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01 Apr Webinar: The Impact of Violence, Trauma, and Racial Oppression on Survivors

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This interactive webinar will highlight the complexity and various forms of violence experienced by historically marginalized communities, strategies for intervention and intersectional responses being employed by advocates and educators working with survivors from African American Muslim and Native American populations and undocumented college age Immigrant...

01 Apr Webinar: Working with Survivors of Violence

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Resilience builds our ability to overcome risk, oppression and adversity to succeed in life. Researchers have been studying resilience for about 50 years and find that resilience is everywhere. It only takes ordinary interactions to help build or bolster the magic of resilience. That resilience...

01 Apr Webinar: Healing Informed Care for Survivors from Historically Marginalized Communities

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Sexual Assault, domestic violence, systematic oppression and other forms of trauma can take a toll on the body, mind, and spirit. Additionally, navigating the courts, criminal justice system and even the medical profession can leave survivors, advocates and other healing professionals feeling stressed out and...

15 Mar Webinar: Healing the Body: Exploring Comprehensive Medical Advocacy

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Advocacy programs exist to work in partnership with survivors as they find a way to heal both mind and body. Alongside survivors and educated healthcare providers, our advocacy programs can explore trauma informed ways to meet the medical needs of survivors of sexual violence. Join...

15 Mar Webinar: Advocating for Victims of Stalking

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Despite the prevalence of stalking—a crime affecting some 6-7.5 million people at some time in their lives—advocates and other allied professions responsible for working with stalking victims may feel hampered by lack of training and resources to address the crime of stalking in a comprehensive...

15 Mar Webinar: Serving the Whole Community

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Rural advocacy programs typically have large spread-out service areas and a small staff to provide services to survivors of sexual and domestic violence. This reality for rural programs can make it difficult to provide outreach and services to all of the many small communities within...

15 Mar Webinar: More than a Buzzword: Trauma Informed Services in a Rural Community

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We have all heard the term “trauma-informed care”, but what does it really mean? And what does it look like applied to services for sexual violence survivors? Join Leah Green from the Resource Sharing Project to learn more about trauma informed services in rural communities....

22 Feb 2019 National Sexual Assault Conference: Beyond the Breakthrough (Philadelphia, PA)

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The National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) is an annual conference that brings together over 1,000 people to share information, advance learning opportunities, and support professional growth to those who work to address the needs of survivors of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse, to raise awareness about these...

22 Feb Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma, and Response [Sold Out]

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Please note: This event is now sold out. Offering health care practitioners and primary physicians as well as those with responsibilities across a wide span of human serving roles a unique opportunity to gain important and useful knowledge about the effects of trauma on brain development,...

22 Feb Embracing Change & Growth Conference (Chicago, IL)

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Rooted in the lessons learned from the multi-year national Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) project, Embracing Change & Growth will focus on infrastructure and services to effectively serve all survivors of sexual violence in healing. This conference will explore: organizational change & capacity building addressing racism & oppression within our organizations critical self-reflection...