Hosted at Chicago’s historic Palmer House, this year’s National Conference on Domestic Violence will bring together 700+ individuals from across the world for three days of discussion, presentations, learning, community, and fun.
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We are thrilled to announce the 10th Annual Primary Prevention Summit, hosted by the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV). Mark your calendars for November 18 and 19, 2024, at the Rivers Resort & Casino Events Center, where we will come together to celebrate over two decades of dedication, innovation, and resilience. Engage with Thought Leaders and Innovators
ResilienceCon is an international conference that offers opportunities to interact with colleagues who are interested in strengths-based approaches to understanding, preventing, and responding to violence and other adversities. ResilienceCon takes a multidimensional, ecological approach to overcoming trauma and emphasizes the role of social justice in individual and community wellbeing. ResilienceCon uses highly interactive formats and meets every April in Nashville, TN.
Across the nation, communities are coming together to play an active role in shaping the mental health services that impact their lives. By fostering partnerships and collaborative efforts, we can transform existing systems to better meet the needs of children, youth, and families. This holistic approach ensures that community voices are central, creating services that are more effective, equitable, and responsive.
The National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence is now the Futures Without Violence Conference on Health! It’s a new name, but our commitment remains the same: to bring together health professionals, advocates, researchers, survivors, and policymakers to highlight cutting edge research and practice, and systems change to address domestic and sexual violence, with a focus on violence prevention, promoting health equity, and building community resilience.
The world’s largest Conference by and for women’s shelters, and those working to end gender-based violence, is heading to the southern hemisphere for the first time! 5WCWS will give a massive boost to the common goal: to end all violence against women globally. The primary objective of the 5WCWS is to provide a platform for learning and sharing experiences. The goal of this exchange is to contribute to a worldwide systemic approach to ending violence against women and their children, in order to increase the safety, independence, and strength of women worldwide.