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In this month's newsletter we're covering:
- Women's History Month
- Disability Awareness Month
- Social Work Month
- March Dates to Remember
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month Toolkit
- Apply to Join Our Team
- Core Standards Webinar
- Advocacy Day and T-Shirt Campaign
- Upcoming Trainings, Events, & Meetings
- Prevention Resources & Updates
- OAESV in the News
- Community Corner
- OAESV Job Board
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March is Women's History Month | |
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This month, we honor the women who have come before us, and also the ones who are making a difference today! Let's use this month as an opportunity to celebrate the immense power and potential of women, and commit to a future where every woman has the freedom and opportunity to reach her full potential.
View our post here, celebrating strong, trailblazing women who have had an impact on equality, injustice, and the fight to end sexual violence. We continue to harness inspiration from their work and are so grateful for their revolutionary place in history!
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March is Disability Awareness Month | | |
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To Read:
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Able News: The Newspaper Positively For, By, & About the Disabled
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Carework: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk
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I Am Not a Label by Cerrie Burnell
To Watch & Listen:
To Support:
To Follow:
To Act:
- Take the End Abuse of People with Disabilities assessment to understand your organization’s strengths and barriers to effectively serving survivors
- Sign up for a free ELEVATUS workshop.
- Consider signing your organization up to sponsor an intern with the United States International Council on Disabilities.
- Join the Great Lakes ADA Center mailing list.
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March is Social Work Month | | |
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Thank you to all social workers, especially those who work with survivors of sexual violence. You are making a real and lasting impact on the world, and we are grateful for all that you do.
We hope you can take a moment too acknowledge and give yourself credit for all it took to get where you are today and for all the ways in which you support others on a regular basis.
You are needed and appreciated more than you know! Keep fighting the great fight.
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World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2
See our post about ways to support teen mental health here!
Employee Appreciation Day - March 3
Holi - March 8
International Women's Day - March 8
The theme for 2023 is #EmbraceEquity.
National Equal Pay Day - March 14
Start of Ramadan - March 22
Trans Day of Visibility - March 31
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The countdown to April 2023 has started! Have you checked out our Sexual Assault Awareness Month toolkit yet?! This toolkit is includes infographics, booklets, guides, handouts, and digital resources.
OAESV members, keep an eye on your mailbox for a printed version of this toolkit!
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OAESV is looking for progressive, engaging leaders to join our dedicated Board of Directors! This volunteer role gives an opportunity to connect leaders from corporate and non-profit fields and contribute to OAESV’s growth to meet the needs of communities impacted by sexual violence in Ohio. | |
Are you relationship savvy? A strategic thinker? Good with resource management? Do you have a passionate and entrepreneurial mindset? This role is calling your name! Join our team as a Contractual Fund Development Coordinator! Open until filled. | |
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The Core Standards: What are they, why do they matter, and how can you find them?
This video is a brief webinar that explores some commonly asked questions regarding:
• What OAESV is and what our role is as the statewide sexual violence coalition
• What the Ohio Rape Crisis Advocacy Core Standards are, including: what updates were made in 2022; what funding opportunities are tied to the Core Standards; worand where you can access it online
• What the Core Standards Review process looks like.
• What are the benefits to becoming a Qualified Victim Service Provider and what the Program Visit process looks like.
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11th Annual Advocacy Day
Register and join us on Thursday, April 20th for an in-person event in Columbus at the Ohio Statehouse.
OAESV’s Advocacy Day provides advocates, preventionists, survivors, and interested members of the public with the opportunity to express the importance of sexual violence advocacy and prevention to members of the Ohio Legislature.
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Wear your advocacy!
Our t-shirt features our Advocacy Day and SAAM 2023 campaign "Shape Ohio Together." and provides a powerful visual representation of power and strength in the collective!
We have various colors and styles available. Order by April 7, and have your shirt(s) mailed directly to your door in time for Advocacy Day on April 20th!
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Survivor Advisory Council
We are thrilled to announce the re-launch of our Survivor Advisory Council. OAESV’s Survivor Advisory Council empowers survivors of sexual violence in Ohio to inform systems change and advocate for survivor-centered policies and initiatives.
If you are a survivor of sexual violence in Ohio, please consider registering your interest via this survey and attending one of our upcoming informational sessions. After filling out this survey, an OAESV staff member will contact you with more information and next steps.
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Survivor StoryCenter Project
We are looking for sexual violence survivors to share their personal stories to educate local community members and engage them in prevention activities.
Contact storytelling@oaesv.org for more information.
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Connect with an Attorney
The Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic holds virtual office hours to provide a safe space for Ohio survivors and their advocates to connect with an attorney. Virtual office hours will allow survivors to discuss legal options, connect with resources, and/or have a brief consultation.
- March 4 from 10am to 12pm
- March 9 from 12pm to 2pm
- March 28 from 4pm to 6pm
Call 216-282-1559 to connect.
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Advocate Roundtable
Pull up your chair next to direct service advocates across Ohio to discuss successes, challenges, issues, or concerns faced by advocates! Join us for this month's Advocate Roundtable and relight that fire that led you to the work in the first place.
Register for the March session.
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3- Part Spring Seasonal Training Series
Whether you have "supervisor" in your title or "supervisor" on your 5-year plan, join us in learning about leadership skill building within the anti-sexual violence movement on March 20, April 27, and May 24!
Register for part 1 of this series that will feature a Q&A portion with current supervisors in the sexual violence field.
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New Membership Orientation
We would like to welcome all of our new individual and member organizations by hosting a 1-hour meet-and-greet! Come learn about what benefits come from OAESV membership, watch a live tutorial on how to use Coalition Manager, and meet our individual teams and learn more about ways you can engage with them in your work.
Register now.
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Prevention Resources & Updates
from our Manager of Prevention & Public Health Initiatives, Sarah Ferrato, sferrato@oaesv.org
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Prevention Program Shout-outs
- Eliza from SARNCO is showing us what a Community of Practice looks like! Attached is a shared spreadsheet she created to help learn and manage the new documentation guidelines for ‘23/24 RPE grantees.
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Another Community of Practice moment with Safe On Main’s Roy Lutz and SAOP’s Brandon Thompson talking about Black History Month and healthy masculinity on the Prevention Nation podcast
Technical Assistance Corner
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The long-awaited OAESV Photovoice Toolkit is LIVE!! You can access the toolkit, literature review, and handouts in this Google folder. And if you missed the toolkit orientation session, you can view the recording here. We will have the recording with updated captions and transcript available in the Resource Library soon!
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Speaking of, have you checked out the Prevention folder in the Resource Library? Log in to your OAESV member portal, and click the resource manager dashboard to check out the new Prevention additions, including the first two episodes of a new series Lunch and Learn: A Technical Assistance Snack
To Read/Use
To Watch
To Listen
To Engage
Lastly, be sure to check out the newly dropped OAESV 2023 SAAM Toolkit for planning strategies and guidance!!
In Community,
Sarah
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Ohio's Rape Crisis Centers See Boost in State Funding | Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced he's providing $30 million to boost rape crisis services statewide, after years of federal funding cuts. Jennifer Seifert, executive director of the Ohio Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, said the trauma associated with sexual violence demands a tailored response that crisis centers are staffed and trained to address. | | | |
Want to add a message to our newsletter? Please email Laurie at Lhamame@oaesv.org at least 7 days prior to the first of the month with the details of your message request. Examples include calls for proposals and event invitations. | |
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YWCA Dayton Survivor Art Show
YWCA Dayton Rape Crisis Center is marking Sexual Assault Awareness Month by hosting an art show open to all survivors. It is free to showcase your work and free to attend the gallery. Art will be showcased to the public throughout the end of April. Anonymous options available.
Questions? Contact mdevivo@ywcadayton.org or call/text 513-963-0551.
Submissions due April 15.
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Courageous Conversation
Join the men of OHMAN as they discuss the importance of healthy masculinity and gender norms, and how we do this important work in communities throughout Ohio!
Register for this free webinar on March 14.
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OAESV's Job Board
Are you or someone you know looking for employment? There are MANY open positions at rape crisis centers, sexual violence coalitions, and other allied organizations in Ohio and beyond? Please visit oaesv.org/employment and share with your networks!
To post a job opportunity, please email Laurie Hamame, lhamame@oaesv.org
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Thanks for reading! Feel free to forward to a friend. | |
This project was supported by Grant No. OAESV 2019-SW-AX-0020 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice , to the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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