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July 2020
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." A Discussion on Racial Justice in America
Publisher(s): Hosted by the American Bar Association, this webinar features an open and honest discussion on racial justice in the United States in light of the events since the murder of George Floyd. The panel provided perspectives from the African American, Muslim, Asian American, Hispanic, and Native American communities.
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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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June 2020
WEBINAR: Resilience, Trauma & Hope: A Healing Response: Webinar II of the Self-Care & Healing During COVID-19 Webinar Series
Publisher(s):Pat II of the Self-Care & Healing During COVID-19 webinar series will focus on the impact of trauma and will explore how to center hope, healing, and resilience for ourselves and our community. The presenters will introduce a holistic healing approach involving culture, spirituality, civic action and collective healing.
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June 2020
Touched by Trauma: Your Lord Has Not Left You Alone
Publisher(s): What is trauma and how can it impact our faith? This infographic is the first in a series on the impact of trauma.
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- NRCDV Publications
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June 2020
WEBINAR: Dealing with Loss and Uncertainty: Self-compassion, Resilience, and Narrative: Webinar I of the Self-Care & Healing During COVID-19 Webinar Series
Publisher(s):Part I of the Self-Care & Healing During COVID-19 webinar series will walk participants through the dynamics of grief as we deal with loss and uncertainty, and as we let go of the shame and guilt related to it. Through discussion and group exercises, participants will gain practical skills to help bring self-compassion into their daily lives.
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- NRCDV Publications
June 2020
How can advocates better understand Transformative Justice and its connection to gender-based violence intervention and prevention work?
Publisher(s): In NRCDV's June 2020 TA Question of the Month, guest writer Laura Chow Reeve from the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance discusses connections between domestic violence work and transformative justice.
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June 2020
Domestic Violence Outreach Resource Manual
Publisher(s):The Domestic Violence Outreach Resource Manual is a collection of information on domestic violence and teen dating violence. It is designed for parish ministries and staffs. It is divided into three sections: Awareness, Services, and Prevention.
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June 2020
WEBINAR: Enhancing Services to Male Survivors Series Part 1: Changing the Narrative
Publisher(s): In part one of the Enhancing Services to Male Survivors Series, presenters engage in a discussion about including a gender-conscious philosophical framework for enhanced services to male survivors of domestic violence that links to and builds upon the historical roots of the movement against gender-based violence and is consistent with anti-discrimination laws and related grant conditions.
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June 2020
Religion's Role in Social Change
Publisher(s):This webinar is part of the Religion and Foreign Policy Program’s Social Justice Series, which explores the relationship between religion and social justice. The speakers discuss religion as a force in this world in both navigating and healing from collective trauma, and working toward a vision for a better world by centering our humanity.
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June 2020
Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2017 Homicide Data
Publisher(s): The devastation homicide inflicts on black teens and adults is a national crisis, yet it is all too often ignored outside of affected communities. This study examines the problem of black homicide victimization at the state level by analyzing unpublished Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data for black homicide victimization submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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June 2020
Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less
Publisher(s): Women and girls of color are pivotal frontline leaders and organizers in the powerful social change movements that pave the way for a more equitable and just democracy. This report seeks to better understand how they do this work and asks critical questions of how philanthropy and donors can change their practices to center women and girls of color.
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June 2020
Helping Those Who Help Others: Key Findings from a Comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Crime Victims Field
Publisher(s): This report summarizes the main findings and crosscutting themes and outlines findings from the National Resource Center for Reaching Victims' needs assessment, offering strategies to support the crime victims field’s goal of reaching more people and closing service gaps.