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14 Jan Building Restorative Spaces Workshop: Effective Communication

Posted at 14:33h in Events

Description Restorative spaces require intentional crafting and inter-personal skills to enable constructive engagement and healthy learning in the face of conflict and differences. The culture of our spaces are shaped and reinforced through the daily conversations we have with each other. Effective communication requires presence and intentionality...

14 Jan Building Restorative Spaces Workshop: Values & Agreements

Posted at 14:31h in Events

Description Restorative spaces require intentional crafting and inter-personal skills to enable constructive engagement and healthy learning in the face of conflict and differences. Setting the container with values and agreements shapes a healthier culture for engagement by collectively building trust. When conflict and harm arise, it is...

14 Jan Introduction to Restorative Justice Virtual Training

Posted at 14:27h in Events

Description These experiential trainings will introduce participants to Restorative Justice concepts, practices, and strategies. Learn how to facilitate circles, and integrate an applied understanding of conflict resolution and mediation principles into Restorative Justice processes. SEEDS trainers draw from their experience of implementing Restorative Justice within a variety...

14 Jan We See You Sis: Centering Black Survivors in the Fight for Health Equity and Violence Prevention

Posted at 14:12h in Events

Description The onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic has exposed the ongoing health inequities that Black women face. While Black women can experience violence and dehumanization when seeking health care in general, this is especially true for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. This disparity...

12 Jan PreventConnect Webinar: Building a Foundation for Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

Posted at 15:43h in Events

Description Primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence can be a complex field filled with technical language, jargon, and acronyms. At the core, though, it means stopping violence before it ever has a chance to happen. This web conference will go back to basics and...

11 Jan Futures Without Violence Webinar: Collaboration with Employment Agencies to Increase Access to Economic Opportunities for Survivors of HT/DV/SA

Posted at 23:11h in Events

Description Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking (DV, SA, HT) need access to education and job training programs that are grounded in trauma-informed practices. This webinar will focus on recognizing barriers to employment and education for survivors and strategies for building strong cross-sector...

11 Jan Futures Without Violence Webinar: Improving Employment Opportunities through Collaborations: Best Practices

Posted at 23:07h in Events

Description To mitigate some of the challenges survivors of trafficking face in accessing and maintaining quality and stable employment, establishing partnerships between victim services and the workforce development system can help build capacity, mitigate obstacles, and close gaps. These two fields provide unique and complementary skillsets...

11 Jan Aroma Huis Self-Love Workshop: How to Love Yourself Even If You Don’t Know How

Posted at 22:54h in Events

Description Many survivors struggle with trusting themselves, having self-confidence, and having close relationships. This workshop teaches survivors of sexual assault strategies for healing that may be new to them! We will do an activity together and time will be allotted for Q&A! Click here to register in...

11 Jan Center for Victim Research Webinar: Social Reactions to Sexual Assault

Posted at 20:35h in Events

Description This webinar, another in the CVR Evidence Hour series, reviews research on correlates and impacts of social reactions made to victims disclosing sexual assault and partner violence. Findings about trauma disclosure and social reactions are presented from survivors and their informal support members (e.g., family,...

11 Jan Center for Victim Research Webinar: Violence Across the Lifecourse

Posted at 20:31h in Events

Description The CVR webinar Evidence Hour series continues with this overview of research on the connections between child maltreatment and later forms of violence that extend to and beyond mid-life. We will discuss the developmental associations between child maltreatment, violence in adolescence, and intimate partner violence (IPV)...