VAWnet Event Calendar

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.

Suicide and domestic violence are often treated as separate issues, yet they frequently intersect, shaped by trauma, power, and systemic response. This training examines how domestic violence can elevate suicide risk for survivors and how institutional responses may either mitigate or intensify harm. Participants will explore survivor experiences, system-level challenges, and the importance of coordinated, trauma-informed responses. The workshop will highlight strategies for recognizing risk, responding ethically, and supporting survivors without reinforcing control or blame.