Management & Sustainability Content Topic Results

This joint study from PolicyLink and the Bridgespan Group analyzes the state of funding for racial equity work. Among a host of important findings, the report highlights the necessity of accountability with rigorous and transparent reporting and the need for funders to trust and defer to the articulated needs of movement leaders.

Amidst a growing national conversation about sexual violence sparked by #MeToo and the ‘me, too.’ movement originated by Tarana Burke, and an ongoing national reckoning around the violence of policing, one form of sexual and police violence remains shrouded in silence: police sexual violence. This is a curriculum for sexual assault service providers intended to accompany Interrupting Criminalization’s report Shrouded in Silence: Police Sexual Violence - What We Know and What We Can Do About It.

This is a series of videos about Deaf and DeafBlind culture, best practices for working with Deaf and DeafBlind survivors, and how to find qualified interpreters. There is also a panel discussion highlighting key factors that contributed to a successful partnership between a hearing and Deaf organization.

The first in Safe Havens Supporting Victims and Survivors of Faith: A Webinar Series for Advocates series, this webinar addresses the importance of faith for some victims and ways that faith can be both a barrier and a resource.

Workplace discussion on issues such as racism, ageism, and heteronormativity can be difficult even in circumstances where people have strong relationships and can assume goodwill. This document provides guidance to help organizations build connections that can foster trust; engage in the development of strong teams; and promote communication and development opportunities between and among staff when embarking on or building up their equity efforts.

While there is strong empirical confirmation that effectively recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse staff is positively correlated with increased organizational performance, many studies and surveys show that many organizations struggle to do so. This report offers suggestions for a more comprehensive recruitment, interview, and selection processes and provides a primer to think about and redesign the existing structures that impede inclusion and equity in the workplace and to create the foundation needed to sustain diversity.

This toolkit was designed to provide comprehensive and culturally responsive informational and educational resources, tools, videos, and examples of best practices for law enforcement, forensic interviewers, victim advocates, and others to prepare them to effectively respond to victims of crime with disabilities across the lifespan.

In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. In this breakout session, presenters Merkeb Yohannes and Layla Elabed from the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence (MCEDSV) share lessons learned from MCEDSV's efforts to center economic justice and wage equity at all levels of their work, both internally and externally.

Part II of the Enhancing Services to Male Survivors webinar series showcases the work of two domestic violence agencies that are leading the way as they expand their services to male survivors. The presenters share lessons learned through this process and offer promising practices to help build capacity to recognize and respond to the needs of male-identified survivors of domestic violence.

Building a diverse and inclusive board is critically important. In this piece, Jim Taylor shares his experiences of tokenization as Black man in the board recruitment process, and offers key questions for boards to consider.

Ninety percent of protestant pastors report encountering sexual or domestic violence in their congregations, but only 50% believe they are prepared to respond to it. If 9 out of 10 pastors will encounter domestic or sexual violence situations at work, then 10 out of 10 pastors must receive training on how to respond. This webinar series offers guidance for integrating domestic and sexual violence training into seminaries.

This workshop from the Battered Women's Justice Project will help advocates adopt a faith-sensitive lens and best practices for supporting families who are guided by their faith.