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25 Jan March Peer Support Call for BIPOC in NYS Victim Services

Posted at 20:40h in Uncategorized

NYS-based victim services staff/volunteers who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as People of Color (BIPOC), are invited to participate in NYSCASA's upcoming peer support calls for BIPOC at victim services programs. These informal conversations will be facilitated by NYSCASA staff. Logistics: This space meets on the...

25 Jan February Peer Support Call for BIPOC in NYS Victim Services

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07 Jan Webinar: Healing from Conflict: Restorative Approaches and a Path Forward for Justice

Posted at 20:51h in Uncategorized

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...

21 Dec Healing Her Spirit

Posted at 14:49h in Uncategorized

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...

07 Dec Stetson School for Boys, Screening and Q&A with Donna Jenson and Dr. Emily Samuelson

Posted at 22:20h in Uncategorized

Description 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...

07 Dec Survivor Writing Workshop with Donna Jenson & Dr. Emily Samuelson (Session Two)

Posted at 22:00h in Uncategorized

Survivors sometimes need opportunities to think, share, and collaborate together—as survivors. This workshop was developed by survivors in order to create a uniquely supportive environment within which participants can explore and share their experiences and have their voices heard, respected and understood. The survivor-led format...

07 Dec Survivor Writing Workshop with Donna Jenson & Dr. Emily Samuelson (Session One)

Posted at 21:54h in Uncategorized

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...

07 Dec Telling Is Healing with Donna Jenson

Posted at 21:51h in Uncategorized

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 &...

07 Dec De-Criminalizing Our Youth

Posted at 21:30h in Uncategorized

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...

07 Dec A Little Piece of Light: A Memoir of Hope, Prison, and a Life Unbound

Posted at 21:27h in Uncategorized

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...