This course will equip culturally-specific DV/SA providers with information and tools to conduct needs assessments to understand their communities and constituents, and to inform their programming.
Drawing on lessons learned from developing and implementing culturally responsive surveys and listening sessions, this webinar describes ways to collect data for your evaluation or research, and trauma-informed considerations around consent and data use
This course discusses the differences between evaluation and research for domestic violence programs. Intended for interested advocates, program staff, andmanagement at culturally specific organizations
Working With Interpreters: Supporting Multilingual and Deaf Survivors of Sexual Assault in Campus Settings
Join VALOR and Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence (API-GBV) for a web conference focused on how campus advocates can effectively work with interpreters when supporting multilingual and Deaf student survivors.
Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are both civil court orders that can prohibit the person subject to the order from possessing or purchasing firearms or ammunition. This course will help civil attorneys increase their knowledge and skills to more effectively represent clients in court and advise clients regarding DVPOs, ERPOs, and firearms.
Since the 1990's, federal law has included firearm prohibitions for people who have been convicted of particular domestic violence crimes or are subject to a qualifying order of protection. This course covers the nuances and details of those restrictions to help advocates, attorneys, court personnel, and others working to decrease DV firearm violence understand when the law may apply.
Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Strategies to Support Victims, Improve Legal Responses, and Foster Systemic Change
Join us for this virtual convening to learn about key resources, promising practices in advocacy, and the enactment and implementation of recent legislation (such as the Take It Down Act), as well as other efforts nationally and globally to prevent and address online abuse.
The Intersections of Reproductive Oppression, Gender-Based Violence and Survivor Justice
Hear from our panelists about the connections of gender-based violence and control of women’s bodies within a global context, and what needs to change for survivors to achieve justice and reproductive rights to flourish. Join us for this conversation about how we can change the narrative.
Testimonies of Gender Based Violence and the Path to Justice
A court expert witness in domestic violence and educator and domestic violence survivor will share their experiences in courts, and how respect and safety can be prioritized for survivors of gender-based violence.
Strategies for Seeking Justice for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence through Policy, Social Media, Activism
Our panel, including students, activists, a professor, and sexual assault expert moderator, will unpack the ways in which campus judicial processes function, and the reasons why they rarely produce justice for victim/survivors.
