violence work. This monthly bulletin helps advocates & allies further their learning. | |
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Februrary 2023 Training and Resources Updates!
Registration is open for trainings through April – free for member programs! See trainings at a glance below and visit our website for details. Additionally, find the following in this month's update:
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open registration for four End Abuse trainings,
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the latest issue of Transformative, our quarterly newsletter for advocates & multi-disciplinary teams
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stalking and tech safety resources.
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Upcoming End Abuse Trainings | |
Supporting Families Who Have Experienced Trauma | |
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Monday, March 13, Wednesday March 15, & Friday March 17
9am - 12:15pm
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This unique training helps domestic abuse program advocates build their capacity for supporting families who have lived through complex trauma. Focusing on the needs of parents as well as children, this program encompasses communication skills and techniques, strategies to reduce stress, and ways to promote positive experiences within the family and the agency. | |
Transformative: Advocates & Multidisciplinary Teams Quarterly Convening | |
Tuesday, April 4
10:00 am - 11:30 am
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For the April 4th session of Transformative in Action: a quarterly convening of Advocates & Multi-Disciplinary Teams, we will explore opportunities to empower survivors and our communities toward economic liberation. We encourage folks to listen to Prevent Connect’s webinar, “Cultivating Community Leadership & Power Within Ecosystems for Safety” beforehand, but the session will still be engaging and accessible for those who are not able to do so before. Participants will leave this space with a better understanding of economic justice in context of our anti-violence work, and with practical strategies for community engagement. See page 6 of our Winter 2023 Transformative for more.
There is no cost to attend this online event. Each quarterly meeting follows the release of the Transformative newsletter.
Save the dates: Wednesdays from 10-11:30am on
- April 4 (registration open now),
- July 19,
- September 6
- December 13
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Considerations for Working with Immigrant Survivors | |
Learn about legal issues affecting immigrant survivors, including language access, courtroom interpretation, public benefits, and impacts of immigration status in family law cases. | |
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May 19-21
Kalahari Resort & Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells
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Get ready for the 2023 Teen Summit WI, taking place , 2023 at the The Teen Summit, developed by and for youth, brings together youth, parents, educators, activists, and mentors to learn about individual and community healing, anti-violence work centering those most impacted, and imagining violence-free futures. With keynotes Alora Young, Kay Ulanday Barret, and Aisha Fukushima the 2023 Teen Summit theme is ‘rEVOLutionary ACTS’ and will take place in-person! Go to Teen Summit 2023 for more information & updates.
Teen Summit Action Alerts | Want to be the first to know about registration, lodging, and other important updates? Sign up for Teen Summit Action Alerts at bit.ly/TSemailsignup
Questions | Reach out to teensummit@endabusewi.org
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Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 6-22, 2023
10am-12pm
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Register to attend all 6 sessions of this web-based training series for an overview and discussion of different aspects of family law – each training builds on the previous session. | |
We are excited to announce the July 2023 Northern Training will be held in person. American Indians Against Abuse, The Lac Courte Oreilles Oakwood Haven Shelter, and End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin will host this unique event together. Details coming soon! | |
Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use: Skills and Tools for Advocates | |
This interactive web-based training focuses on complex connections between gender-based violence, substance use and mental health when working with people seeking domestic abuse services. We’ll address when and how to talk about mental health and substance use, how to support individuals with these concerns, application of skills in assessment, and safety planning around issues of substance use and mental health. Details coming soon! | |
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Your Feedback Informs Our Work! Participate in End Abuse’s Bi-Annual Survey
As someone who works with survivors of domestic violence, we invite you to participate in our bi-annual feedback survey! We will offer this survey twice in 2023, and your responses guide our trainings, support, and focus areas so we can best assist those serving survivors statewide.
In response to feedback from past years’ surveys, the 2023 survey is shorter than in past years - most people complete it in about 8 minutes - and at the end you'll have a chance to enter a drawing for a $50 gift card! The drawing will take place by March 31, 2023.
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Additional Opportunities, News, & Resources | |
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Transformative: Winter 2023
quarterly newsletter for advocates & multi-disciplinary teams
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The latest edition of Transformative, our quarterly newsletter for advocates & multi-disciplinary teams, is released for Winter 2023! With dedicated sections including Local Voices, Policy Spotlights, and Practices for Healing and Accountability, Systems Change Coordinator Tegan Swanson provides tools to foster change, accountability, and healing in our personal and professional communities.
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In the Winter 2023 issue, find: a feature on LGBTQIA+ Survivors of Violence via a virtual support group with Turningpoint; the 2023 UW-Madison Gender & Women’s Studies Conference; learning environmentalism through the lens of Black Feminism; (re)Exploring Emergent Strategy, and resources to learn more about concepts and practices like mutual aid, generative conflict, disability justice, and interdependence. | |
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February is Black History Month & Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month | Both racism & ageism function to marginalize Black survivors, teen survivors, and Black teen survivors. We recognize and base our work in the fact that both Black history & the history of the movement to end gender-based violence includes the mainstream of the movement continually harming Black victims and survivors through continued reliance on the criminal legal system and other systems that exacerbate violence and trauma, and chronically underfunding prevention and culturally specific programs. | | |
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During Black History Month and TDVAM - and always: Let us look to Black-led organizations to bring about the change our movement needs - including funding these programs. Let us look to youth to bring about the change our movement needs - including supporting them holistically as we learn from them. | |
Advocates bring attention to teen dating violence | EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - One in five teenagers will experience dating violence in Wisconsin, according to Dare2Know, a program working to end teen dating violence. Alyssa Fahrenkamp, a family and youth advocate, with The Bridge to Hope, a domestic violence resource center in Menomonie, said that teen dating violence can look different in every situation. | | | |
Resource Hub: Tech Safety & Stalking | |
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Tech Safety
Check out the new resource from NNEDV, Using Uber: Safety and Privacy Considerations for Survivors. When creating a safety plan, transportation options are one of many elements survivors and their advocates need to consider. NNEDV’s Safety Net team partnered with Uber to develop this resource, which includes a series of safety-related points for survivors to consider before, during, and after using Uber for transportation.
The NNEDV Tech Safety Team has also shared the recording of their third Tech Talk: Tech Misuse 101: Principles, Dynamics, and Safety Planning. In this 20 plus minute talk, they discuss Safety Net’s basic foundational principles that guide our technical assistance and content. They also share common tactics of power and control and how tech is used to cause harm. Lastly, there is an intentional focus on providing safety planning tips and guidance for advocates who are working directly with survivors.
For additional safety planning resources, please check out their Survivor Toolkit.
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Stalking
Stalking Prevention and Resource Center (SPARC) has many tools and resources for advocates. Among their many recorded trainings, the recent Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence is a 90-minute webinar that helps to identify stalking separate from and in addition to concurring intimate partner violence.
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from the Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Providers Association
Annual Conference
April 27-28
Learn More
The WBTPA offers annual conferences for certified treatment providers and allied professionals to obtain ongoing continuing professional education and stay up to date on the latest research and resources related to providing quality batterer treatment services.
from the Safety Net team at NNEDV
Planning to Respond Well to Emergencies at Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Trafficking Programs
March 8 | 1pm
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Survivor Services Providers strive to create safe, confidential, healing spaces for trauma survivors. But even in those spaces, emergency situations can arise – threats of violence, medical crises, and escalating conflicts to name a few. You can’t know when an emergency will happen, but you can prepare to respond in advance.
This webinar will support programs and their staff to identify the kinds of emergencies that can arise, develop a plan for responding effectively, and uphold confidentiality best practices.
from Women's Law
Navigating WomensLaw.org and using the new Chat feature
March 23 (English), March 24 (Spanish) | 12pm
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Did you know victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking can now chat with an attorney through a new Live Chat feature in the WomensLaw Email Hotline? In our upcoming webinar, Navigating WomensLaw.org and using the new Chat feature, we will share tips for how to best navigate the website and how to support victims/survivors who need to chat with a WomensLaw attorney through the Email Hotline. Please join us!
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The Latest News from the Coalition | |
End Abuse Commends Governor Evers for Historical Investment in Statewide Domestic Violence Victim Services and Prevention | End Abuse applauds Governor Evers for an historical investment in domestic violence victim services and prevention. The 2023-25 Executive Budget released by Governor Evers on February 15 centers the diverse needs of Wisconsin survivors by increasing the domestic violence-related funds from $12.4 million per year to $20.2 million per year. | | | |
Following Tyre Nichols' Death, End Abuse Again Condemns Police Violence against Black Bodies | In the wake of Tyre's Nichols' death and as Black History Month begins, End Abuse calls for systemic change and individual action that fosters healing, transformative justice, and an end to racialized violence. "Justice goes beyond immediately firing those who murdered Tyre," said End Abuse Executive Director Monique Minkens, "though that is an appropriate change [...] | | | |
End Abuse Condemns Federal Ruling Allowing Those Subject to DV ROs to Access Guns, Affirms Prohibitions Still in Place in WI | End Abuse Statement on U.S. v. Rahimi: Following the February 2 decision in United States v. Rahimi, End Abuse condemns the ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which deemed federal law prohibiting individuals from possessing a firearm while under a domestic violence restraining order to be unconstitutional. | | | | | | |
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