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June 2019
The Impact of Violence, Trauma, and Racial Oppression on Survivors
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Presenters: Debra Majeed, Peaceful Families and Nicole Matthews, Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition This interactive webinar will highlight the complexity and various forms of violence experienced by historically marginalized communities, strategies for intervention and intersectional responses being employed by advocates and educators working with survivors from African American, Muslim and Native American populations and undocumented college age Immigrant women. Registration closes June 7.
Community Healing:
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
The Impact of Violence, Trauma, and Racial Oppression on Survivors About this webinar series Healing is a process that pays attention to a victim's circumstances, journey, emotions, trauma, and their multiple, intersecting identities. Research indicates that polyvictimization is a crucial factor that hinders underserved victims of crime from accessing healing services. This series will identify and build a clear understanding of how to advance healing practices for survivors from underserved communities. Presenters: Debra Majeed, Peaceful Families and Nicole Matthews, Minnesota…
Providing Accessible Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
This webinar will help domestic and sexual assault service providers understand how to best serve Blind survivors and explore strategies for increasing the accessibility of their services.
Privacy & Safety Planning
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
This webinar will be an in-depth review of what survivors and advocates need to know to preserve personal privacy. It will thoroughly cover the many points of access to information and how survivors can assert consumer law and other rights to control or prevent the release of personal information in the future and, when possible, to remove it.
Strategies to Ensure Equitable Programming: Understanding the VOCA Victim Assistance Rule and Funding Opportunities at the State Level
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Human Trafficking & Its Impacts on Education and Employment Opportunities
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Webinar Overview: Workforce development services provide critical resources for survivors of human trafficking who are seeking to rebuild their lives, yet women, men, and children who have experienced sex or labor trafficking face unique obstacles that can create barriers to education, training, and employment. Understanding these complex barriers and adopting trauma-informed strategies to workforce solutions will not only improve services for survivors of human trafficking but will strengthen services for all clients. Futures Without Violence will discuss the elements of…
July 2019
A Rural Perspective: Serving Survivors of Domestic or Sexual Violence with Disabilities in Rural Communities
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Survivors of domestic or sexual violence with disabilities face barriers in receiving services, but when they live in a rural community, they may have an even more difficult time receiving accessible services. Local culture around disability, limited accessible transportation options, a lack of confidentiality, and the fact that there are fewer available resources are all challenges that service providers for survivors with disabilities face in rural communities. In order to best serve these survivors and help them overcome barriers, agencies…
Identifying and Serving Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking: Essentials for Civil Legal Services Providers
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Sexual violence cuts across every boundary of race, ethnicity, and class. Yet for girls at the margins, the experience of sexual violence and the trauma that results often funnels girls into the juvenile justice system. When we fail to recognize and appropriately address their trauma and needs, we deny girls the protections afforded to other victims of sexual abuse. What do civil legal services providers need to know to identify survivors of domestic child sex trafficking? How can civil legal…
The Future of Victim Services
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
On July 17, 2019, at 2 p.m. e.t., the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Mary Vail Ware and Marti Kovener on "The Future of Victim Services." The field of victim services has marched from a movement to a profession. Join us to hear about current trends and growth in the field and how to use innovation to better serve victims. Note: This session will be recorded and…
Understanding Oppression and Promoting Equity
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Part of the Mobilizing Communities: Engage for Change series Although rates of violence vary from group to group, research indicates that beyond the individual level, historically marginalized communities simultaneously experience multi-layered interpersonal and structural violence. To work alongside and mobilize historically marginalized communities and partners, practitioners must find non-traditional methods of engagement. This series will help organizations understand the critical components of building effective and sustainable alliances. Presented by Caminar Latino Registration closes July 17