Kids Are Our Business is the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County's largest fundraiser to support youth victims of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and sex trafficking in Tompkins County. Join us on Wednesday, June 8th from 4:30-6PM for an outdoor garden cocktail reception to benefit youth...
Join us for this half hour documentary featuring interviews with the powerful women who founded Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse Services in Tompkins County over 40 years ago. Q&A with Advocacy Center staff following screening. Mask wearing required Pre-registration not required. Please contact community@thehistorycenter.net with any accessibility accommodation requests. Please share this...
Join us for an afternoon of crafting and letter writing for loved ones! Craft supplies provided. This program was inspired by the Mothers Day Card Sale fundraiser organized by the Task Force for Battered Women (predecessor of the Advocacy Center) for many years. Program open to ALL AGES. Mask...
Stop by the CAP ArtSpace for the opening of “Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County” A partnership between The History Center in Tompkins County and the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, “Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County” features Clothesline...
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, join BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective)'s peer support space for Black community members, Heart Space, as we discuss how to hold healing-centered space for survivors. Let’s connect, share tools, & take a collective pause for your...
The Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence is going virtual again for our annual Technology Summit. When? TUESDAY, JULY 19 – THURSDAY, JULY 21 Where? At your computer, but not too much screen time! The agenda will mostly consist of 2-3 one-hour...
"The Cookout" series was launched in February by Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community. The series is dedicated to centering the needs of Black advocates across the country. This conversation based series will include quarterly events dedicated to uplifting...
Around 2010, the term “revenge porn” began to be popularized in describing the common action of non-consensually posting intimate photos and/or videos of someone with the intent to embarrass them publicly. For more than a decade, “revenge porn” remained one of the most popularly used...
The Restorative Justice Project is launching an ongoing virtual speaker series to create spaces for folks involved in restorative justice processes to connect and have conversations with people from other community-serving fields. The goal is for these talks to pinpoint areas of overlap and opportunities...
During National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Yo Digo No Más Movement, the Yonkers School District, the third largest in New York State, and the Yonkers Mayor's Office, invite the entire community to walk out against sexual violence and encouraging everyone to participate in the "I...