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In this month's newsletter we're covering:
- Disability Pride Month
- 2022 Conference Reflection
- Upcoming Trainings, Events, & Meetings
- Sign Up for the Monthly Legislative Newsletter
- OAESV in the News
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June is Disability Pride Month! | |
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July is Disability Pride Month and the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Now more than ever, we need to fight for disability rights and justice and consider the experiences of those with multiple marginalized identities.
15% of the world's population has some form of disability. They
are nearly 3x more likely to be subjected to sexual violence.
Every hot-button issue of our present moment drastically impacts people with disabilities. Combatting ableism and fighting for people with both visible and nonapparent disabilities need to be a consistent part of our activism.
https://disabilityjustice.org/sexual-abuse/
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2022 Conference Reflection | |
Be sure to save the date and join us for next year's conference, June 20-22, 2023! | |
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We're still feeling inspired and hopeful after our annual conference last week! We learned that growing our collective future cannot occur without discomfort, and this discomfort is necessary for growth and to challenge a legacy of oppressive systems and practices.
Habeebah Rasheed Grimes asked us to envision ways in which we, as a collective, continue to center healing, even in moments without justice.
Mira Yusef reminded us that self care is a part of community care and that our collective future can include more intentional self-care, intentional listening and action, and exploring what justice really is.
Indiana Disability Justice reminded us that diverse communities are better for everyone, and that the more we interconnect ourselves and agencies together, the more powerful, effective, and independent our communities become.
Our workshop presenters invited us to explore how our future can look when we take care of our colleagues and survivors in more intentional ways—to truly care for each other
Thank you for believing in the power of a great imagining. We feel honored to have been in community with you all and to receive knowledge from intentional, wise, educators.
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Southeast Ohio Coordinated Community Response Team Summit | |
The Southeast Ohio Coordinated Community Response Team Summit is a networking and training event for response team members and prospective response team members in the southeast region of the state. With a mix of presentations, small group discussions, and panel Q&As, participants will gain information on and brainstorm how to apply topics such as trauma-informed care, vicarious trauma, excellence in legal systems, access to care for transgender and gender non-conforming survivors, and forensic medical care and kits.
Registration ends July 13. Click here to register.
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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.
- 2nd Thursday of the month from 12pm to 2pm
- 4th Tuesday of the month from 4pm to 6pm
- 1st Saturday of the month from 10am to 12pm
Please call 216-282-1559 to connect.
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Join Engaging Men Coordinator Jayvon Howard July 13th 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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Pull up your chair next to direct service advocates across Ohio to discuss successes, challenges, issues, or concerns faced by advocates! Join us the third Wednesday of every month for our new series, Advocacy Roundtable. It is an opportunity to relight that fire that led you to the work in the first place.
To register for the July 20th event, click here. This is for direct service advocates only.
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Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
The Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists (OCCAP) is a community of practice for advocates and preventionists working on college and university campuses across the state. Open to college/university-employed staff, nonprofit-employed staff, and volunteers who work directly with survivors and/or violence prevention programming on college/university campuses. Management staff and Title IX directors should not attend in most circumstances.
Click here to register.
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Creating Community - LGBTQ+ Cultural Humility in Practice
During this 2-day, 12-hour training, participants will learn:
- inclusive terminology, skills, and the essentialness of culturally humble care for LGBTQ+ communities
- how unearned privilege and oppression impacts safety for LGBTQ+ communities
- ways to become an aspiring ally to LGBTQ+ communities
- how to identify gaps in services, unique safety concerns, and organizational solutions related to LGBTQ+ survivors of violence
Click here to register for a virtual training July 20-21.
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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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Domestic violence shelters see increase in calls since Roe v. Wade reversal | CLEVELAND - Every single day The Journey Center for Safety and Healing Cuyahoga County helps people out of terrifying situations. Melissa Graves is the CEO of the center. "We work with about 15,000 survivors of people impacted by domestic violence or child abuse every year," she said. | | | |
Fifty Years On, Title IX's Legacy Includes Its Durability | From 1972 to 1973, the United States considered three landmark changes to protect women's rights. Fifty years later, only one remains. Credit... Travis Heying/FRE AP, via Associated Press It took just 37 words to change the course of education for millions of women and girls in the United States. | | |
Burnout, Inadequate Pay Plague Ohio's Victim Services Workforce | Ohioans who work, day in and day out, with some of the most vulnerable populations are struggling with major burnout, according to new data. Program directors and staff in the Ohio Victim Services Compensation 2022 survey reported they don't earn what they see as a living wage, and 45% of staff said their salaries don't cover their basic needs. | | | |
Sexual Violence Against Minorities | According to UN Women and the World Health Organization, approximately 736 million women (about one in every three women) have been victims of physical or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once. What very few people talk about is that minority groups are even more vulnerable to sexual violence, and they do not receive nearly as much attention. | | | |
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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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