Events | NYSCASA

26 May Urbanization: Government Tactics of Cultural Genocide and Trauma

Posted at 20:41h in Events

DESCRIPTION Staff from Seven Dancers Coalition will recount the histories of genocidal government policies, mission schools, broken treaties, and white supremacy that have had lasting impacts on Indigenous communities, with a specific focus on the Haudenosaunee people. TECHNOLOGY/LOGISTICS This event will be held via Zoom Meetings. Video participation...

26 May Standing the Trees Back Up: Seven Dancers Coalition’s Men’s Program

Posted at 20:36h in Events

DESCRIPTION Staff from Seven Dancers Coalition will share information about their Men’s Program, “Standing the Trees Back Up.” This workshop will discuss the work done with people who have experienced violence, trauma and grief, through abuse, incarceration and addictions, and how together we can Pick up...

20 May NYSCASA 2021 Annual Meeting

Posted at 17:05h in Events, news

Please join the NYSCASA Staff and Board of Directors for our 2021 Annual Meeting, to be held virtually on Thursday, June 10, at 3:00 PM ET. Preliminary Agenda: Opening/introductions Mindfulness activity Business meeting, including voting results and committee updates Presentations on vicarious trauma, self-care, and therapy modalities Wrap-up/closing Logistics: This event will be...

19 May Re-envisioning How We End Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

Posted at 16:19h in Events, news

Re-envisioning How We End Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence, a virtual panel event hosted by the Office of NYS Attorney General Letitia James and PowHer™ New York, will explore how the criminal justice system does not meet the needs of some survivors, particularly those of...

01 Apr May Solidarity PLACE Meeting for Aspiring Allies in NYS Victim Services

Posted at 21:42h in Events

NYS-based victim services staff/volunteers who are white and aspire to be allies, accomplices, and co-conspirators in support of racial justice are invited to participate in NYSCASA Solidarity PLACE meetings for aspiring allies at victim services programs. These informal conversations will be facilitated by NYSCASA staff....

30 Mar Imagining Abolition: Beyond Prisons, Wars, and Borders

Posted at 20:55h in Events

The events of 2020 point to the need for a society that moves away from racial and other social-identity based supremacies, colonialism, and racial capitalism, and grows new roots in the values of human dignity, abolition, democracy, and radical transformation. To develop this society, we...

30 Mar Creative Interventions: Community-Based, Transformative Justice Responses to Gender Based Violence—What Can Your Organization Do?

Posted at 20:46h in Events

Attendees will learn about the basic principles of transformative justice, reflect upon the mission, values, and practices of their anti-violence organizations, and engage next steps in considering expanding their organization’s values and practices to include transformative justice-informed responses to gender-based violence. This virtual workshop will...

30 Mar The Impact and Legacy of INCITE!: A 20-Year Retrospective

Posted at 20:27h in Events

Attendees will learn about the impact and legacies of INCITE! Women, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color Against Violence (formerly INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence) on the movement to end sexual violence since their foundational conference, “The Color of Violence: Violence Against Women...

25 Mar Webinar: Handling Disclosures in a Trauma-Informed Way in Online Sexual Violence Prevention Environments During COVID-19

Posted at 20:05h in Events

Concerns about participant safety persist after one-year and climbing of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sexual violence preventionists often face participants and youth disclosing their own experiences with violence in prevention spaces. Responding in a trauma-informed way is essential, and doing so in online and remote environments...

17 Mar EVAWI Virtual Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Trauma and Resilience

Posted at 13:01h in Events

EVAWI's annual conferences focus on sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, human trafficking and elder abuse. We consistently bring together law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, victim advocates, judges, parole and probation officers, rape crisis workers, health care professionals, faith community members, educators, researchers and others in...