Join us for a webinar and get to know our new Legal Advocacy Program Coordinator, Heather Wehr. Let's talk about our unique role as legal advocates, what it means to be survivor-centered in the face of various systems and specific strategies to support legal advocacy with the most marginalized survivors including LGBTQ, people of color…
WCSAP and WSCADV are partnering to host a gathering of preventionists! Our goal is to provide a retreat for preventionists to rejuvenate, connect, learn, and vision. This training will include content for everyone, whether you're brand new to prevention or a seasoned preventionist. This retreat will be facilitated by Darin from WSCAP and Ilene from…
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!
This quarter we will be talking about TANF and other public benefits. Join us to learn more about the various opportunities and protections available to survivors accessing TANF. Come with questions you have about how survivors you work with might be able to access public benefits in ways that help them stay safe and stable.…
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. This year, each webinar will have guests from a rad prevention program from across the state.…
Join us for this webinar and learn how to get survivors into housing and then what it takes to provide the additional support needed so they can rebuild their lives. You will hear from programs who are pairing advocacy with financial assistance to support survivors in becoming safer and more stable. This webinar will be…
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 directors who…
Join us for a webinar on Child Support. Child support can be a great benefit for survivors, but being involved in this system also comes with some risk. Join us to learn about how survivors can maximize the benefits and minimize the risks. Register Now!
For over 26 years, we at the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence have hosted an annual conference where we bring together advocates, survivors, and allies from across Washington State and build community. Our conference theme changes every year, but every year you can expect movement building strategies, an intersectional analysis, and beloved community. Each…
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. This year, each webinar will have guests from a rad prevention program from across the…
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!
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…
The Refuse To Abuse® 5K at T-Mobile Park is a unique 5K fun run/walk that takes you around every level of T-Mobile Park, 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! Funds raised…
Join us for our annual summary of bills impacting survivors during the 2019 Washington State legislative session. REGISTER
You're invited to join our upcoming training webinar focusing on questions and answers on DV legal advocacy. If you've got a question that keeps coming up when you're supporting survivors with legal advocacy, this is the place to bring it! REGISTER
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,…
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.…
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…
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,…
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!