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In this month's newsletter we're covering:
- DV & IPV Awareness Month
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
- Join the OAESV Team
- Updated Core Standards Launch
- OAESV's Media Training
- Upcoming Trainings, Events, & Meetings
- Sign Up for the Monthly Legislative Newsletter
- Prevention Resources & Updates
- 100+ Latinos You Should Know
- OAESV in the News
- Community Corner
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October is DV and IPV Awareness Month | |
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As advocates, we know that domestic violence isn’t a private matter. It affects the safety and well-being of whole families and communities. That’s why each year October is acknowledged as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to be a voice for victims. It provides an opportunity to remember victims of domestic violence, raise awareness of what domestic violence is, how to recognize it, and what we can all do to collectively prevent it. At OAESV, we recognize the overlap between domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence. All sexual assault survivors face high barriers to healing and justice; for survivors of violence by an intimate partner, those barriers can be even higher. Throughout this month, wear purple to support survivors of domestic violence and share stories of healing and resources for survivors on social media and in your circles.
Learn more about the overlap between SV and DV here.
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This year's theme is Everyone Knows Someone. Do your part to remove the stigma: keep sharing information and resources, check out the Ohio Domestic Violence Network and talk about SV and DV with your friends and family beyond just this October.
#Everyone1KnowsSome1
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Important October Dates to Remember | |
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Hispanic Heritage Month (Ends Oct. 15) is an annual celebration that honors the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestry can be traced to 20 countries and one territory — which includes Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Spain.
Indigenous Peoples Day (Monday, Oct. 10) is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.
National Coming Out Day (Tuesday, Oct. 11) is an annual awareness day to support folks in the LGBTQ+ community in being open about who they are to their friends, family, and the world!
International Pronouns Day (Wednesday, Oct. 19) seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.
Yom Kippur (Tuesday, Oct. 4) is the holiest day in Judaism. Primarily centred on atonement and repentance, the day's observances consist of fasting, intensive prayer, and confession.
Diwali (Monday, Oct. 24) is one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The festival generally symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.
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Congratulations to our very own Yasmin Ponce, Coalition Services Administrator, for being named one of the 100+ Latinos Cleveland Must Know in 2022! What an awesome recognition to have during Hispanic Heritage Month!
Congratulations, Yasmin, and thank you for your dedication to making a difference in our community. We agree — you are someone very worth knowing!
Learn more and see the full list at www.ammore.us/2022. This list recognizes professionals that self-identify as Hispanic, Latina/o or Latinx.
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We have the following positions open at OAESV:
Please apply by sending your resume and cover letter to info@oaesv.org. The last day to apply for these positions is October 14th.
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The latest updates to the Ohio Core Standards for Rape Crisis Programs are complete!
The Core Standards serve as the authoritative document on the delivery of rape crisis program services in Ohio and include the services that these programs must provide, as well as guidelines on how to provide them.
Building upon the original Core Standards published in 2013, and on the Revised Standards published in 2016, the 2022 updates include improved language, more clearly defined terms, streamlined Standards, and upgrades in the document’s ease of use.
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You can find digital versions on our website. You can also download it directly in our Resource Library. | |
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Day 1 (10/24)
Trauma-Informed Interviewing & Reporting on Sexual Violence: A Training
for Journalists
Many news stories covering sexual violence can be re-traumatizing for those interviewed, covered in the stories, or reading the stories. In order to write and publishing stories that are more informative and less traumatizing for the public, as well as distributed more widely, journalists can learn trauma-informed and survivor-centered practices.
Speakers include journalists Rachel Dissell, Rachel Lovell, Sophia Fifner, Tamara Cherry, and Christopher Johnsto.
Ohio journalists are invited to attend! Register by October 21 here. We would like to save this space for journalists, so if you are not in that role please reconsider registering.
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Day 2 (10/25)
OAESV's Media Engagement Training: An Opportunity for Rape Crisis Centers
Spokesperson and media training democratizes how we make meaning of the world we live in by changing the story and the storyteller. This training positions social change leaders to shift public narratives by giving them the tools to identify, craft, and share their stories, perspectives, and analysis in their communities and the media.
This training will be led by nationally-recognized communications strategist Shanelle Matthews.
Each OAESV-recognized RCC is invited to send a maximum of 1 staff member to this training. OAESV has limited funds to reimburse mileage for your travel to this event if your organization is not able to do so.
Registration has been sent directly to RCC directors. Reach out to Taylr with questions or to receive the link again, tucker-lauderman@oaesv.org.
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Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic Virtual Office Hours | |
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 allow survivors to discuss legal options, connect with resources, and/or have a brief consultation.
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Oct 1 from 10am to 12pm
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Oct 13 12pm to 2pm
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Oct 25 from 4pm to 6pm
Please call or text 216-282-1559 to connect.
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OAESV Monthly Legislative Update: October 2022 First Friday Call
Join us on the first Friday in October to discuss state and federal legislative updates impacting Ohio rape crisis centers, communities, and survivors. We will focus on evolving Title IX updates at the state level with the potential to negatively impact LGBTQ youth in Ohio K-12 schools, federal SOL reform, and more.
Register here.
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Join Engaging Men Coordinator Jayvon Howard October 11th at 12pm at Q&A with Jay! He will be going live on Instagram to answer all of your questions about working with men who are survivors or including men in violence prevention. You can view the live broadcast by tapping on our profile picture here. The live will be shared on our feed afterward, but if you want to ask questions or interact with Javon in real-time, be sure to tune in! | |
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Understanding Emotional Intelligence
*members only*
This is the first event in OAESV's Leader Academy series, a collaborative 9-month learning experience that will introduce and reinforce core leadership competencies critical for boosting leadership effectiveness and team performance.
Understanding Emotional Intelligence will be presented by Erica Merritt and Alicia Love of consulting firm, Equius Group.
Save the date for this Oct 12th event.
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Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
This is a space for direct service staff such as college/university-employed staff, nonprofit-employed staff, and volunteers who work directly with survivors and/or violence prevention programming on college/university campuses.
For the first hour of the October meeting, we will hear from OAESV's Public Policy Director Emily Gemar about the updates to Title IX. The final 30 minutes of the meeting will be space to connect with campus advocates and preventionists across the state.
Register by Oct. 7 here.
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Advocate Roundtable
Advocate Roundtable is an opportunity for direct service advocates to pull their seat up to the table and discuss and be in community with direct service advocates all over the state. Having a safe space to come and take a break from their work and relight that advocacy fire.
This space is only for the direct service advocates within our field.
Register here.
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Excellence in Legal Advocacy
Two advocacy topics on one day: strangulation and CPOs. Total of 6 hours are pending approval for CEUS, 3 hours on each topic.
- "It's not choking: Strangulation & SV" will focus on safety planning, health, and warning signs, what every advocate should know about strangulation and the connection to sexual violence.
- "Pre, peri, and post: CPO Advocacy" will focus on working with survivors before, during, and after civil protection order processes, with a special emphasis on pro se issues strategies.
Register by October 6.
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Thirsty Thursday's SART/CCRT Call
SART chairs and co-chairs, save the date for September's Thirsty Thursday! Join us in a discussion-based virtual call to explore challenges unique to SART coordinators and to raise our glasses to team successes across our state.
To join, please email Nicole Kass Colvin, Coordinator of Community Responses, at ncolvin@oaesv.org and request to be added to the SART Coordinators and Co-Chairs Contact List. We will share the call link via this contact list.
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Is This Even Working?! A Social Media Analysis Primer
*members only*
In this engaging virtual training, participants will learn the how and why of social media analysis. Participants will leave with an increased understanding of the importance of social media analysis, how to interpret the data, and how to build out an analysis plan.
Register by October 17 here.
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Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic Training Day at Wittenberg University
Come as you are! No registration required. Join our Legal Assistance Clinic at this free, 1-hour training on Oct. 26 from 9:30-4:30 at Wittenberg University. Three topics will be discussed: civil protection orders; Title IX and campus sexual violence; and trauma-informed legal services for sexual assault survivors. In the afternoon, consultation hours will be available for anyone who wants to speak with a lawyer about a sexual violence case.
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Laugh, Dance, Rest: A Collective Healing Experience
*rcc staff only*
Laugh, dance, and rest at this self-care experience with keynote speaker Marian Stuckey and several other workshop facilitators including Lyn Ford.
Register by Oct 27.
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Are you registered for our Monthly Legislative Newsletter? Get on the list here to receive critical public policy updates focused on Ohio and sexual violence.
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Prevention Resources & Updates
from our Prevention & Public Health Initiatives Coordinator, Sarah Ferrato
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Prevention Program Shout-outs
To Read
To Watch
To Listen
To Engage
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'Engaging Men' Brings New Voices into Sexual-Violence Dialogue | An initiative at one Ohio nonprofit is taking on the topic of men and sexual violence. There is a false notion men are not experiencing sexual violence or are only perpetrators of it, but a 2015 study indicated nearly one quarter of men experience sexual violence in their lifetime. | | | |
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Community Corner
Want to add a message to our newsletter? Please email Taylr at tucker-lauderman@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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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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