VAWnet Event Calendar

This webinar presents one of the few empowerment self-defense programs that is located on sovereign tribal land and led by indigenous women. Presenters will describe their collaborative efforts to develop an IMPACT program that is culturally relevant and geographically accessible to rural indigenous women and girls.

Casa de Esperanza's National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities (NLN), in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is excited to host the 2020 National Latin@ Institute: Building Community Together. 

In this webinar participants will build personal and organizational capacity for working with LGBTQ+ survivors with disabilities, placing survivors of color at the center of analysis.

This workshop will focus on successes and challenges of prevention programming in rural communities.

 As social media elevates and normalizes survivor narratives, the term survivor is being used by more and more people, and the identity of “survivor” itself is diversifying. In this webinar, dive into conversation with Northwest Network advocates about how to compassionately and honestly respond while exploring meaning-making processes with anyone who reaches out for support.

There is a clear and established link between animal cruelty and human violence. During this webinar, presenters will discuss advocacy, safety planning, resources, model policies for co-sheltering and review legal protections for animals.