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Coalition Connection
Your Weekly Source of News, Training Opportunities, and Events
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Through a collective voice, the WCADVSA is committed to provide leadership, education, and systems advocacy to advance social change and end violence. | |
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Welcome to your weekly edition of the Coalition Connection!
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We will highlight important information in this section each week in red that requires your action or attention. This week's highlights include:
Opportunity
- WCADVSA Legal Secretary
- Executive Director with Community Safety Network
Our Work
- Save the Date - Spring WCADVSA Membership Meeting, May 11- 13, 2022.
- Program Support Calls
- WCADVSA Laramie Office Hours and Program, Board, Staff and DVS List
- ERAP Updates
- Funding and Capacity Building Opportunity for Economic Empowerment! - Deadline April 13
- Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
- NNEDV Independence Project Available
Policy Updates
Across the Nation
- U.S. Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
- NNEDV Advocacy Days (June 1-2, June 7-8)
Trainings, Webinars, and Events
In Wyoming
- Sexual Assault Healing Services Learning Collaborative Monthly Gathering
- Campbell County's 3rd Annual Northeastern Wyoming Prevention Summit (April 14-15)
- Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
Across the Nation
- Trans and Nonbinary Survivors Speak Out! (April 10)
- Conceptual Clarity 3-Day Training: A Model for Intervening with Men Who Batter and Abuse (April 20, 21, 22)
- Providing Accessible and Effective Services to Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities (April 26)
- Lessons Learned About Survivor-Centered Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 27)
- Conference On Crimes Against Women (May 23-26)
Resources
- VALOR SAAM Toolkit (English and Spanish)
- SAAM Social Media Resources
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Podcast: Generational Trauma and the Victimization of Black Women and Girls in America
- Applying for OVW Funding
Spotlight: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month!
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Legal Secretary
WCADVSA Legal Program
The Wyoming Coalition's Legal Program is hiring for a full-time Legal Secretary in our Laramie Office. WCADVSA Legal Program provides holistic legal representation statewide, emphasizing safety and self-empowerment for survivors and involved children of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.
The ideal candidate has:
- Legal Secretary program certificate, Paralegal degree or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated ability to work with people from varied backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, and abilities. Individuals with lived experiences will be given preference.
- Understanding causes of violence rooted in racism and oppression as connected to domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking with a strong commitment to ending violence and oppression of all peoples.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, including maintaining a good working relationship with the public.
This position will be responsible for:
- Preparing and typing legal and administrative correspondence and documents, maintaining legal files, conducting legal research, communicating with clients, courts, agencies and the general public and answering telephones.
- Receiving and processing incoming applications for legal services.
- Participating in weekly application review process.
- Scheduling dates for hearings/meetings and due dates for legal proceedings.
- Responding to written and telephone inquiries under the direction of staff attorneys.
- Maintaining and updating project application files.
- Maintaining the “ABACUS” legal software program, legal forms and files.
- Processing client satisfaction survey forms.
- Working toward activities that support social norms change to end violence in Wyoming.
- Understanding principles of and maintain confidentiality as required by law.
A complete job description highlighting qualifications and job responsibilities can be found here.
Please provide a cover letter, resume, and contact information of three professional references to Lindsey Hunt, lhunt@wyomingdvsa.org (preferred), mail to PO Box 236, Laramie, WY, 82073 or hand deliver to 710 Garfield, Suite 218 East, Laramie, WY 82073.
Application will be reviewed beginning April 22, 2022. Position will remain open until filled
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Executive Director
Community Safety Network
Community Safety Network, a nonprofit organization that provides shelter, support and advocacy for people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking as well as violence prevention, education and awareness in Jackson, Wyoming, seeks an Executive Director.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned leader who can build culture and community, a visionary who can think and plan strategically, and is passionate about the mission and enthusiastic to learn. The Executive Director will bring experience in building team culture, engaging with a board, fundraising and managing a budget. We seek an individual with experience in creating operational systems pertaining to nonprofit policies and procedures, and who can provide oversight and thought partnership to staff.
A complete job description highlighting qualifications and job responsibilities can be found online at csnjh.org/employment-opportunities/
Questions can be directed to CSN’s search facilitator Andrea Somerville at andrea@somervilleconsultingfirm.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Criminal background check required
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Save the Date for our Spring Membership Meeting
Please join us for an in-person Spring Membership Meeting May 11-13, 2022 at the Tate Pumphouse Platte River Trails in Casper, WY (1775 W 1st St).
Reserve your room!
We've blocked out hotel rooms at the Ramkoda Hotel- please mention the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault when making your reservation.
Agenda and registration information coming soon.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Celeste at ccollingwood@wyomingdvsa.org
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Program Support Calls
Held first Tuesday of every month
at 1:00 pm via Zoom
Alina from Zenit Journaling will be joining us this year to work on self care and healing with Program Directors and designated advocates. This will consist of mini journaling sessions the first Tuesday of each month at noon (before our program support call) beginning April 5, 2022 and ending January 3rd, 2023 (excluding May and October 2022), and in person workshops during our May and October Membership Meetings.
Here is the Zoom Link for Mini Journaling Sessions.
Program Support Calls are an opportunity for DVSA program directors (or their designee) to connect with other programs and WCADVSA staff about the work being done around Wyoming. Coalition staff will invite others to join the support calls at the request of membership.
Our next Program Support Call is April 5 2022. Join us by clicking this Zoom link (it will be emailed directly to member program directors). Contact Kristen at kschwartz@wyomingdvsa.org with any questions or problems connecting.
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WCADVSA Office Hours and Program, Board, Staff and DVS List Reminder
WCASVSA Laramie Office is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. If you are unable to reach WCADVSA staff at (307) 755-5481, please let Kristen at kschwartz@wyomingdvsa.org or Tiffany at te-m@wyomingdvsa.org know. The majority of staff are in office full time, and some work a hybrid schedule splitting time between home and office to reduce the risk of full office exposure, quarantine and/or closure.
We've updated our Program, Board, Staff, and DVS List!
Click here to access our full contact list.
Please email Celeste at ccollingwood@wyomingdvsa.org with any updates or corrections.
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Emergency Rental Assistance Funding (ERAP) Updates
The Coalition is ordering phones and phone cards, doorbell cameras, and security kits to be handed out at membership meeting in May. These will be for your program to give out to ERAP eligible survivors of domestic violence or human trafficking. We want programs to have them available in case someone comes in who needs them. Right now we are planning on two of each for every program.
If you need more or need them sooner, please contact Angie to make arrangements.
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Funding and Capacity Building Opportunity for Economic Empowerment!
The Allstate Foundation Moving Ahead Grant Program is a competitive grant program focused on providing resources for the development, acceleration and implementation of financial empowerment services for domestic violence survivors. The program supports innovative financial empowerment programs that include financial education services to survivors and asset-building activities in at least one of the following categories: job readiness and job training; survivor matched savings programs, micro-loans; credit building and/or repair; and micro-enterprise. The Allstate Foundation recognizes asset-building activities as those that benefit or add strength, value or resources to the lives of survivors, helping them move from short-term safety to long-term security.
With support of the Allstate Foundation the WCADVSA hopes to build the capacity of communities to better respond to the complex financial needs of domestic violence survivors by collaborating with and sub-granting funds to local programs and other community partners. Our goal is to reach as many survivors with financial empowerment services and train as many advocates as possible.
If you share our commitment to ending domestic violence through financial empowerment, we encourage you to apply to be a sub-grantee. Sub-grantees will receive training and technical assistance as well as monetary awards to help pay salaries, support program costs, and offer incentives to survivors.
The WCADVSA can apply for up to $75,000 to continue building economic justice programming across the state. Priority will be given to sub-grantees who submit applications that:
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate some or all of The Allstate Foundation Moving Ahead Curriculum. Interested programs must at a minimum use Modules 1-3.
- Recognize the unique needs of communities of color and other marginalized communities and focus on proactively reaching a diverse set of survivors with financial empowerment services.
- Feature goals to train advocates on the Moving Ahead Curriculum and reach survivors through those trained advocates.
- Reflect an understanding of the systemic, social, economic, and cultural challenges that are needed to end relationship abuse and the role financial empowerment plays in solving problems.
- Describe partnerships and collaborations that will help survivors gain access to asset-building activities.
Click here to learn more.
An invitation to submit an application will be released on Monday, April 4th and the application deadline is Wednesday, April 13th.
Connect with Trish Worley if you are interested or have questions.
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Flexible Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
With support from The Allstate Foundation, the WCADVSA has funds to support education, employment, and job training barriers for survivors. These funds can be used to help support survivors in obtaining G.E.D.s, job skills training, certifications, licenses, continuing education, education/job-related supplies such as uniforms, tools, and/or other equipment, transportation-related support, etc.
If your program is offering training on the Allstate Moving Ahead Curriculum or other economic empowerment training, you may request funds to support and encourage survivor participation such as offering food and/or childcare during economic empowerment events or gas gift cards for survivors to get to the training.
Member programs may also inquire about offering scholarships to help support survivor participation in job training programs such as CLIMB Wyoming.
Funds must be spent by June 30, 2022. We have approximately $6,601.00 remaining. Remaining funds will be pledged on a first come first serve basis. To request funds, please submit an Allstate Barrier Reduction Request Form. Once your request has been approved, your program will pay expenses upfront and then you can request reimbursement by submitting an Allstate Barrier Reduction Reimbursement Form.
While it is not required for participants to utilize the Allstate Moving Ahead curriculum to access these funds, financial planning and management is a life-long process and this online curriculum is designed for domestic violence survivors and can help provide the guidance and tools needed to make important financial decisions and work toward gaining long-term financial security.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley
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NNEDV Independence Project Available
Credit Building through Micro-Lending
Just a reminder that NNEDV is able to provide $00 credit-building, micro-loans to survivors.
Through the Independence Project, advocates and local domestic violence programs across the nation can support survivors of domestic violence in improving their credit scores through micro-lending. Through the Independence Project, a survivor can apply for a credit building micro-loan of $100 and to repay this loan over the subsequent 10 months with no interest.
To apply please register at the following link: Independence Project Application Sign Up.
Thanks to the generous and continued support of The Allstate Foundation, which makes many of these loans possible!
Click here to learn more.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley or contact the NNEDV team.
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U.S. Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
On April 7, 2022 the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman, and only the third Black American, to be elevated to the nation's highest court in 233 years, when the Supreme Court was first formed. With Jackson's confirmation, the United States will have four women on the Supreme Court, the largest percentage of women on the court in our nation's history.
President Biden tweeted after the Senate vote, "Judge Jackson’s confirmation was a historic moment for our nation. We’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the diversity of America. She will be an incredible Justice, and I was honored to share this moment with her."
The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court Justice. Jackson had previously served eight years as a federal trial court judge, and had been confirmed in June 2021 for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Prior to becoming a judge, Jackson worked as a public defender, making her the only member of the Supreme Court with significant experience as a defense lawyer and the first with such experience since Thurgood Marshall.
Jackson was endorsed by many National Organizations including:
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Council of Jewish Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Futures Without Violence, Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault, Jewish Women International, and YWCA.
Endorsements from state organizations involved in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault services include:
Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, CT Alliance Against Sexual Violence, Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence, Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Jane Doe Inc, (MA Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence), Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, NC Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic and Sexual Violence, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence.
Photo Credit: H2rty, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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NNEDV Advocacy Days 2022
June 7 – June 8, 2022
Trainings: June 1 – June 2, 2022
WCADVSA invites any program staff or Coalition staff with Supervisor's permission to join us!
Please review the schedule below. For those who have never joined a NNEDV Advocacy Day, attending the June 1 & 2 pre-conference webinars are very helpful. The critical day is June 7 to strategize and prepare for June 8 meetings with our U.S. Congressional representatives: Rep. Cheney and Senators Barrasso and Lummis. We are scheduling those meetings now.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) invites you to their virtual Advocacy Days 2022. They have an exciting few days planned and hope to see as many of you as possible on Zoom! Registration is now open and our goal is to have as many states and territories represented as possible.
Schedule Overview:
Wednesday, June 1
3:00pm - 4:30pm EST Pre-Conference Webinar I: Lobbying 101 (optional)
Thursday, June 2
3:00pm - 4:30pm EST Pre-Conference Webinar II: Legislative Asks & Current Politics (optional)
Tuesday, June 7
11:45am - 3:00pm EST Public Policy Forum
3:00pm - 6:00pm EST Optional Strategy Session With NNEDV Policy Staff
Wednesday June 8
9:00am - 5:00pm EST Individual Congressional Meetings - exact times TBD
5:00pm - 6:00pm EST Informal Debrief Happy Hour (optional)
To attend, please RSVP to Tara Muir at tmuir@wyomingdvsa.org.
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All year long, you can visit our website to review the most recent legislative sessions and what we have worked on, as well as archived previous years.
Follow this link, or you can always get to that page in the "Get Involved" drop-down menu and then "Public Policy". Please share with staff and board members. We'll work on getting our regular public policy zoom calls on that webpage, too.
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Campbell County's 3rd Annual Northeastern Wyoming Prevention Summit
When: April 14-15, 2022
Where: The Ramada Plaza (2009 S Douglas HWY Gillette WY 82718)
The 3rd Annual Northeast Prevention Summit brings together some of the brightest minds and national experts on mental health, social media, marijuana, and other substance use. The two day conference hosted in beautiful Gillette, WY will provide actionable insights, resources, and tools for anyone working in prevention, treatment, law enforcement, and related areas.
This summit will be a 2 day event, April 14th and 15th. On April 14th, they will have speakers on Trauma, Addiction, and Social Media. On April 15th, they will be dedicating the entire day to Marijuana education.
- The conference fees are:
- $25 a day or $40.00 for both days
- Table (6 people) $75.00 a day or $100.00 for both days.
If you would like to attend the conference, but are unable to pay for the ticket please reach out to Ashley McRae ASAP for a possible scholarship for you.
To see the schedule or learn more about the speakers, click here or visit campbellcountyprevention.org/conference.
If you are interested in registering for the event, please click here or use the following link to register: https://whova.com/portal/registration/anwps_202204/
There are a block of rooms reserved at a discounted rate. Space is limited, so if you are traveling and would like to stay at the hotel where the conference is being held, please use the following link to book your room CCPH Suicide Prevention Conference - Group Block BOOK HERE, or call Ramada Plaza (Address: 2009 S Douglas Hwy, Gillette, WY 82718 Phone: (307) 686-3000) and use code CCPC.
Please reach out to Ashley McRae with any questions at Ashley.McRae@campbellcountywy.gov or call 307-687-6490.
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Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
The NNEDV Voluntary Services Training in 2021 will be completed through an e-learning module. WCADVSA member programs are encouraged to participate in the e-learning module if they are providing direct services. There is no limit on the number of staff who can take this e-learning course. But at least one person needs to complete the courses for the agency.
There are 8 lessons available. In total, you'll need to view 6 lessons to complete the training requirement. There are 5 mandatory lessons in Track A and 3 elective lessons in Track B. At least 1 lesson from Track B must be completed to meet the minimum lesson requirement.
Click this link to find the registration page. When you register, you will automatically be registered for both Tracks A and B and you will have access to all eight lessons. When you register, you'll be asked to create a username and password that is unique for you. Each person, who wants to take the course, should enroll separately.
Please email a copy of your certificate to Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist
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Trans and Nonbinary Survivors Speak Out!
April 10th, 2022, 5:00 pm - 6:30pm MST
Four trans and nonbinary survivors of sexual abuse/assault will share their stories of resilience and healing in this Live Premiere event on April 10th.
The Live Premiere (free access via ZOOM access) is the culmination of four months of workshops, sharing, growth, and connection. Each presenters’ powerful story emerges in a unique, dynamic way through prose, poetry, spoken word, art, mixed media, movement, and dance.
The Trans & Nonbinary Survivors Speak Out project was collaboratively developed and facilitated by team members from FORGE and MenHealing.
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Invisible Epidemic:
Strangulation, Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence
Thursday, 14 April 2022 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm MST
Domestic violence victims may experience terrible and traumatic physical violence, often directed at the head, neck and face, through blows to the head or strangulation. Brain injury caused by domestic violence is rarely identified, almost never immediately treated, and can result in short and long term physical, emotional, and cognitive consequences that can impact every area of a person's life. We are just discovering how that violence impacts the brain.
This workshop, hosted by the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV), will discuss the invisible epidemic of brain injury caused by violence - an emerging issue featured recently on NPR’s OnPoint and in the New York Times Magazine. It will provide an overview of what was learned in Ohio about the intersection of brain injury and domestic violence and equip you to use an innovative framework to address brain injury developed by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network in partnership with The Ohio State University called CARE that includes practical, hands on tools available for you to use. Presented by Rachel Ramirez, MSW, LISW-S, RA; Founder and Director of the Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury, a project of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN); NPEIV Board Member. Click here to learn more!
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Three-Day Training: A Model for Intervening with Men Who Batter and Abuse
April 20, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm MST
April 21, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm MST
April 22, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm MST
Around the country there is increasing interest in creating meaningful change in men who batter, abuse, and cause harm. This training will help you create or refine a BIP that is comprehensive, clear, and customized to your organization and community. This training is what you need to enhance your credibility in your community.
This training will explore the latest stages model of intervention programs for men who batter, abuse, and cause harm as either an integrated model or a module program. Throughout the training, we will include discussion on building specific tools, strategic use of technology, documentation strategies, and building strong community partnerships. A portion of the training will be on identifying and building community partnerships, infrastructure and framework for administrative program design and function. This training will also focus on staff development, reporting, community relationships, and fiscal viability.
Training topics will include:
- Conceptual Clarity Curriculum Model and Accountability Workbook.
- From Theory to Practice, effective methods of intervening with those who batter, abuse, and cause harm.
- Extensive tools for use in any BIP.
- Effective program design, development, groupwork methodology and practice.
- Seeking and developing support within the community
This training is being provided intentionally on a virtual platform
to make it accessible and affordable
to individuals and programs everywhere.
This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative. Approval # 022422-03
# CE Hours approved: 18
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Providing Accessible and Effective Services to Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities
April 26 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm MST
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in support of survivors everywhere, this month’s End Abuse of People with Disabilities webinar is dedicated to lifting up promising practices for serving survivors with disabilities. Featuring a panel comprised of a survivor with a disability, a national expert, and a local advocate, this webinar will explore the unique barriers that people with disabilities have to navigate when seeking healing and the strategies that advocates can employ to proactively remove those barriers. The panelists will provide practical guidance from their own experience that will help you ensure that survivors with disabilities feel respected and supported within your programs.
Join panelists, Cathy Saunders, Self-Advocate with Illinois Imagines, Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams, Prevention Specialist at Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Heidi Sue LeBoeuf, Counseling Director at Pathways For Change. and facilitator Sandra Harrell, Associate Director, Center on Victimization and Safety for this discussion.
American Sign Language interpreting will be provided for the webinar. Closed captioning and other accommodations for the live session are available upon request.
If you need assistance with registering or have any questions email cvs@vera.org.
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Lessons Learned About Survivor-Centered Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dates: April 27, 2022 / May 25, 2022
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00pm MST
We are excited to announce a webinar series highlighting best practices and innovative strategies that IPV advocates, healthcare providers, and child welfare advocates can implement to form stronger support networks for survivors of violence and abuse in emergency conditions, such as COVID-19. Leaders in the field will share important practice and organizational policy changes made during the pandemic to ensure continuity of quality services for children and families, particularly those belonging to communities that are marginalized.
Based on three issue briefs developed through a collaborative effort of the Improving Services for Violence Against Children and Women project (by Futures Without Violence, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and from research by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh), each webinar will offer recommendations to specific audiences related to prevention strategies, systems and practice change, and staff/organizational support to better serve adult and child survivors during a public health crisis.
Click here to register!
Questions? Please email health@futureswithoutviolence.org
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Conference On Crimes Against Women
May 23-26, 2022 in Dallas, TX
The Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is an annual in-person conference that convenes the leading experts from across the country to educate and train first responders and community stakeholders on best practices regarding the identification, investigation and prosecution of crimes against women. Offering over 190 workshops, case studies and hands-on computer labs, CCAW creates an interactive learning experience for professionals to help them best serve women in need of their support.
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has approved OVW grantees to attend the 17th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women. OVW has conditionally approved their grantees to attend the conference. For more information please see our website.
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VALOR Released a Sexual Assault Awareness Month Toolkit
ValorUS (VALOR) leads with prevention of sexual violence. For 2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), VALOR released a free toolkit in both English and Spanish to empower you to lead your own community. With the theme of “Collective Action for Equity,” these resources support you to spread the message of prevention of sexual violence.
VALOR has provided a facilitator guide and accompanying customizable slides for a workshop “It Impacts All of Us” that you can provide in your community during SAAM or any other time of the year.
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Podcast: Generational Trauma and the Victimization of Black Women and Girls in America
One in four black girls will be sexually abused before the age of 18. Forty-five percent of black women have experienced abuse from an intimate partner. Forty percent of human trafficking victims are black. As fragments of data, these statistics are alarming. Contextualized within the historical experiences of black women and girls in America, they are the results of the sexualization of black women rooted in generational trauma steeped in racism, slavery, dehumanization and so much more.
The Crimes Against Women podcast dives into the history, data and language of these experiences; how they are shaped by policy making and practices in the U.S.; and the role each of us can play in shifting the experience from black woman tropes and victimization to beautifully complex and deserving of multilayered support.
Ayana Wallace, Training and Technical Assistance Manager at Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, lends her unique and courageous voice to this conversation providing both history and hands-on understanding of black women survivor needs and experiences. Ms. Wallace has worked for over a decade in the domestic violence field providing direct service to survivors, technical assistance to advocates, law enforcement, community-based partners and faith communities, and toward the advancement of national initiatives that benefit survivors.
Click here to listen to the episode!
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Applying for Office on Violence Against Women Funding
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) invites organizations and communities working to end gender-based violence to apply for funding. This section provides general information about how to apply for OVW grants and cooperative agreements.
You can also stay updated on OVW Open Solicitations and their ongoing Solicitation Release Plan.
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APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH (SAAM)
SAAM was first nationally observed in 2001 but awareness and prevention efforts began long before. In 2000, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Sharing Project Poll coordinated efforts in soliciting input from sexual assault coalitions that selected the teal ribbon that represents sexual assault awarenss today. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “More than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetimes..” “Sexual violence can occur in person, online, or through technology, such as posting or sharing sexual pictures of someone without their consent, or non-consensual sexting.”
Every year the NSVRC coordinates a national SAAM campaign complete with resources and tools to help aid all advocates in awareness and prevention efforts. You can find resources here National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). In addition, they offer resources that focus on parents and community leaders as change agents and inviting anyone who wants to get involved. All resources are offered in Spanish.
Join the #30DaysofSAAM Challenge. “Daily prompts encourage creative ways for you to raise awareness, educate, and connect with others — plus you have a chance to win prizes every day you participate.” Visit here for daily prompts #30DaysofSAAM Challenge | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
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