Over the years, the Domestic Violence Movement has seen tremendous growth and change in the services designed to support the safety of people who are or have been victimized by an intimate partner, as well as holding offenders and systems accountable. Amid the maze of reports and paperwork, advocates are challenged with maintaining the core, survivor-centered, trauma-informed philosophies and practices in which this movement is rooted. Over the years, multiple forces have pulled focus from the survivor-centered view of the movement. Though well intentioned and valid in concept, practices have developed under the pressures of expectations from and assumptions by system partners, funders, and community stakeholders defining the role of “the advocates..” This often creates internal organizational pressures that canresult in domestic violence services that are “service driven” rather than trauma-informed and survivor-centered. Drawing upon the collective experiences of survivors of intimate partner domestic and sexual violence and forty years of movement building and best practice, this training provides a practical, principled framework for ensuring that the safety and concerns of victims of intimate partner domestic and sexual violence are always in the forefront.
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Food and drink will NOT be provided during this training. Please tend to your food and drink needs before arriving and bring along any snacks you prefer. Participants will have a one hour break for lunch.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
In the event, this training reaches it's maximum capacity, registration will be prioritized in the following order:
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