Past Events: Member Events

Sign Like It Matters: Trauma- Informed Interpreting Workshop from ADWAS

This workshop is designed for experienced interpreters. During this session, we will explore the concept of trauma and its impact on individuals. Specifically, we will examine traumas that are unique to the Deaf community and the interpreter’s responsibility in handling such situations with care. Additionally, we will delve into the fundamental principles of trauma-informed care […]

New Beginnings Community Chat on Nurturing Consent from Infancy to Adulthood

Join Neba (our community engagement manager) and Victoria (our social change advocate) in how to teach consent to your child from infancy to adulthood. We'll chat about what consent is, how it applies beyond romantic relationships into every day life, and how to develop a child's understanding and practice of it from a young age. […]

API CHAYA Annual Gala

Seattle Downtown Westin 1900 5th Ave, Seattle

We are so excited to be returning to our in-person gala for the first time in five years! The theme will be, "Family Reunion: We Belong," and we will gather on March 30, 2024 at the Westin Seattle. There will be an option to join virtually and still participate in the auction. 

KAPWA: FOR OUR FUTURES

King County Courthouse 516 3rd Ave, Seattle, Washington, United Kingdom

API CHAYA 29th Annual Vigil API Chaya invites you to our 29th annual vigil, Kapwa: For Our Futures on March 7th, 2024 3pm-5pm atthe King County Courthouse Presiding Courtroom on the 9th floor.Every year, API Chaya hosts a vigil to honor lives ended by domestic and sexual violence. This vigilhonors the lives of Susana Remerata […]

Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center, Education Forum: Building Capacity with Youth Leaders to Prevent Gender-Based Violence

New Beginnings has multiple programs to prevent teen dating violence. Three of their programsfocus on building youth leadership and capacity for peer education. Join us to learn more about how they're empowering teens to lead their own prevention work and what challenges their program experiences. Participants will learn more about adultism, the ways it shows […]

Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center Education Forum

Be REAL : REsilient Attitudes & Living with Megan Kennedy, MA, LMHC and Kizz Prusia, MPA, University of Washington Resilience Lab The University of Washington’s Be REAL program is a campus community program that promotes the well-being and resilience of youth and college students. The group program is grounded in mindfulness, self-compassion, cognitive-behavioral coping strategies, […]

The Intersection of Fatphobia and Rape Culture: How Weight Stigma Influences Sexual Violence

Presenter: Monica Schell, Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center In our society, fat people are discriminated against and looked down upon simply due to the size of their bodies. Fatphobia (the fear and hatred of fat people) is present in the medical field, the fashion industry, across levels of employment, education, interpersonal relationships, and is rooted […]

Dine Out at Mioposto for New Beginnings

Mioposto Pizzeria - Ravenna 3426 NE 55th Street, Seattle

Support survivors of domestic violence by dining in or ordering out on Tuesday, December 5th at Mioposto Pizzeria's Ravenna location! 20% of all dine in *and* take out orders will go to New Beginnings, so mark your calendars and prepare to eat delicious food.

The Badassery of Our Survivorship: Honoring the wisdom of our body’s survivorship

A FREE virtual 4 session series, chalk full of wisdom & practices on how we can holistically cultivate an adaptive and healthy relationship with our nervous systems, within our wildly intense ecosystems. Together we will explore the layers of our nervous system’s capacities, functions, & needs, via focusing on our learnable capacity to interrupt patterns […]

Embracing Empowered Intimacy: Fostering Positive Sexuality and Healthy Relationships for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

From the University of Washington HATC Education Forum This session will provide an overview of barriers to healthy relationships that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities face and look to break assumptions and misinformation about people’s ability to have healthy and fulfilling personal and sexual relationships. It will also provide guidance to disability support staff […]

Working with Victim Defendants & Survivor Respondents

Zoom

Join Sexual Violence Law Center for our Lunch Matters CLE Training Series every third-Thursday of the month from 12-1:15pm. Attorneys, advocates, and anyone working to support survivors with safety needs are welcome.

The Badassery of Our Survivorship: Our 6 survival responses

A FREE virtual 4 session series, chalk full of wisdom & practices on how we can holistically cultivate an adaptive and healthy relationship with our nervous systems, within our wildly intense ecosystems. Together we will explore the layers of our nervous system’s capacities, functions, & needs, via focusing on our learnable capacity to interrupt patterns […]