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This baseline report from Data for Indigenous Justice is a reclamation of stories, and is intended to be a tool for Alaska Native and Indigenous communities to self-determine pathways to justice and ensure the safety of our people.

Amidst a growing national conversation about sexual violence sparked by #MeToo and the ‘me, too.’ movement originated by Tarana Burke, and an ongoing national reckoning around the violence of policing, one form of sexual and police violence remains shrouded in silence: police sexual violence. This is a curriculum for sexual assault service providers intended to accompany Interrupting Criminalization’s report Shrouded in Silence: Police Sexual Violence - What We Know and What We Can Do About It.

Survivors of police sexual violence are rarely heard from or discussed in either conversation, and their experiences generally do not drive organizing and advocacy in either context. This report is intended to contribute to breaking this silence, to summarize what we know about sexual violence by law enforcement officers, and to offer concrete steps toward prevention of police sexual violence and increased safety, support, and opportunities for healing for survivors.

This resource page from Futures Without Violence provides resources on how to move traditional support groups online, in addition to some traditional support group information and topics for online support groups.

Connecting the Dots: An Overview of the Links Among Multiple Forms of Violence was co-developed by CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention and Prevention Institute. This brief shares research on connections between different forms of violence and describes how these connections affect communities.

The purpose of this guide from the Bisexual Resource Center is to provide direction to those wishing to start or expand bi+ support and social groups, so these communities can come together and thrive in places where bi+ folks might currently feel isolated and invisible. The handbook provides information on the bi+ community and its disparities, as well as discuss the logistics of starting a group in order to help facilitators feel empowered to handle situations in the way best for their communities.

Some groups experience sexual violence at higher rates than others. We know that sexual violence is inextricably tied to oppression, but how do we communicate effectively about this? Learn more with this infographic from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. 

Child welfare professionals, domestic violence services advocates, and other community stakeholders are increasingly working together to address the impact of domestic violence on children. This primer provides practitioners with a high-level overview of the complex intersections between domestic violence and child welfare and points to promising practices for casework. 

Child welfare workers and domestic violence services (DVS) advocates recognize that domestic violence adversely impacts family safety and well-being and puts children at increased risk for maltreatment. This guide provides an overview of basic child welfare services, describes how DVS advocates and child welfare professionals can support one another's efforts in working with families, and presents resources for more information.

Survivors of intimate partner violence and their advocates have long searched for alternatives to the legal justice system. This report from the Center for Court Innovation outlines pathways for developing restorative and community-based approaches to intimate partner violence.

While courts may implement general court security best practices, domestic violence cases present uniquely dangerous risks towards courthouse safety, for both litigants and court staff. This document describes specific safety concerns with domestic violence cases, as well as practical strategies and lessons from the field for maintaining a secure courthouse environment.

Going to the courthouse and participating in hearings can be confusing and intimidating for anyone, but domestic violence survivors often face extra barriers. This checklist suggests strategies regarding safety while traveling to/from the courthouse, while inside the courthouse and courtroom, and during virtual hearings.

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association collaborated on these toolkits to combat hate crimes. The toolkits provide basic and critical information for victims, community based organization, and community leaders.

Gendered Islamophobia consists of the ways the state utilizes gendered forms of violence to oppress, monitor, punish, maim and control Muslim bodies. This report shares collective learnings from a convening of the Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia on the 19th anniversary of 9/11.

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the legislative process, which can be both complex and impersonal. This toolkit from RALIANCE provides simple tips for on meeting with legislators, key talking points, and more.

To provide insight into the experience of teen dating violence (TDV) for Latin@ youth, Casa de Esperanza reviewed 10 years (2008-2017) of academic research that examines TDV with exclusively Latin@ samples. This review revealed a wide range of rates on the prevalence of TDV among Latin@ youth and identified a growing body of research that examines several potential individual and family level risk and protective factors.

This study explores risk and protective factors in five Asian American communities: Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, North Indian Hindu, and Pakistani Muslim. These factors include cultural traditions, norms, attitudes and beliefs, particularly around gender roles, intergenerational family dynamics, intimate relationships, and approaches to child-rearing.

Islamic teachings from the Quran and Hadith provide a model for healthy relationships in which the objective is a tranquil environment for all family members. This toolkit from Peaceful Families hopes to provide resources and services that may be useful for survivors in this journey.

Launched in March 2021 by the Prevention Team at the Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN), the Support for Stressful Times web-based resource page is designed to help folks deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

In this report, FreeFrom shares lessons learned from 1,000 survivors who received a Safety Fund grant in 2020 about how to build an effective and inclusive cash assistance program that will work for them. Overwhelmingly, survivors expressed that they need a program steeped in flexibility and trust.

This report shows incarceration disparities state-by-state and how those disparities have changed over the last 10 years. It offers recommendations to confront racism in the juvenile justice system.

Recognizing and understanding the intersections of youth homelessness/housing insecurity and gender-based violence is critical to creating meaningful services and effective intervention and prevention strategies. This webinar examines the scope and unique characteristics of relationship violence amongst RHY, and explores the why and the how of building and sustaining effective community collaborations to best serve youth at the intersections.

Young people have always been a crucial part of movement building and organizing. In this NRCDV Radio podcast production, host Lamar Greene and guests explore the pride, passion, creativity, and joy of youth activism.

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) is a group of individuals collectively responsible for NRCDV as an empowerment and anti- racist organization. This document outlines key elements of empowerment that NRCDV as an organization has identified to strive while working together to dismantle individual, institutional, and cultural racism.

This webinar provides insight into the surprising similarities of victims and police officers that will help connect the complex thought patterns of a victim in trying to survive the moment and in the long term.