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April 2023
Exploring the Cultural Contexts of Consent in AANHPI Communities
Publisher(s): This report explores how consent and boundaries are understood and practiced in AANHPI contexts, highlights how gender expectations and the need to respect certain individuals make it hard to establish boundaries, and presents recommendations for advocates and educators.
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- NRCDV Publications
April 2023
What are some strategies for supporting sustainability for organizations in the gender-based violence movement?
Publisher(s): As a field, we understand that power dynamics are multi-dimensional and seep into almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives. This Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ), authored by staff at Futures Without Violence, offers examples of ways gender-based violence organizations have put their values into action.
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- Training Tools
February 2023
Responding to Abuse in Later Life: The Role of Forensic Nurses
Publisher(s): This webinar was created for multidisciplinary professionals that serve older adults. Viewers will be able to explain the role of forensic nurses in the response to violence across the life span, and how to engage forensic nurses in an inter-agency coordinated response to abuse in later life.
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- NRCDV Publications
February 2023
The Overrepresentation of White Women's Leadership in the Movement to End Gender-Based Violence
Publisher(s): This publication, authored by Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, provides an overview of research findings from the Transforming the Gender-Based Violence Movement: Increasing BIPOC Representation and Actualizing Accountability Project (formerly named the Women of Color in Coalition Leadership Project). It explores why racial inequities exist in movement leadership and outlines 14 ways to respond to these inequities.
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- NRCDV Publications
February 2023
Why is the gender-based violence movement pushing away Black advocates?
Publisher(s): “Black advocates are being pushed out of the movement when it needs us most.” In this Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ), Ashley Carter, Founder & CEO of ASX Consulting discusses some of the reasons why Black advocates are leaving the gender-based violence movement.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2022
WEBINAR (Part 2): Transformative Facilitation: Lessons Learned | La Facilitación Transformadora: Lecciones Aprendidas
Publisher(s): In this follow-up to Transformative Facilitation: Building Virtual Communities, presenters discuss lessons learned in the shift to virtual facilitation and explore ways to navigate challenges that emerge.
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October 2022
Promising Practices for Serving Domestic Violence Survivors with Disabilities
Publisher(s): This webinar featured a panel of experts who explored the unique barriers that people with disabilities have to navigate when seeking healing and the strategies that advocates employ to proactively remove those barriers. Specifically, they explored the civil-legal needs of survivors with disabilities, the needs of survivors who acquire a disability through domestic violence, and the unique needs of Deaf survivors.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2022
DVAM Webinar Series: #1Thing to #Care4Advocates Mind, Body, and Soul
Publisher(s): This free 3-part webinar series will feature tools and strategies for supporting advocates’ health and wellness, including ways to prioritize self-care and avoid burnout. Presenters explore how creating the conditions where advocates, especially those most marginalized, can thrive aligns with our commitment to No Survivor Justice Without Racial Justice.
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September 2022
Leadership of Voices of Experience (LOVE) Curriculum
Publisher(s): Led and driven by currently and formerly incarcerated women, the Leadership of Voices of Experience (LOVE) Project has developed a training curriculum for victim service providers that builds providers’ capacity to support system-impacted women and gender expansive people—people who are transgender, gender nonconforming, gender queer, nonbinary.
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- Training Tools
June 2022
Responding to Housing Insecurity/Homelessness Issues for Indigenous Elders who are Victims of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): Many domestic violence and homeless shelters are seeing rapid increases in the number of elders seeking shelter. This webinar discusses ways of responding to the needs of Indigenous elders who are experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness and what can be done.
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- Training Tools
June 2022
Paid Family Leave Train the Trainers Toolkit
Publisher(s): This toolkit is aimed towards service providers, public health educators, advocates, and anyone who would like to inform their community about PFL and paid sick days in the state of California. This toolkit complements existing resources by providing a “train the trainer” curriculum to expand the community of individuals who understand their rights and can teach others.
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March 2022
How Managers Can Break the Bias in Performance Reviews
Publisher(s): Numerous studies have confirmed the impact of bias on performance assessments and career advancement for women of all races and ethnicities, and people of color. This article offers helpful strategies for disrupting bias and promoting equity in the performance review process.