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Special Collection
Special Collection
February 2014
Domestic Violence in Latin@ Communities
This special collection provides a compilation of tools and resources developed specifically by Latin@s and for Latin@s as well as culturally adapted materials (not simply translations) to address domestic violence in Latin@ communities.
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Materials
- General Material
October 2020
Facts & Stats Report: Domestic Violence in Asian & Pacific Islander Homes
Publisher(s): This report raises awareness about the experiences of Asian victims/survivors of domestic violence and, given a smaller data set, about Pacific Islanders.
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- General Material
September 2020
Human Trafficking Leadership Academy Class 5 Recommendations
Publisher(s):U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration for Native Americans, National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center, Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, Coro Northern California
Worldwide, Indigenous people are at a higher risk of human trafficking—including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking—than other diverse populations (Administration for Children and Families, 2018). The Human Trafficking Leadership Academy (HTLA) Class 5 fellows worked to address the question, “How can culture be a protective factor in preventing trafficking among all Indigenous youth?” This report offers recommendations for change, healing, and safety for all Indigenous youth.
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- General Material
September 2020
We Still Deserve Safety: Renewing the Call to End the Criminalization of Women and Girls of Color
Publisher(s): YWCA undertook a media review for the years 2017-2020 and examined the extent to which women and girls of color continue to be criminalized and racially profiled by law enforcement. Three years after first issuing We Deserve Safety: Ending the Criminalization of Women and Girls of Color, YWCA’s 2020 review paints a disturbing picture of the gendered racial profiling and criminalization that girls and women of color continue to experience.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
September 2020
National Prevention Town Hall: White Board Reflections
Publisher(s): In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. This portion of the town hall features key takeaways, highlights, and reflections that participants shared from the breakout sessions.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
September 2020
NRCDV Radio Episode 36: Policy & Advocacy in Action: Sex Trafficking of Native Women
Publisher(s): This episode of Policy & Advocacy in Action explores the themes in the paper Colonization, Homelessness, and the Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women by Christine Stark and Eileen Hudon, which discusses human trafficking of Native women and girls, with particular attention to the historical context in the United States and the interconnection between trafficking and housing instability.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
September 2020
National Prevention Town Hall Closing Plenary: Integration of Anti-Racism Work, Intervention, and Prevention into One Mission
Publisher(s): In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. In the closing plenary of the town hall, panelists Chéree Thomas, Lisa Winchell-Caldwell, and Averett Robey offer wisdom on how the domestic violence field can integrate anti-racism work, intervention, and prevention into one mission.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
September 2020
National Prevention Town Hall Breakout Session 2A: Intersecting Pandemics
Publisher(s):In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. This session explores how and why the COVID-19 crisis has impacted communities of color and women differently than white communities.
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- General Material
July 2020
HERE and there: An open letter to white women in the movement to end gender-based violence
Dear White Women:
Welcome. I’m glad you are HERE. Let’s talk about here and over there.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
July 2020
Coffee and Conversation: When Black Women Seek Help
Publisher(s): This webinar from Ujima, Inc. explores the many different avenues or systems that Black women may engage when addressing the intersecting forms of violence in their lives. Presenters from different service sectors discuss the ways in which advocates in those fields can be more culturally humble, trauma-informed, and responsive to the needs and realities of Black women survivors.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
July 2020
Increasing Access to Healing Services and Just Outcomes for Older African American Crime Survivors: A Toolkit for Enhancing Critical Knowledge and Informing Action within the Crime Victim Assistance Field
Publisher(s):National Resource Center for Reaching Victims, National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
Older African Americans experience crime and violence at the intersections of race, age, class, and other identities. This toolkit offers victim services providers and criminal justice systems stakeholders information and practical strategies to enhance their capacity to identify, reach, and serve older African American victims.
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- General Material
July 2020
To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' Year 1 Progress Report: MMIWG2 of Northern California
Publisher(s): The To’ Kee Skuy’ Soo Ney-Wo-Chek’ project addresses the severe impact of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people (MMIWG2) and trafficking of Native people in Northern California, defined as from the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento up to the Oregon border. Over the course of this report, authors establish the scope and severity of MMIWG2 in Northern California based on our Year 1 findings, drawn from both quantitative and qualitative sources.