VAWnet Event Calendar

The CCAW Summit: Beyond the Bounds serves as an extension of the Conference on Crimes Against Women to highlight the specific gender-based challenges that are unique to coastal cities, rural towns, and resort communities. Victims and survivors of these areas are confronted with geographic isolation and transportation issues as well as a lack of anonymity and limited access to resources and services.

This year’s conference honors the people who built this movement, and the people continuing to carry it forward. For generations, survivors, advocates, organizers, and community members have created safety, support, and change together. Their lived experience, knowledge, and care have shaped this work from the very beginning. Join us for two days of connection, learning, and envisioning what’s possible when we build safety, healing, and belonging together.

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.

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.

This train-the-trainer is a dynamic virtual opportunity designed to prepare participants to intentionally facilitate the curriculum while learning more about the framework surrounding the content and our own approach to youth engagement at A Call to Men. Through interactive learning, guided reflection, and practical application moments, participants will begin building the confidence and skills needed to lead meaningful conversations with young people about healthy masculinity, respectful relationships, consent, accountability, and violence prevention.

Grief is a universal human experience, and no two people grieve in the same way. It cannot be rushed, fixed, or “talked away,” but there are meaningful, trauma-informed ways we can support those who are experiencing loss. This session explores best practices for showing up with compassion, creating emotional safety, and walking alongside clients through significant loss while honoring their pace, story, and resilience. The Grief M.E.N.T.O.R. Method is a trauma-informed, relationship-centered approach for supporting individuals through loss without trying to fix or rush their healing.