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Like many of you, we love a good TV drama and take notice when crime victims are portrayed in the media. We’d like to take a moment to think about ways crime victim portrayals on TV can be connected to MiVAN resources that you can use in your advocacy practice!
This brief animated video will provide a foundational overview of , address common misconceptions, and introduce SAMHSA’s 6 key principles of a trauma-informed approach.
“Thankfully, there are programs available throughout the country to help homeless seniors find stable housing and meet other basic needs. Below, we provide information about these programs and how to find help.”
“The National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College presents the Critical 3 Series, providing timely and crucial information from NCJTC’s most popular training offerings.”
“This fact sheet will provide an overview of the new Center, as well as information from our existing report on housing instability and homelessness for survivors of gender-based violence in our Indigenous Communities.”
“CDC’s latest National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2016/2017 Report on Sexual Violence shows that sexual violence continues to be common, starts early, and people from some racial and ethnic minority groups are heavily burdened by sexual violence victimization.”
These 5 podcast episodes are a tool to better understand how to create a movement that addresses gender-based violence against all people while following the lead of the most marginalized among us.
For those informal leaders in the criminal justice field who want to lead from where they are at.
“The supreme court ruled that gun control laws like those that exist in New York should be struck down, this decision made by the highest court, is going to put more victims of intimate partner violence at risk of gun violence.”
“For those in a “continuous serious relationship,” this legislation closes the “boyfriend loophole” of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence. While we understand that this language will help some survivors, we realize that many survivors will be left unprotected.”
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