VAWnet Event Calendar

In this webinar from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health, presenters will challenge dominant cultural narratives that pathologize experiences like hearing voices and other alternative perceptions. Presenters will dispel common myths and explore perspectives that validate these experiences as meaningful responses shaped by not only trauma and oppression, but also by spirituality and culture.

New to this country, many immigrant survivors lack an understanding of the US credit and financial system, making them particularly vulnerable to economic abuse and coerced debt. As a result, immigrant survivors face deep economic and consumer rights needs that are in need of creative, culturally relevant advocacy.

The Battered Mothers Custody Conference is an annual grassroots, non-profit, all-volunteer conference dedicated to providing education, support, and networking opportunities to mothers seeking legal protections for themselves and their children from the family courts.

Join Ujima Inc.'s culturally specific services bootcamp. This bootcamp is meant to be an intensive series that covers a myriad of topics, including what culturally specific work is, addressing the intersections, program readiness, and more.

On April 23rd, Sahiyo U.S. will be partnering with API-GBV for Critical Intersections of FGM/C: The Value of Intersectionailty in Cross-Collaboration, a presentation of Sahiyo’s Mixed Methods Report as part of the survivor and activist-led Critical Intersections Research Project.

In this 4-part webinar series, participants will learn from programs implementing strategies that promote economic justice, housing stability, food sovereignty, and harm reduction. Part 2 will discuss how domestic violence programs can advocate for survivors who use drugs by investing in harm reduction and fighting against stigma, and explore the bigger picture of how the overdose epidemic impacts survivors of domestic violence.