Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence

Domestic Violence Housing First Training
2024-08-22 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join the Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence and the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence on a training about the Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) approach.

Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024Time: 10a – 1pWhere: Zoom

Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) is an evidence-based model focused on getting survivors of domestic violence into stable housing as quickly as possible, while providing the necessary support as they rebuild their lives.

WHO: This training is for all levels of staff at gender-based violence agencies and programs (advocates, directors, admin, etc.) who are interested in learning more about this approach or want to brush up their knowledge and skills.

LEARN MORE ABOUT:

The three pillars of DVHF (survivor-driven, trauma-informed, mobile advocacy; flexible financial assistance; and community engagement) and supporting research.

Organizational considerations and tools to implement and strengthen the model within programs.

Challenges to advocacy given the barriers of the affordable housing crisis and resource scarcity, and what strategies exist to address these challenges and build long term solutions.

WHAT’S ON THE AGENDA:

DV Housing First: Overview and Basics

Scenarios and Q&A

DV Housing Advocacy Skills

Landlord/Tenant and Community Engagement

This training is free for members and membership organizations only. If you’re interested in membership, contact Lea Aromin lea@endgv.org

For questions and accommodations, contact Hannah@endgv.org

DAWN Open House
2024-08-27 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for an exclusive peek of our facility updates! Explore and learn about DAWN’s programs, services, and community impact.

221 W Gowe St, Kent 98032

Langage Access Mapping and Training Event
2024-08-29 08:30 - 16:30
Do you provide services in King County? If so, this event is for you! We want to hear about the services your program provides and developconnections to increase opportunities for collaborationand reduce barriers for non-English speaking survivorsof trauma and abuse. Training and discussions toenhance your understanding of domestic violence,advocacy, protection orders, and the criminal justiceprocess will also be provided.

Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture9635 Des Moines Memorial Dr S, Seattle, WA 98108

Register by August 9, 2024

Lunch Provided.

Questions? Contact amy.bullard@kingcounty.gov

Domestic Violence Initiative Regional Task Force
2024-09-10 09:00 - 11:00 | Kent City Hall, 220 4th Ave S., Kent, Washington, 98032, United States
The Coalition in collaboration with the King County Prosecutors Office hosts a quarterly gathering of legal system professionals, advocates, elected leaders, and community partners to discuss together regional responses to domestic violence. Our September meeting will focus on South King County resources and opportunities to connect with leaders from this part of our region.

Annual New Day Database 2024 Community Meeting
2024-09-10 10:00 - 11:30
WHAT: Join us for a discussion about the New Day Database, a comprehensive directory of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation (community advocacy and housing) services across King County (and adjacent counties Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston)!This is our annual meeting to hear how things are going with the New Day Database and to offer reminders of how to best utilize it for your advocacy:

To what degree are your staff using it? What would make it more useful?

What is working well and what could be improved or expanded? Strategies for outreach and spreading the word?

WHEN: Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 10-11:30amWHO: This meeting is targeted to agency and program contacts and/or other program staff who have enough familiarity with the New Day Database to offer feedback on the database’s usability, accessibility, and overall design, and to give guidance for future planning. This meeting is open to all New Day Database partner agency staff who are interested in learning more about the database.

Contact Lea Aromin lea@endgv.org for any questions about the training and registration

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS FOR MEMBER AND PARTNER AGENCIES ONLY.

WSCADV Collaborating to Support Survivors: Systems and Community Advocates Working Together
2024-10-07 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for a training with Samantha Boggs from the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to dig into how community-based advocates can collaborate with systems-based advocates to best serve survivors. This will include an overview of the steps of a criminal case as well as tips for how to support victim defendants and survivors with other criminal charges.

WSCADV Unpacking the Toolbox of Prevention: Strategies for Community Level Prevention Work
2024-10-09 11:00 - 12:30
How many times have you responded to a grant NOFO or evaluation question asking you to describe various aspects of your prevention program and gone completely blank? Or tried to boil your prevention work down into a 30 second elevator speech for a funder and had nothing but white noise in the brain? Let’s break out the toolbox, do an inventory on the tools and get real about the language that can sometimes create more questions than clarity about our important prevention work. What is the change we’re trying to make? Who are we making it with and what are the tools we’re going to need to make that change happen? Come and join us for this interactive virtual meeting for time of learning, sharing and unpacking the toolbox!

Hispanic Heritage Month Webinar: Protecting workers from abuse
2024-10-10 11:00 - 14:00
Hosted by King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

Workers are protected from sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace by federal, state and local laws. But many still find it difficult to actually report abuse and get support. This is particularly true for Latinx survivors, who face additional barriers such as language or fears of systems that may prevent them from seeking help when they experience sexual harassment or abuse.

KCSARC Dando Voz staff and guest panelists from Casa Latina, Seattle Domestic Workers Standards Board, Seattle OLS and the Washington Wage Claim Project will provide local historic perspective on how worker rights and freedoms from harassment were enacted, what they guarantee, and how Latinx workers can access support.

Learn why some workers, such as hotel and domestic workers, need specific safeguards, support and reporting processes. We’ll address what barriers remain, and next steps we can take to protect workers.

Protegiendo a los trabajadores contra el abuso

Las leyes federales, estatales y locales protegen a los trabajadores contra el acoso sexual y el abuso en el lugar de trabajo. Sin embargo, para muchos trabajadores sigue siendo difícil denunciar situaciones de abuso y recibir ayuda. Los trabajadores latinos en particular deben enfrentar obstáculos adicionales, como las dificultades con el idioma y el temor a interactuar con ciertos sistemas, lo que les impide pedir ayuda frente al acoso o abuso sexual.

Un grupo de panelistas invitados, junto al personal bilingüe de KCSARC, hablarán sobre las leyes locales que protegen los derechos y libertades de los trabajadores: su origen y alcance, y cómo los trabajadores latinos pueden acceder a los beneficios de estas legislaciones.

Durante el encuentro hablaremos sobre por qué ciertos trabajadores, como los empleados domésticos y el personal de hoteles, necesitan protecciones y especiales a la hora de denunciar estas situaciones. También reflexionaremos sobre los obstáculos que aún permanecen y lo que todavía queda por hacer para proteger a los trabajadores.

Gender-Based Violence Housing and Homelessness Collaborative: An In-Person Event!
2024-10-15 14:30 - 16:30
Co-hosted by the Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence (CEGV), King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA), and City of Seattle Human Services Department (HSD).

YWCA Phillis Wheatley Branch

2820 E Cherry St Seattle 98122

Join us for an afternoon of building relationships across homeless housing and gender-based violence systems!

Housing System navigators, advocates, and case managers are encouraged to attend!

This is the first in-person meeting for this newly formed group that aims to build relationships, share resources, and ultimately make recommendations to better meet the needs of survivors who are homeless and/or experiencing housing instability.

What will we be doing?

We will be conducting a Journey Mapping exercise: mapping the experiences of survivors as they navigate our specific systems and programs. Come prepared with 2-3 client scenarios that exemplify your agency’s sub-population expertise and convey the paths your clients navigate.

Breakout groups will be by sub-population: you will work alongside other agency participants who serve the same GBV sub-population (i.e. Trans/Two Spirit, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Families etc.). You can best prepare for this by calling to mind 2-3 client scenarios which you feel exemplify both a.) your agency’s sub-population expertise and b.) will best convey the journey of clients within your area of expertise.

Why Journey Mapping?

Journey mapping is an exercise that helps us to visualize a client’s journey through homelessness. This communal mapping process will help us to capture the many threads of GBV Homelessness response system that contributes to its overall landscape and current state. Journey Mapping serves to highlight critical intersections, gaps as well as opportunities for capacity building.

What is our goal?

Our aim is to leave this gathering with a clearer understanding of the many different identities and situations of which survivors enter homelessness, are cycled through and/or bridged out of homelessness, so that, we may strengthen our coalition’s work to improve its overall functioning and health. We all know that there is a malnourished, complex web of services that survivors must interact with, and that the threads of this web must be better understood, coordinated and invested in. Our goal as a GBV-Homelessness Collaborative, is to help inform our government agencies, so that they can not only plan better but also invest better. This exercise will direct us all as to how to move towards improved collaboration across systems, future-state visioning and advocacy.

This meeting is open to CEGV membership organizations, homeless housing providers, and other providers from adjacent systems interested in this intersection.

JOIN US! Domestic Violence Awareness Month Celebration 2024
2024-10-17 11:00 - 16:00
Hosted jointly by the YWCA Seattle – King – Snohomish, the Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office VAWA STOP Grant, the Washington State Office of Public Defense.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS NEARLY REACHED CAPACITY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, CONTACT LEA@ENDGV.ORGWHEN: October 17th 2024TIME: 11am to 4pm

11a – 3p Lunch, speakers, performances, & advocate panel

3p – 4p Networking & afternoon snacksWHERE: New Holly Gathering Hall, 7054 32nd Ave S Seattle 98118 UPDATED LOCATION!! Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture 9635 Des Moines Memorial Dr S, Seattle, WA 98108 (in the South Park neighborhood, right by the Red Apple!)WHO: All are welcome but space is limited so register soon! Registration required.WHAT: This event aims to break down silos by bringing together community and systems to discuss and offer multiple responses to those surviving domestic violence and people causing harm. Survivors need more options for healing and justice. What exists now and what are we working toward.

Lunch is provided. Please RSVP so we have an accurate headcount for space and food.

Speakers of the Day

Larry Jefferson was appointed by the justices of the WA Supreme Court to the position of Director of the State Office of Public Defense in 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Jefferson was a public defense attorney in Thurston County for more than 16 years and previously worked as public defender in Kent and Seattle. He helped establish Thurston Count’s pretrial diversion program, First Look program, Trueblood Diversion program and Felony Leadership Improvement Project.

Michelle Osborne consults on antiracist leadership, social justice practice, and prevention of gender-based violence. A former prosecutor and trial attorney, her expertise includes historic legacies of racism; the evolution of structural process, policies, and cultures; roles of women of color in positions of power and leadership and on organizations becoming racially equitable.

For more than 25 years, Doris O’Neal has been dedicated to survivor-defined advocacy, public policy, and restorative justice, with a focus on helping survivors who are African American, living in poverty, or experiencing housing instability. Doris O’Neal is currently the Director of Gender Based Violence Specialized Services. In partnership with the King County Prosecutor’s Office, Doris established Survivors FIRST (Facilitating Information and Resources for Survivors of Trauma) to directly connect to intervention services without criminal charges.

More speakers include: Collective Justice, Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence (RAIV), and an advocate panel of culturally specific providers in Seattle-King County.

Special performance by The Good Foot Arts Collective, an arts organization with a vision to see youth equipped to end violence before it begins, expressive in the arts through transformative movement and artistic mediums, empowered to reach their full potential through mentorship, and educated to advocate in their community.

A resource fair of primarily Black-led and POC-focused orgs will be happening all day. For service providers interested in tabling for the resource fair, use this separate link to register for an outreach table: https://endgv.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/dvam2024resourcetableFor questions or accommodations, contact Lea Aromin lea@endgv.org or Amy Bullard amy.bullard@kingcounty.gov

WSCADV Sustaining Wellbeing for BIPOC Advocates in the Gender-Based Violence Movement
2024-10-17 12:00 - 13:30
The work to end gender-based violence can take a profound toll on our bodies, minds, and spirits. It’s easy to let our own well-being take a back seat as we push for social change and support survivors. For BIPOC advocates, the intersection of advocacy work with additional layers of systemic oppression can intensify this strain.

Join guest speakers Nan Stoops of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Vanessa Timmons of the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence for a unique gathering designed exclusively for BIPOC advocates to pause, connect, and nurture themselves.

This interactive session is free and open to advocates who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color. Participate in discussions, connect with peers, and gain insights to sustain your well-being and continue your work with renewed strength.

Don’t miss this chance to recharge, build solidarity, and strengthen our community. Please share this invitation with BIPOC advocates in your network! Together, we are stronger

SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW CENTER (SLVC) Plays: Clue
2024-10-24 18:00 - 20:30
Join us on Thursday, October 24th, for our annual SVLC Plays Fall Fundraiser! This year, dive into a world of mystery and justice as we present an exciting evening of “Clue.”

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???? Dress Code: Channel your inner detective or choose a character from the classic game “Clue.” Show off your most intriguing and creative attire!

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4th Annual Domestic Violence Discussion - hosted by Muslimahs Against Abuse Center
2024-10-26 17:00 - 20:00
We are thrilled to invite you to our 4th Annual Domestic Violence Discussion taking place on October 26, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This event is a critical opportunity for us to come together, raise awareness, and explore ways to support survivors within our community.

Your presence is invaluable as we work together to create a safe, empowering space where voices are heard, stories are shared, and impactful conversations take place.

Event Details:???? Date: October 26, 2024???? Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM???? Location: Highline College

We encourage you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible to secure your spot. Your participation supports our efforts to create meaningful change and advocate for survivors of domestic violence.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you there!

DVCHAP Training 2024
2024-11-06 10:00 - 12:00
This virtual training is for gender-based violence community-based advocates who intend to submit referrals in the DVCHAP system for housing placement. This training is required annually for DVCHAP members who intend to submit referrals for DVCHAP housing resources.

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 assessment in-depth, and will include time for questions and feedback.

LOCATION

Virtually via Zoom

BIPOC Preventionists Retreat
2024-11-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Branch, 2820 E Cherry St, Seattle, Washington, 98122
Calling all Black, Native/Indigenous, and POC Prevention workers! CEGV wants to invite you to a day of rest, rejuvenation, and relationship building!

Within the framework of Black-Abolitionist Feminism, our Prevention work is constantly straddling the long work of opposing systemic harm with the immediate and ongoing work of interrupting violence now! We know that vicarious trauma can greatly impact our ability to make decisions that are in alignment with our values of transforming patriarchal cultures, and that, “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audre Lorde

On November 8th at the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, we’ll be gathering for a day to FEEEEL rested and rejuvenated, and relationshiped! This is a day for us to combat the collective vicarious traumas we experience from our struggles against patriarchy as we practice three things…

Rest – “an instance or period of relaxing or ceasing to engage in strenuous or stressful activity.”

Rejuvenation – “the action or process of giving new energy or vigor to something.”

Relationship Building – in this context, “power building.”

So, wear something comfortable and come get your nervous system regulated with us!

Contact Paris Chapman for any questions – Paris@endgv.org

KCRHA's Coordinated Entry Assessor Training
2024-12-03 13:30 - 15:30
Location: Virtually via Zoom

For Gender-Based Violence/Victim Service Provider Agencies with Access to KCRHA’s HMIS System: Have questions if you are eligible? Contact Hannah Whitworth at hannah@endgv.org

What: King County Regional Homelessness Authority is hosting a training to access the Coordinated Entry System for users serving Gender-Based Violence survivors. This training will allow you to become a Coordinated Entry Assessor. You will be able to enroll your clients into the Coordinated Entry System and navigate them to housing stability. This training is specific to Victim Service Providers (VSPs): there will be a focus on enrolling de-identified clients. Please note the Prerequisites listed below.

REGISTER HERE

PREREQUISITES:

1. If you do not already have an HMIS user account, your agency’s HMIS lead will need to request user access from Bitfocus (the host of HMIS), and you will need to complete the appropriate HMIS training. Don’t know who your agency’s HMIS Lead is? Ask Hannah at hannah@endgv.org.

2. You’re ready to take this training!

Who: Advocates and case managers functioning as Victim Service Providers at agencies with HMIS accounts who would like to

Serve as the initial contact point for the Coordinated Entry System and communicating eligibility for Coordinated Entry.

Explore resources such as diversion or problem solving, employment, and education.

Enroll households into the Coordinated Entry System Program and administer the Coordinated Entry Housing Triage Tool (HTT).

Communicate with households about next steps and availability of other resources.

Next Steps: Upon completing the training requirements,

1. Review the CE Assessor Manual.

2. Your Agency’s CE Trainer will email Bitfocus the New Assessor Request Form. If your agency does not have a CE trainer you can request from Bitfocus to become the CE Trainer.

3. BitFocus will send confirmation to both the Trainer and Assessor (you).

This training is specialized for Victim Service Providers working in KCRHA’s Coordinated Entry System: this training is catered towards service providers who will be entering de-identified clients. This training will be recorded.

Contact Hannah Whitworth for questions and accommodations, hannah@endgv.org.

Rally for Victims!
2024-12-07 11:00 - 12:00
Did you know that victims of violent crime, including sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, could soon face severe delays or even lose access to support services altogether due to massive cuts in federal Victim of Crimes Act (VOCA) funding?

This important but volatile source of funding has been the backbone of victim services for many years. But VOCA, which depends on forfeitures, fines and settlements from federal crimes rather than tax dollars, is both unpredictable and has been in decline since 2018. Adding to the injury, VOCA was cut another 40% this year.

Frankly, our response to crime victims should not depend entirely on a single unstable resource like VOCA to fund crucial services like advocacy, therapy and other assistance that survivors and family members need to rebuild their lives.

State legislators have provided important one-time backfill in each of the last four years. Their partnership has helped stave off the most severe cuts to services.

But this one-time backfill runs out in June. At that point, all community victim service providers, including KCSARC, face a funding cliff that threatens our collective ability to respond to every victim when they seek help.

We can’t fathom turning away any victim. And we won’t stand by and just let it happen. We need your help.

Together, we can raise our voices loud and say “not on our watch!”

Join us in Seattle on December 7﻿to urge the governor and state legislators to immediately stabilize and adequately fund victim services

Rally event detailsWe’ll gather at The Vera Project for activities and speakers at 11 a.m.Then, we grab signs and march out onto Seattle Center and surrounds to draw attention to this crisis.We’ll be back in the next few weeks with more details and what you can expect by participating. For now, please let us know you plan to be there, and consider sharing with your networks!

University of Washington Harborview Abuse and Trauma Center Education Forum: Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Before and After #MeToo
2025-01-10 10:00 - 11:30
By Dr. Rosenna Bakari, Seven Exits

This presentation delves into the complex journey of healing from childhood sexual abuse, a burden many carry in silence for decades, often not addressing it until their 40s or beyond. We will explore the emotional, psychological, and societal barriers that perpetuate silence and how healthcare systems can help survivors navigate the path to empowerment and self-discovery.

This webinar is free and registration is required.Contact us with questions, to be added to thelistserv, or to request accommodations (pleaseallow 2 weeks notice): bharvey1@uw.edu

Abolition and Social Work
2025-01-16 17:30 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, Washington, 98109
Join us for a talk about Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes and the Practice of Community Care, with Mimi Kim, Durrell Washington Sr., Cameron Rasmussen and Sam Harrell along with local organizers and care workers Paris Chapman, Kiyomi Fujikawa, Sid Jordan and Shannon Perez-Darby. The event is free and open to all and the first 20 guests will get a free copy of the book.

Doors open at 5:15pm and we will start at 5:30pm sharp.

Accessibility: Please mask at the event. The space is wheel chair accessible. We unfortunately are not able to livestream this event.

Organized by the Network to Advance Abolition in Social Work, the Abolitionist Social Change Collective, Accountable Communities Consortium and API Chaya.

*Please note this event is not sponsored by Seattle Public Library

Coalition Ending Gender Based Violence: Annual Membership Meeting
2025-01-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Ave S, Tukwila, Washington, 98168, United States
Moving Beyond Theory: Putting Our Values Into Action

What are your individual values? The values of your organization? The values of the Coalition? Our individual, organizational, and collective values are important guideposts to navigate uncertainty, helping us get clear on what matters most, in order to stay rooted in the work to end gender-based violence and shift the conditions that allow it to flourish.

How do we, as a community, continue to serve and support survivors with so much uncertainty? How can the Coalition support you?

As we look ahead to 2025, we know there is much uncertainty about how our collective work will unfold…and, we are ready to figure it out together.

Join Coalition staff, and your fellow advocates, to recenter and reflect on our collective values and how they can support our work together.

Get updates on what the Coalition will be up to in 2025

Elect new Board members and bid farewell to Board members moving on

Connect with old friends and welcome new faces

9:00 am – Light breakfast and networking

9:30 – 11:45 am – Program

For questions and accommodation requests, contact Lea Aromin lea@endgv.org or Kate Bovitch kate@endgv.org

Surviving to Thriving: Strategies for Economic Justice for Survivors
2025-01-29 10:00 - 11:30
Organized by Ujima, The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community

Join Ujima, The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community and the Culturally Specific Serving Programs (CSSP) grant program for an insightful and empowering webinar exploring strategies to advance economic justice for survivors. This session will define types of economic justice, highlight barriers survivors face in achieving financial stability, and share actionable strategies to overcome challenges.

Through sharing case studies and innovative approaches, we will examine how economic justice initiatives can enable survivors to move from a state of surviving to truly thriving. Whether you are an advocate, service provider, policymaker, or ally, this webinar offers valuable insights and practical tools to support survivors in building a brighter future.

Objectives:

Define types of economic justice for survivors.

Identify barriers to economic justice.

Explore strategies to advance economic justice.

Highlight case studies and examples of innovative economic justice approaches enabling survivors to move towards thriving.

Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and be part of the movement toward economic empowerment for survivors.

Presented by:

Lisalyn Jacobs, CEO of Just Solutions, LLC

Purvi Shah, Author of Seeding Generations; Co-Coordinator, Collaborative for Restoring Healing & Transforming Communities; and former Economic Policy & Leadership TA Provider, Women of Color Network, Inc.

DVCHAP Quarterly Training 2025
2025-01-30 13:00 - 15:00
This virtual training is for gender-based violence community-based advocates who intend to submit referrals in the DVCHAP system for housing placement. This training is required annually for DVCHAP members who intend to submit referrals for DVCHAP housing resources.

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 assessment in-depth, and will include time for questions and feedback.

Location: Virtually via Zoom

Demystifying Community-Level Prevention
2025-01-30 13:00 - 15:00
Prevention seeks to address the root causes of violence at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels. As the field and movement continues to grow and evolve, more and more focus is being put on community-level prevention strategies.

But what does community-level violence prevention work actually look like in practice? What does it mean to prevent violence through strengthening economic supports or creating protective environments? What does it mean to promote social norms that protect against violence? What do these strategies look like in real life? How can we work with other movements or sectors to ensure our prevention work is more wide-spread and collaborative?

Join WSCADV and preventionists across the state to discuss some of the new and innovative ways we can prevent violence at the community-level in both holistic and realistic ways!

Accommodations available upon request

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Date: Thursday, January 30th, 2025

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Location: Virtual

Accountable Communities Consortium: Transformative Justice and Intimate Partner Violence Workshop
2025-02-20 15:00 - 17:00
Transformative justice has been a valuable tool for addressing violence outside of harmful state-based systems. As our movements have grown we’ve seen community members turn towards transformative justice practices to address the range of violence our communities experience. When faced with questions of domestic and sexual violence many community members can feel overwhelmed.

This workshop is designed to support community members in building skills to better understand intimate partner violence (IPV) and explore the possibilities and pitfalls of transformative justice practices in addressing IPV. We will discuss how transformative justice practices can support people surviving abuse, people being abusive and the communities who love them.

Thursday, February 20th3-5pm PT/5-7pm CT/6-8pm ET

Registration is sliding scale $0-25

This workshop will be presented in Zoom webinar format with opportunities for questions. We will be using zoom generated captions. A recording will be available for people who register for up to one month after the workshop.

For questions please reach out to Shannon@accountablecommunities.com

Confidentiality and Privilege in Clinical Practice
2025-02-21 10:00 - 12:00
Confidentiality and Privilege in Clinical Practice

The counseling relationship can only be as successful as its foundation will allow. Confidentiality and privilege are essential to building the trust that can foster an effective and workable therapeutic relationship. Attendees will have the opportunity to consider how to balance ethical practices with legal, so that counselors can uphold their clients’ trust while ensuring safety and compliance within professional standard.

Objectives:

1. Define confidentiality and privilege in the context of counseling.

2. Understand exceptions to confidentiality and privilege.

3. Explore legal and ethical considerations in Washington State.

This training is for:

Counselors, Clinical Supervisors, and nonprofit management/leadership wanting to better understand confidentiality and privilege.

Please that this will be the first of a 4-part series. Future trainings include:

April 24, 2025 – Clinical disclosure and informed consent

May 30, 2025 – Risks of clinical practice in the DV field and abusive litigation tactics

September 12, 2025 – Prepping for court (full title tbd).

Rent Smart: Information for Survivors of Domestic Violence
2025-03-12 15:00 - 16:45 | Virtual in Zoom
SOLID GROUND’S RENT SMART WEBINAR IN ENGLISH

Information for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Join Solid Ground tenant counselors as they discuss tenants’ rights and procedures under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of Washington state. You’ll learn how to:

Get your security deposit back

Break a lease without liability after an incident of abuse

Report an incident to a qualified third party

Try to get an eviction off your tenant screening report

Ensuring Survivor Privacy and Confidentiality in VSP and Homeless Programs
2025-03-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtually via Zoom
Part of the ReloShare’s Housing First Advocates Summit collection

Learn how HUD-funded housing programs can protect survivor privacy, maintain confidentiality, and meet federal data requirements.

King County Sexual Assault Resource Center BE LOUD Breakfast 2025
2025-03-18 08:00 - 09:00 | SHERATON
Even as government funding remains uncertain,the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center remainscommitted to assisting every survivor who needs our help,and to equipping the next generation to create change.With you at our side, we can turn this challenge intoan opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Now is the time to BE LOUD.

Join us for KCSARC’s 36th annual BE LOUD Breakfast.Together, we’ll show survivors that their community supportsthem and will never stop working to end sexual violence.

March Skills Lab with Dr. Leticia Nieto: Adding Tools To Your Advocacy Toolkit
2025-03-19 14:30 - 16:30 | Virtually via Zoom
CEGV is teaming up with Dr. Leticia Nieto for a multi-part series to add tools to your toolkit to handle the myriad challenges and complexities of advocacy.

Our work in the gender-based violence movement is full of nuance and complexity. The daily challenges and joys are set against a backdrop of systems of oppression and intersect in countless ways with other social justice issues. In short, this work is not easy.

Join us for a series of interactive workshops with Dr. Leticia Nieto to find ways to better support yourself as advocate and in turn, deepen your advocacy skills to better support survivors. Together we will explore these questions:

How can we better incorporate an anti-oppression lens in our advocacy practices?

What are the ways to promote healing and liberation within our team and organizations?

Dr. Nieto is internationally recognized for her expertise addressing social justice concerns from a developmental ecological perspective including orienting to systemic transformation, survivance, song and poetry, relational repair, joy, radical rest, intersectional coalition, and reparative and restorative justice. Dr. Nieto brings an enlivening approach to coaching, training and facilitation, drawing on expressive techniques and embodied practices to involve participants deeply and create opportunities for insight and change. Since 1980 she has successfully brought her skills to higher education and other learning communities (including three decades teaching in a graduate program in counseling), to service providers in helping agencies, to workplace teams, and to many community groups.

In this Skills Lab, Dr. Nieto will offer practical tools and strategies for working with specific situations that present challenges in our work. They will be strengths-based, action-oriented practice sessions based on Dr. Nieto’s book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment.

Objectives

Participants will practice one strengths-based strategy in response to a real-life situation.

Participants will demonstrate the ability to analyze incidents at the behavioral, systemic, and transpersonal levels.

Contact Nykki Canete nykki@endgv.org or Lea Aromin lea@endgv.org for questions about the training and for accommodations.

CEUs available.

Home and Healing: Supporting Black Survivors of Domestic Violence
2025-03-21 08:00 - 09:30 | Virtually via Zoom
Part of the ReloShare’s Housing First Advocates Summit collection

Join Ujima for a training on housing access for Black survivors, exploring barriers, resources, and best practices for advocates.
