VAWnet Event Calendar

Get ready to bring your passion for advocacy to NOVA52 in 2026! NOVA’s 52nd Annual Training Event is your chance to learn, connect, and recharge alongside advocates from across the country.

This unique training will focus on the intersection of technology and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. We will explore some of the ways technology is still evolving, including in our own use as agencies, as well as other intersections of technology and intimate partner violence. We’ll look at understanding and accessing technology abuse, safety planning, intimate image abuse, stalkerware, online data, and technology facilitated advocacy.

The National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) brings together over 2,000 advocates committed to ending sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. This annual event is filled with opportunities to advance learning, develop skills, share information, build relationships, and increase our capacity to assert the dignity of all people. Together at NSAC, we build strong partnerships and strategies that strengthen our work to end sexual violence. Respect Together will host NSAC 2026 in Washington, D.C., August 19-21, 2026.

The conference theme is Rooted and Reimagined. Join us as we honor our families, relationships, and communities, while we reimagine how increasing prevention initiatives, ending sexual assault, and uplifting each other can support survivors and create a stronger California. Activists and advocates throughout California will explore the linkages between eradicating oppression and ending sexual violence at VALOR’s 2026 Statewide Conference.

Our annual National Training Institute is held simultaneously with our National Crime Victim Bar Association annual conference. Improve your response to victims of crime through promising practices, current research, and effective programs and policies. Our multidisciplinary institute offers more than 80 victim-centered, practice-based, research-informed trainings to sharpen your skills, connect with peers, and reach across professions, including:

Trauma doesn't fit into one box–and neither does this Summit. With 6 tracks in person and 5 tracks for virtual attendees spanning trauma across the lifespan, you'll get a broader and deeper understanding of the issues that matter most. Follow one track from start to finish, or mix and match sessions to fit your interests–either way, you'll leave with new insights you can put into practice.