VAWnet Event Calendar

This advanced workshop delves deeper into the strategies for sustaining compassion and preventing burnout in victim services professionals. Participants will explore in-depth techniques for emotional resilience, learn about organizational practices that support compassion renewal, and engage in self-reflective exercises to identify personal strengths and areas for growth. This session aims to equip attendees with a robust toolkit for maintaining their compassion over the long term, ensuring they can continue to provide empathetic and effective support to clients.

In a 2025 survey by Futures and DV Hotline found that up to 60% of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking were fired, denied promotion, or experienced harassment or discrimination in the workplace when they disclosed their experiences. Survivors are often negotiating between seeking safety, resources, and time for healing while maintaining employment. Did you know that access to employment rights can support survivors with these challenges? Survivors are entitled to specific employment rights in addition to general workers' rights.

Join the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) for our 2026 Annual Conference, Deep Roots, Bold Futures: Advocacy, Innovation, and Community. For nearly half a century, MNADV has been at the center of Maryland’s coordinated response to domestic violence. As we celebrate 45 years of impact, we’re looking ahead—exploring the innovations, practices, partnerships, and research that will shape the future of safety, healing, accountability, and community-centered advocacy. This is a moment to honor where we’ve been and boldly imagine where we’re going.

To honor Domestic Violence Awareness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Futures Without Violence, Activating Change, and Disability Rights Florida invite you to join us for a 90-minute webinar on how to support survivors of domestic violence with disabilities in accessing workplace protections.

Fatigue is often treated as just “part of the job,” especially in high-stress, decision-heavy professions. But chronic sleep deprivation quietly undermines judgment, reaction time, emotional regulation, physical health, and long-term performance, regardless of how strong an organization’s wellness efforts are. If you’re doing everything “right” but still feel exhausted, unfocused, or short-tempered, sleep hygiene may be the missing piece. This webinar explains why sleep is foundational to every other aspect of health and performance, and what happens when it’s consistently ignored.

Trust is the foundation of every effective relationship, and most of us have felt the consequences when it is missing. Yet few people intentionally build trust in others, and even fewer recognize how everyday actions and decisions can quietly erode their own trustworthiness. Many organizations assume trust is the default until something goes wrong, rather than actively creating an environment that nurtures and maintains trust.