The New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault is pleased to offer a new training and technical assistance opportunity, the NYSCASA Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI).This session will provide background and important information about the initiative, with Q&A with NYSCASA staff to follow.To learn more...
At this critical moment, restorative justice offers a path forward. The practice, deeply rooted in indigenous traditions, can help people heal from conflict, violence and crime, and other long-standing problems. Using the knowledge shared with us by Native American practitioners, staff at the Center for Court...
Jonel Beauvais, formerly of Seven Dancers Coalition, will facilitate how her experience as a circle keeper and witness to another woman’s story of survival of intimate partner violence created a transformative experience for that survivor. Jonel will discuss how she facilitated a sacred circle that...
This webinar will show a video of Clinicians discussing Donna Jenson’s work with the residents at the Stetson School for Boys, clinician interviews: https://vimeo.com/13703674 This webinar will feature a discussion about working with those who have done harm to others and a Q & A with...
The survivor community is integral to achieving an end to sexual violence. Their hearts, minds and voices must be core in the reimaging of current mainstream responses, programs, and policies for the transformation of justice. Survivors need opportunities to think, share and collaborate together—as survivors. Such...
The survivor community is integral to achieving an end to sexual violence. Their hearts, minds and voices must be core in the reimaging of current mainstream responses, programs, and policies for the transformation of justice. Survivors need opportunities to think, share and collaborate together—as survivors. Such...
This webinar will provide an array of excerpts from a performance of Donna Jenson’s play, What She Knows, and readings from her book, Healing My Life: From Incest to Joy, interspersed with reflections, narrative, and comments. The webinar will be followed by a Q &...
Donna Hylton, author of 'A Little Piece of Light: A Memoir of Hope, Prison, and a Life Unbound,' will discuss systemic oppression through foster care, educational, child protective and other institutions where racism, oppressive practices, cultural incompetence, and lack of trauma-informed perspectives that set up...
Donna Hylton, author of 'A Little Piece of Light: A Memoir of Hope, Prison, and a Life Unbound,' will discuss her life, and how her early trauma impacted her life, later traumas including incarceration, and her connection to other victimized women and advocates doing the...
This presentation will educate the First Responder on the risk of experiencing secondary trauma, also called vicarious trauma, resulting from the work with victims of violence, most specifically victims of sexual assault. Secondary trauma is prevalent in the realm of providing care and resources to...
