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Contact

Shasme Jackson, Project Assistant 
Women of Color Network 
NCTARegistration@nrcdv.org
800-537-2238 x 142 

When

Monday July 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM CDT
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Friday July 13, 2012 at 3:00 PM CDT

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Where

Crowne Plaza Hotel 
11 East Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55101

651-292-1900

http://www.cpstpaul.com/

Please reference "Women of Color Network" room block when making your reservation.

CROWNE PLAZA:

 
Driving Directions 


UPON REGISTRATION COMPLETION, A CONFIRMATION WILL APPEAR WITH A LINK TO MAKE YOUR OWN TRAVEL AND LODGING ARRANGMENTS.  ALSO, IN THIS EMAIL THERE WILL BE LINKS TO PURCHASE ADS FOR THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM BOOK, RESERVE AN EXHIBITOR/VENDOR TABLE, OR CONTACT WOCN FOR ASSISTANCE.

IMPORTANT

Please be aware that you are responsible for making all of your own travel arrangements, as well as lodging accomodations, and are responsible for covering all costs associated with this event. WOCN will not assist with these details. 


INSTITUTES AT A GLANCE:

Monday, July 9

2:00-4:00 pm WOCN National Call to Action Orientation     

5:00-9:00 pm Women of Color Institute (Only) Networking Session

7:00-9:00 pm Joint Institutes Ceremonial Opening Reception 

Tuesday, July 10

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast

8:30-4:30 pm Women of Color Institute, Men’s Institute and Aspiring White Women Allies Institute will each convene separately (Lunch within the Institutes)

5:30-7:00 pm Joint Institutes Dinner and Keynote

7:15-10 pm Optional Evening Dialogues 

Wednesday, July 11

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast

8:30-12 pm Women of Color Institute, Men’s Institute and Aspiring White Women Allies Institute will               each convene separately (Lunch within the Institutes)

12:00-1 pm Joint Institutes Plenary Lunch

1:30-4:30 pm Joint Institutes Critical Conversations and Panel

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE:

Thursday, July 12

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast

8:30-4:30 pm Conference begins with all attendees

6:00-11 pm Cultural Cabaret and Marketplace

Friday, July 13

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast

8:30-2:00 pm Conference and Lunch with all attendees

2:00-3:00 pm Ceremonial Closing

          HIGHLIGHTS:              

FIVE MAJOR TOPICS THROUGHOUT THE INSTITUTES AND CONFERENCE  

  1. Tribal Sovereignty 
  2. Trafficking
  3. Homicide 
  4. Gender Identity 
  5. Immigration

Proposed Tracks for
Women of Color Institute

(The Women of Color Institute is for those who identify as Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latina, Middle Eastern, Bi/Multi-racial on a daily basis)

  • Building Multicultural Alliances: Building Inclusive Work Environment
  • Leadership and Capacity Building:  Building Statewide Anti-Racism Standards
  • Sexual and Domestic Violence Community Organizing Approaches
  • Culturally Specific Approaches:  Sovereignty/Reaching & Serving Indigenous Women
  • Intersections:  Faith/Spirituality Working with Survivors & Advocates
  • Economic Empowerment:  Fund Development

Proposed Topics for
White Women Aspiring Allies
Institute

  • Large and small group dialogue on white privilege, institutional racism, and implementing anti-oppression practices in your community and programs

Proposed Topics for
Men's Institute

  • Large group and breakout group sessions examining sexism, individual and societal impact of race and gender, and will look at the positioning of men of color and mainstream/white men within the anti-violence against women movement  

Proposed Conference Tracks   

  • Tribal Sovereignty  
  • Trafficking
  • Homicide
  • Gender Identity
  • Immigration
Additional Featured Topics Include:
  • Self-Care and Health
  • Economic Justice
  • Women of Color Only Sessions
  • Anti-Oppression 

Specialized Workshops will be offered across all tracks addressing such areas as policy, leadership, cultural competency and promising practices.

 

STATISTICS:


Domestic violence affects women of all races and ethnicities, and important similarities emerge when economic factors are controlled and races are studied within the same financial bracket. However, several studies show that overall, women of color experience domestic violence in greater proportions:

  •  An estimated 29.1% of African American females are victimized by IPV in their lifetime. 18.8% of African American women reported rape in their lifetime.[1] 
  •    Over 23% Hispanic/Latino females are victimized by IPV in their lifetime. 7.9% of Latinas will be raped by a spouse, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend during their lifetime.[2] 
  •  Native American/Alaskan Indian women and men report higher rates of IPV than do those from other minority backgrounds. 34.1% of Native American/Alaskan Indian women reported rape in their lifetime.[3]
  •  41-60% of Asian Pacific Islander respondents reported IPV during their lifetimes.[4]

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[1.] Tjaden P, and Thoennes N. (2000a) Extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence: findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Washington (DC): U.S. Department of Justice. Publication No. NCJ 181867. Available from: www.ojp.usdoj.gov.

[2.], [3.] Ibid

[4.] Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence in Asian Communities.


REGISTRATION

2012 NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION INSTITUTE AND CONFERENCE

Collective Empowerment, Collective Liberation

 

This event has been approved by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) for use of training funds for grantees to attend. In order to utilize this option, you must seek approval first from your OVW Program Manager.

REGISTRATION COST: 

   $250.00 REGISTRATION RATE IS EXTENDED UNTIL CLOSE OF REGISTRATION ON JUNE 6, 2012

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW:

The Women of Color Network (WOCN) is hosting the 2012 National Call to Action Institute and Conference on July 9-13, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. This more centralized location will increase accessibility to the Midwest and Western Regions. 

This National Institute and Conference is the result of over 25 national Call to Action Calls that began in April 2007 with over 700 women of color, male and mainstream advocates across the country to raise awareness regarding the workplace challenges that women of color advocates and activists face in their violence against women programs and the lack of women of color leadership within the anti-violence against women movement as a whole.

Our theme is "Collective Empowerment, Collective Liberation", with the purpose of:

  • Uniting women of color across ethnicity, race, age,citizenship, sexual orientation, disability, body type, faith, discipline, and locality for collective survival.
  • Encouraging Aspiring Allies to support women of color leadership and aim for collective liberation in challenging racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, agesim, and other forms of oppression and bias.
GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE:
  • To highlight the disproportionate violence that women of color victims suffer and the issues that overlap and further amplify violence. 
  • To enhance the leadership capacity of women of color advocates reaching and serving women of color victims.
  • To build and enhance the capacity of aspiring male and white women aspiring allies to insist upon racial, gender and class equity within anti-violence programs in order to reach and serve communities of color and support the leadership of women of color advocates.
  • To reinforce the importance of collective empowerment and the ties across communities that can lead to collective survival.
  • To support, maintain and strengthen collaborations.
  • To strengthen current and new action plans that emerge from the National Call to Action Institute and the National Call to Action Conference.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES:

  • Participants of all backgrounds will have a greater knowledge of disparities in violence against women of color and their communities and how to bridge them.
  • Women of color participants will increase their leadership capacity to serve and reach women of color victims.
  • Men and white women will improve their understanding of what it means and how to serve as an aspiring ally to women of color.
  • Participants will have a greater sense of unity and will have stronger incentive to work together for collective survival.

Participants will return to their local, state and national programs and initiatives with an individual and collective plan, resources and tools to make their daily service delivery and advocacy more responsive to women of color victims/survivors of violence

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

Women and Men interested in addressing anti-violence against women and families, and who work in such movements, fields or community-based approaches as:

  • Anti-Violence
  • Social Justice
  • Economic Justice
  • Human Rights
  • Public Welfare/Social Services
  • Faith/Spirituality
  • Health/Reproductive Justice
  • Academia
  • Culturally-specific services to communities of color and other underserved populations

Local domestic violence and sexual assault programs, and other allied organzations are recommended to sponsor at least two staff from their programs, if possible.

National groups are encouraged to sponsor at least one individual from their program, sponsor state, and local individuals who might not otherwise be able to attend.

Community-based organizations are encouraged to send at least one person from their programs.