Many of us are doing prevention in communities where the socio-political framework may differ from our prevention approaches.How do we: Join us as we explore these questions on Wednesday, April 16th from 11am - 12:30pm on Zoom.
Dozens of advocates, managers and directors have come together over the past three years as part of the Advocacy Learning Community to dig deep into how we do advocacy and what that means for ourselves, our bodies, our relationships and survivors. Join us again this spring as we bring together another group of awesome, diverse,…
Join legal advocates from across the state and WSCADV's legal advocacy program coordinator Heather Wehrwood for Legal Advocate Connection Calls this spring! On calls we will: And much more!
Advocating for survivor families involved with the child welfare system can be complicated and heart-breaking for families and advocates. How do we bring our boldest advocacy to a flawed system on behalf of survivors and their children? The training content overview includes: Member and Associate Program fee: $75 General Public fee: $125
Teens, Dating Violence & Suicide: The Lethal Soup Recipe. Those of us that work in the advocacy and prevention space are well aware of the toxic ingredients in young people's lives. Join us as we examine the ingredients that many of our youth, college students and young adults are navigating and then let's look at…
Are you a coach, athletic director or administrator who would like to learn how to implement our two evidence-based curricula: Athletes As Leaders and Coaching Boys Into Men? Come and join us at T-Mobile Park for 2 hours of certified (OSPI) coaches training in these high quality violence prevention leadership development programs. We invite you to participate…
Join us in Olympia, WA for WSCADV's Domestic Violence Advocacy Days at the State Capitol, where advocates and survivors will come together to engage with lawmakers on issues that truly matter! This is a crucial moment because we’re making a BIG budget ask to our legislators this year, and we need your voices to make…
This is a virtual training taking place over three days: Feb. 5th, Feb 6th and Feb 13th. Are you a brand new advocate? This training is for you! Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehrwood and Blanca McCreary-Ortega. Whether you volunteer or are paid, you work…
Join us for a 101 training on the WA Balance of State Continuum of Care! We'll be joined by Department of Commerce staffers Nick Mondau, Oliver Crain, Dione Griffith, and Carolyn Chang to learn about the resources available in our state's CoC and ways to get involved with homeless resourcing across WA. We will also…
Why are Black and Native American families impacted disproportionately? Who was the child welfare system made for and why? How does the past live on in the present? Has it made things better for children and their families? Are these impacts accidental or planned? Our expert panel, Dr. Thomas Crofoot, Dr. Marian Harris, and Dr. Margaret…
Join us for our upcoming webinar on shelter and housing advocacy practices! Megan Rabbitt from Reloshare will be joining in to introduce Safe Stays and The Grove, two cutting-edge ReloShare platforms transforming how agencies support their communities. With live demos, we'll explore: We will also spend time together discussing common challenges in shelter and housing…
Survivors could face huge delays or even lose access to vital support services because of massive cuts in federal funding. It's time for state leaders to step up and lock in a permanent funding solution for victim services — before it's too late! We're sounding the alarm and asking YOU to join us on December…
Hey Preventionists! It's time to gather again and connect around the ideas that animate our passion for this work and dive into the substance of it. The world is a crazy place right now and doing social change work is often complex and long-term if we're doing it well. Let's come together and discuss some…
Join legal advocates from across the state and WSCADV's legal advocacy program coordinator Heather Wehrwood for the Legal Advocate Connection Call series! On calls we will:
Hello Coaches, Athletic Directors, Advocates and Allies! We're excited to be bringing the Winter Sports train the trainer event virtually to expand the reach of our evidence based violence prevention leadership development training to coaches across the State and region. So if you are a coach, know a coach or just are interested in using…
UPDATED LOCATION! Ledgestone Hotel Yakima Are you the director of a program and/or the accountant or finance director? This training is for you! Please join us for a conversation with our guest speaker, Sherrie Tinoco, who will be discussing Financial Management as it applies to our field. Financial Management is the strategic planning and organizing…
Join us for Money Talks! A webinar series to promote economic justice. Money Talks will take on topics that will help you understand how economics affect survivors of domestic violence and provide a place to convene with other advocates to exchange good ideas. If you’ve got something to say about money and domestic violence, this…
How many times have you responded to a grant NOFO or evaluation question asking you to describe various aspects of your prevention program and gone completely blank? Or tried to boil your prevention work down into a 30 second elevator speech for a funder and had nothing but white noise in the brain? Let's break…
Are you a brand new advocate? This training is for you! Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Blanca McCreary-Ortega and Heather Wehrwood. Whether you volunteer or are paid, if you work in a shelter or a community office, do system-based advocacy or community organizing for prevention -…
Join us for a training with Samantha Boggs from the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to dig into how community-based advocates can collaborate with systems-based advocates to best serve survivors. This will include an overview of the steps of a criminal case as well as tips for how to support victim defendants and survivors with…
