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
Come join this training webinar to learn about art and creative expression in support groups! Register Here!
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
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…
This quarter we will be talking taxes! Yay! What? Not that excited about taxes? Come find out why you should be. We will be talking about ways that you can help survivors tap into extra cash or simply make sure that they aren’t racking up fines. You might even find out some helpful info for…
Want to know more about mobile advocacy and housing options? This webinar will address your questions and concerns related to housing options and stability for survivors, practical mobile advocacy practices, and organizational structures and systems necessary for supporting advocates to do great work. Build your fundamental knowledge, so that you can apply it to your work!…
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. These short webinars will be a place to share prevention tips and resources and connect with other preventionists from across the state during your lunch hour. Get these dates on your calendar, pack a lunch, and tune in for Lunch Like…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Please gather with us in an open conversation where we will discuss the question, "Am I ready to take the leap into Leadership and Management?". This is an event for people who identify as a Person of Color or Native/First Nations. Register Here!
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. These short webinars will be a place to share prevention tips and resources and connect with other preventionists from across the state during your lunch hour. Get these dates on your calendar, pack a lunch, and tune in for Lunch Like…
Join us as we explore ways to manage and supervise DV programs in an increasingly multi-cultural environment. Register Here
Join us for MoneyTalks! A webinar series to promote economic justice. MoneyTalks 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 is the…
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…
The Goodwill Refuse To Abuse® 5K at Safeco Field is a unique 5K fun run/walk that takes you around every level of Safeco Field, from the top to the players’ tunnel to the final lap around the field. Stepping out on the field level of a major league ball park is an awe-inspiring moment that few have experienced! For more…
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…
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…