Advocacy For Rookies – Spokane
What is an advocate? And how do you actually do this work? We are excited to present this fast-paced two-day course for brand-new advocates! REGISTER TODAY!
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Team Up WA: Training for High School Athletic Coaches & Mentors
This free training is for high school athletic coaches & mentors who are interested in preventing sexual assault and dating violence. Participants will be trained on how to implement Coaching Boys Into Men and Athletes As Leaders with their boys and girls high school sports teams. Space is limited for this training hosted by the…
Legal Protections for Low-Wage Workers Surviving Violence – Spokane Valley, WA
Join us for a *FREE* training for advocates helping people who work in hospitality, agricultural or other seasonal or low wage, low visibility jobs. This intensive legal advocacy training by the Northwest Justice Project (NJP) staff attorneys will include referral information for survivors of violence, labor rights, sexual and/or employer harassment and retaliation in the workplace,…
Just Futures
Join a stimulating and forward-thinking conversation with your leadership peers and coalition staff about the steps we can take toward the future we want. We will bring together visioning, communication, strategy, (light) physical practice, art, and maybe a bit of magic – all of the essentials for transformation. Note: WSCADV will cover all lodging expenses.…
New Directors
Are you a new and/or new-ish director, program director (executive, associate, and program level)? Directors of DV, sexual assault, and dual/tri survivor programs are invited to this orientation. This will be an opportunity to meet with peers in a supportive environment and discuss topics that may include: History of the movement and the future of…
Legal Protections for Low-Wage Workers Surviving Violence – La Conner, WA
Join us for a *FREE* training for advocates helping people who work in hospitality, agricultural or other seasonal or low wage, low visibility jobs. This intensive legal advocacy training by the Northwest Justice Project (NJP) staff attorneys will include referral information for survivors of violence, labor rights, sexual and/or employer harassment and retaliation in the workplace,…
POC and Native Training
People of Color & Native People are often seen but not heard. Let's talk about staying true to yourself, your identity and your culture while working within your organization and community. Come spend a day having thoughtful conversations about assimilation, its impact and retaining your dignity. Register Today!
System Advocacy Training – May 22 & 23, 2019
Please join us for our Systems Advocacy Training taking place May 22nd and 23rd! This two day training will examine how we apply the skills we use in our direct advocacy with survivors to our relationships with the various systems that survivors must navigate. Content includes: understanding how systems/institutions operate, building relationships outside of crises, advocating…
Advocacy for Rookies – April 3 & 4, 2019
Are you a brand new advocate? These trainings are for you! Advocacy for Rookies is a fast-paced two-day course for brand-new advocates, with facilitators Jake Fawcett and June Loveall. The Rookies experience includes on-line courses and a follow-up webinar. It’s a whole package! Whether you volunteer or are paid, you work in a shelter or…
All Things Housing Event – March 28, 2019
Are you tired of hearing about Housing First when there aren’t any clear pathways to housing? How can you think about supporting survivors with housing when you don’t know the options?? If you’d like to learn more about current housing resources, funding sources, and landlord connections, this is the training for you! Register Here
All Things Housing Event – March 26, 2019
Are you tired of hearing about Housing First when there aren’t any clear pathways to housing? How can you think about supporting survivors with housing when you don’t know the options?? If you’d like to learn more about current housing resources, funding sources, and landlord connections, this is the training for you! Register Here
Domestic Violence Advocacy Day 2019
Calling all advocates who care about domestic violence! Register now for our annual Domestic Violence Advocacy Day in Olympia on February 20th, 2019. What is Advocacy Day? It's a day of advocacy and action! Learn about budget and policy issues that impact survivors of domestic violence, connect with other advocates in your legislative district, and…
New Directors Orientation
Calling all new (and new-ish) directors! If you are a brand-new, kind of new, or still-feeling-new E.D. or program director, you are invited to the WSCADV New Directors Orientation. This is your opportunity to connect with peers in a supportive environment, ask questions, and gain insights and practical resources to support your day-to-day work. New…
Prevention Through Liberation Training
Preventionists unite! Our four frames of violence prevention (address root causes + shift culture + build skills + promote healthy relationships) have helped us move forward in our prevention work. This has been so great. And yet it is easier to rely on the last two frames (skill building and healthy relationships work) without making…
Advocacy for Rookies – November 27 & 28, 2018
Are you a brand new advocate? These trainings are for you! Advocacy for Rookies is a fast-paced two-day course for brand-new advocates, with facilitators Jake Fawcett and June Loveall. The Rookies experience includes on-line courses and a follow-up webinar. It's a whole package! Whether you volunteer or are paid, you work in a shelter or…
Systems Advocacy Training
Please join us for our Systems Advocacy Training taking place November 13th and 14th! This two day training will examine how we apply the skills we use in our direct advocacy with survivors to our relationships with the various systems that survivors must navigate. Content includes: understanding how systems/institutions operate, building relationships outside of crises,…
We Choose All of Us: WSCADV Annual Conference 2018
We are working to create a world where everyone can live and love freely without fear. Inspired by the We Choose All of Us campaign by the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, this year’s conference will explore what it means to choose love, choose democracy, and to choose community. Join us to get inspired…
Cross-Cultural Management & Supervision – August 29th and 30th
Join us as we explore ways to manage and supervise DV programs in an increasingly multi-cultural environment. Register Here
Advocacy for Rookies – August 15 & 16, 2018
Are you a brand new advocate? These trainings are for you! Advocacy for Rookies is a fast-paced two-day course for brand-new advocates, with facilitators Jake Fawcett and June Loveall. The Rookies experience includes on-line courses and a follow-up webinar. It's a whole package! Whether you volunteer or are paid, you work in a shelter or…
Increasing Options to Address Harm & Survivor Healing – July 13 – Spokane
For almost two decades, WSCADV’s Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review has identified the need for greater community-based responses to meaningfully address both survivor needs and change abusive behavior. A recent National Domestic Violence Hotline survey found that the majority of survivors who sought help would not turn to police, or when they did, their situation became worse. The need for more…