As evidence on community-level approaches to domestic and sexual violence prevention continues to emerge, practitioners are learning how physical spaces play a role in shaping social connections, behaviors and motivations that influence the likelihood of violence. Changing the physical/built environment holds promise in achieving population-level...
On May 29, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. e.t., the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center will present an online Expert Q&A discussion with Marcus Bruning on "Law Enforcement Response: Approaching Your Work with a Trauma-Informed Lens." Victims react to the psychological trauma...
The New York State Office of Mental Health is hosting a two-day Symposium bringing together researchers, policy decision makers, mental health clinicians, and front-line workers. The goal is to raise the bar on concrete strategies to create mental health equity for all New Yorkers. The...
Las personas sordas y con discapacidades tienen tres veces más probabilidades de experimentar violencia que las personas sin discapacidades, sin embargo, nuestro análisis del campo de servicios a las víctimas de violencia indica que, en general, las organizaciones no están preparadas para atender las necesidades...
About the Summit The Summit is an opportunity for prevention educators, campus administrators, health providers, community organizers, youth workers, high school, college and university students to come together and network, share, and grow as part of a community committed to sexual and domestic violence prevention. Attendees...
Description Author, lawyer, and Black lesbian immigrant survivor Andrea Ritchie will provide a focused look at police violence and racial profiling in the context of domestic violence in this presentation. This timely webinar will explore police responses to domestic violence as sites of racial profiling, criminalization,...
A Message from the Executive Director of In Our Own Voices, Inc., Tandra R. LaGrone: In Our Own Voices (IOOV), is exceedingly excited to host 2019 Say It Loud Black & Latin@ Gay Pride, a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people of color(LGBT POC) communities....
Contact: Jennifer Clark, NYSCADV, 518-482-5465 x204, jclark@nyscadv.org Responding to Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence for Indigenous Communities Studies indicate that violence against women—including sexual assault and domestic abuse—is higher among Native American communities. In fact a recent study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ,)...
You are cordially invited to the premier showing of NCALL's draft video series titled Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors (LUV). On June 5, the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL), Terra Nova Films (TNF), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and...
Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased: Uncovering...