This webinar will explore explore what healthy collaborations look like and how you develop more equitable partnerships and approaches within your organization to support stronger and more sustainable organizations. What does a good collaboration look like? What are the possible challenges and rewards of collaborations?...
Economic vulnerability increases vulnerability to domestic violence; and experiencing domestic violence is frequently impoverishing. This is true for all survivors of domestic violence. However, transgender people, especially trans people of color, face pervasive discrimination in education, employment and housing along with unacceptable rates of intimate...
Inspired by Joseph Campbell, the Hero’s Journey of Recovery is a group curriculum that gives individuals on a journey of recovery the opportunity to consider their lives within a new narrative, one that is affirming, empowering, humanizing and hopeful. Attendees will learn to facilitate this curriculum...
August is International Overdose (OD) Awareness Month. VOCAL-NY's Albany Chapter will be holding a variety of OD Prevention trainings throughout the month. All are welcome! Join us on Wednesday, August 14th @ 5:30 PM for a Naloxone/Narcan and Overdose Prevention Training. We all can arm...
Note: This training is available only to NYSCASA's rape crisis programs and Ally Organization members. Click here to purchase an annual NYSCASA Ally Organization membership if your organization is not a current member and you would like access to register for these trainings. Healthy Relationships Project Becoming...
Note: This training is available only to NYSCASA's rape crisis programs and Ally Organization members. Click here to purchase an annual NYSCASA Ally Organization membership if your organization is not a current member and you would like access to register for these trainings. Healthy Relationships Project Becoming...
Join the Capital Region Trauma Services Coalition for our next meeting on July 17. The meeting will be held at NYSCASA's office in Albany from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. We welcome survivors of trauma who are in a safe and stable place, and who are...
The Rensselaer County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is a multi-disciplinary response to sexual assault. The goal of the team is to provide victim-centered care, and better working relationships between disciplines, with the common goal to reduce sexual assault in our community. As the only identified...
Survivors of domestic or sexual violence with disabilities face barriers in receiving services, but when they live in a rural community, they may have an even more difficult time receiving accessible services. Local culture around disability, limited accessible transportation options, a lack of confidentiality, and...
Come hear from keynote speaker, Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP, the new Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Office of Consumer Affairs at NYS OMH. Followed by panel discussion on issues related to stigma. Breakfast is included and there is no cost to attend. ...