Events

26 Sep Innovations in Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors with Pets (New York, NY)

Posted at 16:05h in In-Person Training, Non-NYSCASA Events

The Legal Education and Advocacy Program (“LEAP”), utilizes a comprehensive approach to address the legal needs of victims of domestic violence living in shelters operated by the Urban Resource Institute, the largest provider of shelter services in the country. URI’s innovative program called PALS (People and...

26 Sep Paws for a Purpose (Warsaw, NY)

Posted at 16:03h in Community Events, Non-NYSCASA Events

This free event will be Saturday, October 5 from 9a-12p at the Village Park on Liberty Street in Warsaw! Featuring purple-paw-painting and other activities, fun giveaways, resources and information on domestic violence--and of course, a community dogwalk![Friendly, well socialized dogs welcome. Dogs must remain on a...

26 Sep 9th Annual Family Services Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Posted at 16:00h in Community Events, Non-NYSCASA Events

This year, Walk A Mile will be the main event to help kick offFirst Friday Poughkeepsie’s Celebration “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Stand up against sexual assault, gender violence & domestic violence and join us at Family Services’ 9th...

26 Sep YWCA NorthEastern NY Kick-Off Party for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Schenectady, NY)

Posted at 15:58h in Community Events, Non-NYSCASA Events

Join YWCA NorthEastern NY at Firestone 151 Bar and Restaurant on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, to kick-off Domestic Violence Awareness Month! There will be live entertainment, with Kevin Green & the Motherfolkers (also of the band Twenty Ninety-Six (2096) playing! Wear purple and participate in...

26 Sep Vera House Report to the Community on Domestic and Sexual Violence (Syracuse, NY)

Posted at 15:56h in Community Events, Non-NYSCASA Events

Vera House, Inc. and the Survivors’ Network invite you to join us for our 30th Annual Report to the Community on Domestic & Sexual Violence on Wednesday, October 2nd beginning at 5:30 PM at the Everson Museum! ...

26 Sep Wellspring’s Pooch Parade (Saratoga Springs, NY)

Posted at 15:51h in Community Events, Non-NYSCASA Events

Did you know that many times victims of domestic violence will not leave an abusive relationship out of fear for what might happen to their pet?Wellspring’s Safe Pet Partnership Program can help! Our Safe Pet Program assists victims of domestic violence by providing safe, temporary...

26 Sep Webinar: Technology Safety: Best Practices for Serving Survivors of Technological Abuse

Posted at 15:50h in Non-NYSCASA Events, Webinars

For most of us, information technology is a central part of not only our day-to-day professional affairs but our personal lives as well. An unfortunate side effect is that perpetrators of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse have turned to technology as yet another vehicle to...

26 Sep Webinar: Technology Safety: Best Practices for Serving Survivors of Technological Abuse

Posted at 15:48h in Non-NYSCASA Events, Webinars

25 Sep Introduction to Disability Justice (NYC)

Posted at 16:16h in In-Person Training, Non-NYSCASA Events

This workshop will explore the past and present nexus between racism, classism, ableism, and structural inequity, focusing in particular on multiply-marginalized people. We will work to expand our collective understanding of disability and how disability-based oppressions are implicated in and central to all social systems...

25 Sep Webinar: The Untold Story: Trafficking in the Black Community

Posted at 16:04h in Non-NYSCASA Events, Webinars

Register Today: http://bit.ly/UjimaWebinar4 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) is defined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as the “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act” where the victim is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident...