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…
Please join with leaders from around the state to learn about, celebrate, recalibrate, and recommit to the new vision and goals we all helped create last year. Skills building, camaraderie, and joy at being together once again. Learn more and register here
This will be an opportunity to dig a little deeper into topics relevant to leading and managing your organization. Topics could include, depending on the will of the group: Supervising in Crisis Programs; Managing Conflict (without losing your mind); and $$$ and Funding Streams. Come with your burning issues. Register Here
Join us for this in-person training to learn how recent developments might affect immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual assault and discuss practical ways to enhance your agency's policies, practices and advocacy. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: Implement enhanced survivor and family safety planning for immigrant survivors Identify key…
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, with facilitators Mette Earlywine and Tyra Lindquist. Learn More and Register
What does Love, Sex, Family and Community have to do with domestic violence advocacy? Everything! At this training, you’ll learn how the Reproductive Justice movement’s framework for liberation and racial equity can be applied to your day-to-day efforts to help people have whole and fulfilling lives. Learn More and Register
What does Love, Sex, Family and Community have to do with domestic violence advocacy? Everything! At this training, you'll learn how the Reproductive Justice movement's framework for liberation and racial equity can be applied to your day-to-day efforts to help people have whole and fulfilling lives. Learn More and Register
Join us for our annual wrap up summary of bills impacting survivors during the 2018 Washington State legislative session. REGISTER
Join us as we talk about how to survive the ride of our lives - AKA supervision and management. As we know there are many factors that have an impact on the way we provide supervision and management. So, let's peel back a few layers and discuss how we can manage through challenging times like…
Survivors need safety plans that consider abuser-generated risks and systems-generated risks. Often times, a survivor’s immigration status prevents her from being safe, free and valued. Advocates are uniquely positioned to reach survivors, offer services, and to assist them in navigating systems. Learn or deepen your advocacy practices to meet the unique needs of individual survivors…
What do economic justice, immigrant justice, and violence have to do with one another? We know that survivors who are immigrants and people of color are particularly vulnerable to economic instability, poverty, and a lack of viable legal remedies. Join us for a conversation where we’ll explore: what economic supports for immigrant survivors look like,…
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. These 6 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…
Join Kata Issari, executive director of Praxis International, for an exploration of the interlocking, and essential, worlds of direct services and social change. Kata will apply concepts and tools from Praxis’ Advocacy Learning Center as we strive to achieve the right balance between intervention and prevention, impacts and root causes, individual and community. We will…
Please gather with us in an open conversation on embracing our experience, expertise, and passion as folks of color and native people in the domestic violence movement. We'll talk about balancing job versus long-term career in the domestic violence community and how we view professional growth, advancement and longevity. Wondering who should register? Anyone who…
Deadria Boyland and June Loveall plan to do a deep dive into the issue of staff retention and how it affects the bottom line. We'll talk about onboarding, work culture, competitive wages and benefits, as well as longevity. We will reference Strategies for Staff Retention in Cris Sullivan's 'Mission-focused Management & Empowerment Handbook.' This webinar…
Calling all advocates who care about domestic violence! Register now for our annual Domestic Violence Advocacy Day in Olympia on January 29, 2018. Join us for this day of advocacy and action! Learn about budget and policy issues that impact survivors of domestic violence, share breakfast with advocates in your legislative district, and visit the legislators who…
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. These 6 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…
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. Our topic is, our first Lunch Like This “Book Club”. It would be great if you read The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas before our lunch date but if not, don’t worry. Just be prepared for some spoilers. These short…
To be an effective advocate for immigrant survivors, it is important to understand the complexities of today's volatile immigration laws. Take a step further to understand the racial history of immigration laws, why certain myths exist, and how you can be better prepared to further and uphold the rights of immigrants, and immigrant survivors. Learn…
Calling all directors – new and not-so-new, young and not-so-young – to come together for 3 days of big thinking, great conversation, and maybe even a little bit of concrete planning. The operative themes for this gathering are “aging and activism” and “managing the multigenerational workplace.” What does one have to do with the other?…