Yearly Archives: 2020

Positive Changes at NO MORE

Thanks to your tremendous support, we’ve grown exponentially and made great progress. Today, NO MORE has more than 1,400 allied organizations and 40 chapters around the world. Together, we are engaging millions in the effort to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault. As our work becomes truly global and as the need to address domestic and sexual violence persists, NO MORE has recently become an independent 501(c)(3) charity.

Link Roundup: NNEDV in the News

NNEDV was featured in the following news articles in the month of August 2020.

Telling Survivor Stories Ethically: A Guide for Media Professionals

In an effort to encourage responsible and trauma-informed storytelling, NNEDV has developed a media guide for addressing domestic violence. The guide outlines how to approach domestic violence stories, including protecting survivors’ privacy while fact-checking, preventing victim blaming, using accountable language, and much more.

#ISeeYou: Ensuring Survivors Are Seen and Heard during COVID-19

During this pandemic, many survivors have been sheltering at home with abusive partners, and the spread of COVID-19 has created housing, childcare, financial, and other barriers that will continue to impact survivors’ safety long after the pandemic has ended. By coming together to get the word out, we can make sure survivors know that they are not alone and ensure that advocates, service providers, hotlines, and local programs have what they need to continue to help survivors through the challenges that lie ahead.

Survivors’ Agenda Summit

Register today to join NNEDV on September 24-26 at the virtual Survivors’ Agenda Summit, three days of workshops, performances, and critical conversations to change the national conversation on sexual violence.

Announcement – EVAWI Website Migration Starts Today

EVAWI wants to remind everyone that we are expecting to launch our new and improved EVAWI website on September 10th. Starting today, our team is working to migrate all user data to the new website. During the transition, we will not be able to collect user data on our current website.

Training – Upcoming – Culturally Specific, Community Based Conversations for Emergent Strategies in Black Communities

The Women of Color Network presents the African American, African, Black, and Afro-Caribbean (ABC) Virtual TA Academy Teleconference Series and Webinar Series through September-October 2020.

Resources – Reaching Victims August Newsletter

The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims monthly newsletter is our opportunity to spotlight victim service organizations and their work; share promising practices and resources; and, engage more organizations in training. This month we share tools and resources to help you meet the needs of victims of human trafficking.

Webinar – Materials Available – Serving Survivors with Disabilities and who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing Pt. 2

The slideshow and transcript of the chatbox are now available for viewing for the webinar “Serving Survivors with Disabilities and who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing” on August 19, 2020.

News and Resources – Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy Newsletter

This newsletter offers some tips and tools to address survivors’ economic needs in light of COVID-19. Starting the Economic conversation: An advocacy guide on asking questions about money with survivors and integrating economics into the DNA of your agency. (Re)Prioritizing Spending in the Time of COVID: Tips to help establish survivors’ values around money then prioritize spending – now and in the long term.