Past Events

Advocate Connection Space

Coalition Office 1419 S Jackson St, SEATTLE, Washington, United States

This is a space for advocates to explore and imagine what a stronger, more collective system might look like in our work, while collaboratively creating stronger connections to increase individual capacity. Strong relationships within our communities have the potential to increase our capacity both individually and systemically.  We hope to make this work more sustainable […]

DVCHAP Training 2023 Q4

Virtually via Zoom

This virtual training is for gender-based violence community-based advocates who intend to submit referrals in the DVCHAP system for housing placement.The Domestic Violence Coordinated Housing Access Point (DVCHAP) system is a DV-specific housing resource system parallel to King County's Coordinated Entry for All. This training will provide DVCHAP historical context and background, discuss the DVCHAP […]

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.

Community Relief Day: Seattle Tickets & Social Services

Public Health/Chinook Building 401 5th Ave, Seattle, Washington, United States

Community Relief Day: Seattle Tickets & Social Services Friday, December 1, 2023, Public Health/Chinook Building- 401 5th Ave, Seattle, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The following organizations will be present to provide services to the community: ·         Seattle Municipal Court: Set up ticket payment plan or if eligible, community service plan; check driving records/license status; […]

2023 Behavioral Health Legislative Forum

King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is excited to announce its annual forum will be held in person once again! Join us on Monday, November 20, 2023, from 6:00 - 8:30pm at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. The event is free and open to everyone.   The event will include: We're looking forward to once again joining in […]

More Than You Can Handle: How Religion Can Be Used in Intimate Partner Violence

ZOOM

Many Christians have heard the saying, "God won't give you more than you can handle." This is often said to those who are experiencing hardships, trials, and tribulations. This line comes from a verse in the Bible (1 Corinthians 10:13), but it is not talking about hard things in life, but rather temptations. As a result […]

JOIN US FOR AN IN-PERSON EVENT!Advocate Connection Space Kickoff

Coalition Office 1419 S Jackson St, SEATTLE, Washington, United States

Strong relationships within our communities have the potential to increase our capacity both individually and systemically.  We hope to make this work more sustainable to better organize and meet survivor needs, fill gaps in services, and to share the joys and burdens of the systems we work within.  Our intention is to provide a space […]

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.

Gender-Based Violence Advocate Gathering – FALL EDITION

Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Branch 2820 E Cherry St, Seattle, Washington

This past April, 72 advocates from 14 community-based agencies and 6 system-based entities came together at Renton City Hall to network, participate in a resource mapping activity, and hear a presentation on the basics of systems-based advocacy. We ran short on time so we didn't even cover all the content we had planned!The feedback for […]