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Burning Legal Advocacy Questions

Join us for an upcoming legal advocacy webinar with attorneys from Northwest Justice Project! Advocates across the state have been asking for additional civil law training, so we are bringing together attorneys from NJP to go over topics including dissolution, parenting plans, abusive litigation, protection and restraining orders and more. We will also address you…

Parenting Plans and Dissolution

Join us for an upcoming legal advocacy webinar with attorneys from Northwest Justice Project! Advocates across the state have been asking for additional civil law training, so we are bringing together attorneys from NJP to go over topics including dissolution, parenting plans, abusive litigation, protection and restraining orders and more. We will also address you…

MoneyTalks

Join us for a discussion about work, how abuse affects survivors’ ability to work, and the protections that are available in Washington State. We will discuss ways to safety plan with individual survivors about work as well as tips for partnering with employers in your community to create better workplaces for all! Note: The last…

Supporting Immigrant Survivors of Violence

Join us for a training on best practices for supporting immigrant survivors of violence! Experienced advocates Celia Guardado and Lorena Ault have worked with immigrant survivors for many years and will share their wisdom about how to center your advocacy practice on what immigrant survivors need most, building innovative collaborations, and much more. We will…

Advocacy for Rookies: Spring 2021 (Session 4 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 4/20/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 4/22/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 4/27/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 4/29/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Thursday, 5/20/21, 10am-12pm For more information…

Advocacy for Rookies: Spring 2021 (Session 3 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 4/20/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 4/22/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 4/27/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 4/29/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Thursday, 5/20/21, 10am-12pm For more information…

Child Support 101

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. The deadline to request language interpretation is April 12.

Advocacy for Rookies: Spring 2021 (Session 2 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 4/20/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 4/22/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 4/27/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 4/29/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Thursday, 5/20/21, 10am-12pm For more information…

Prevention in These Times: Societal Shifts

Webinar

Prevention In These Times (PITT) is a new webinar series that will help us get to the heart of prevention. Just as the pit is the heart of the peach, PITT is going deep to the root of prevention with these 4 webinars. Join us for lunch on these four dates and we’ll cover each…

Advocacy for Rookies: Spring 2021 (Session 1 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 4/20/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 4/22/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 4/27/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 4/29/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Thursday, 5/20/21, 10am-12pm Whether you volunteer…

Spring Legal Advocate Gathering

Join advocates from around the state for a Legal Advocate Gathering! Connect with other legal advocates to learn about and discuss legal issues affecting survivors, best practices for legal advocacy, share challenges, success stories and more.  For April, we will: Discuss recent coercive control legislation and impacts on survivorsThink about the state of legal advocacy…

Within Our Reach: Meeting The Challenges of Anti-Oppression Practice In Our Work – And Beyond

Join us for Within Our Reach: Meeting The Challenges of Anti-Oppression Practice In Our Work – And Beyond, a webinar presented by Michelle Osbourne. This webinar is designed to deepen the work that you are already doingacknowledge the existence of racism and oppression in Americashift the paradigm of oppressionprovide skills necessary to support communities of…

The Virus, The Vaccines, & You

Now that the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines have arrived, we all have questions. How do these vaccines work? How are they similar or different from more familiar vaccines? What can I say to family or community members who have concerns about vaccine safety? What can I do differently after being vaccinated? In this webinar, participants will…

Team Up Washington Open House

Have you ever thought about implementing violence prevention programming like Coaching Boys Into Men or Athletes As Leaders with your team or community? Join us on March 10th and meet with the leadership team and program developers of Team Up Washington. Bring your enthusiasm and questions and we’ll bring answers and know-how!

MoneyTalk: Taxes

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. We will also talk about what to know about…

Virtual Advocacy Day 2021

Join us as we advocate for domestic violence survivors and their families in Washington State! This year’s advocacy day is virtual, but this past year has taught us that connection is more important than ever. We can’t wait to connect with you to share how we’re advocating for survivors this year and how you can…

Creative & Confident: Taking on Difficult Advocacy Conversations with Connie Burk

Advocates know that our work involves listening and speaking with survivors (and coworkers!) about sensitive, vulnerable and controversial issues, but we don’t often spend time building our skills to step confidently into these conversations. We encounter friends and family who may be struggling with how to help, State interventions of CPS and police that put…

Advocacy for Rookies: Winter 2021 (Session 4 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 1/26/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 1/28/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 2/2/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 2/4/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Wednesday, 3/3/21, 10am-12pm Whether you volunteer…

Advocacy for Rookies: Winter 2021 (Session 3 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 1/26/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 1/28/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 2/2/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 2/4/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Wednesday, 3/3/21, 10am-12pm Whether you volunteer…

Advocacy for Rookies: Winter 2021 (Session 2 of 4)

Advocacy for Rookies is an in-depth, interactive training for domestic violence advocates, with facilitators Heather Wehr and Jake Fawcett. The training will take place over four sessions, plus a follow up. Session 1: Tuesday, 1/26/21, 9am-12pm Session 2: Thursday, 1/28/21, 9am-12pm Session 3: Tuesday, 2/2/21, 9am-12pm Session 4: Thursday, 2/4/21, 9am-12pm Follow Up Session: Wednesday, 3/3/21, 10am-12pm Whether you volunteer…