Events

Description Now in its 15th year, The Battered Mothers Custody Conference is an annual grassroots, non-profit, all-volunteer conference dedicated to providing education, support, and networking opportunities to mothers seeking legal protections for themselves and their children from the family courts.Held in the Capital District of New...

Description Register today to join NAESV for a webinar designed to prepare state coalitions, local programs, activists, and survivors to educate and advocate with Congress to fund survivor services and prevention. Find out how to plan and conduct virtual meetings with representatives and senators during Sexual...

The NYS Trauma-Informed Network is pleased to announce quarterly Network meetings for 2022. These virtual conversations will provide space for individuals and organizations across to network with one another, learn together and increase connectivity of trauma-informed champions across the state. These meetings will are free...

Description NYS-based victim services staff and volunteers who identify as Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) are invited to participate in NYSCASA's upcoming BIPOC peer support calls. These informal conversations are a space for those of us who work or volunteer at a sexual...

Description Please join NYSCADV for the 2022 Annual Meeting on Monday, March 21, 2022 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM. The NYSCADV Annual Meeting is designed to provide: an opportunity for domestic violence advocacy programs from across the state to network and get a statewide perspective on domestic...

Description For nonbinary and transgender people of all ages putting our stories onto the page is important and can even be personally transformative. Creative daily art journaling is a way that we can document our queer lives for memory and self-reflection. Art journaling involves combining words,...

Description Join us for the second of two panel discussions with experienced therapists whose practices include transgender and nonbinary clients. We’ll hear from a group of therapists about inclusive practices, gender-affirming therapy, and how individual therapists approach working with transgender and nonbinary clients. Bring your questions...

Description In this session, we will discuss the history of carceral responses to suicide and crisis. Beginning with the conflation of madness and queerness, we will explore the ways queer and trans people have been targeted by carceral psychiatric and psychological “interventions.” We will trace the...

Description Permeated by racism, misogyny and the flawed narrative of "the perfect victim," the criminal legal system doesn’t always get it right. This is especially true when it comes to survivors who are criminalized, often for defending themselves from abusive partners. Please join the New York...

Description Ejeris Dixon from Vision Change Win and Heena Sharma from Survived and Punished NY will discuss their work on community-based approaches to ending violence, creating accountability for harm, and transforming our notions of justice. Registration Click here to register. Program 6:30-7:30 Panel discussion and Q&A with Ejeris Dixon (Vision Change Win) and Heena Sharma...