VAWnet Event Calendar

The National Center for Victims of Crime and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation are excited to offer a 3-part webinar series exploring the current landscape of financial fraud. The series will take a deep dive into current trends, common types of scams and feature stories from victims about how these crimes have impacted them.

Join Bibiana Ortiz and Layla Bagwell from the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence to learn about Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Response in Rural Communities.

This interactive workshop will focus on engaging young people in the prevention of teen dating violence through intergenerational partnerships and youth-centered, trauma-informed response services to young people, with a focus on youth who are disproportionally affected by teen dating violence. This workshop will cover the 2025 National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month campaign – Love Languages in Healthy Relationships — a campaign envisioned and led by young people.

When most people hear the terms “concussion” or “traumatic brain injury,” they often associate them with football, military service, or accidents. However, fewer are aware that brain injuries can also result from domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of abuse, including strangulation and choking. Survivors of violence not only cope with the emotional and psychological aftermath of their experiences, but also often face acquired disabilities that profoundly affect their quality of life and their ability to access services.

Significant strides have been made in the criminal justice response to intimate partner violence (IPV). However, some unintended consequences of this progress have emerged and continue to go largely unnoticed. One such consequence involves a category of offenders—IPV victims who assault their abusers which has become an increasingly common situation that escalates an already high-risk scenario.

Join Praxis for a three-part virtual training series specifically for managers and directors of advocacy programs on how to structure advocacy organizations to enhance resiliency for survivors and prevent burnout for staff. Each session features national experts who will address the challenges facing advocacy programs and offer solutions to strengthen services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.