Why is the gender-based violence movement pushing away Black advocates?
This article discusses the need to diversify GBV movement leadership in order to address the inherent racism.
Faith, Spirituality, Religion & Domestic Violence: Special Collection
This expansive collection overviews the connections between domestic violence and faith, how faith/spirituality can meet needs of survivors, and how advocates and faith leaders can build partnerships to support survivors.
Defending Criminalized Survivors
This webinar discusses various ways that survivors of domestic violence can be criminalized by the same systems that are built to support. Presenters and attendees also shared barriers and ideas for supporting criminalized survivors.
How Survivor Mothers Have To Navigate Family Court
This webinar explains family court for parent survivors. Speakers provided an overview different forms of abuse, how it can affect family court, if a survivor needs a lawyer to go to court, where to look for resources, and what to expect in family court.
Community Care: Advocacy for Latin@ survivors of IPV in health systems
This easily understood toolkit explains some of the barriers Latin@ survivors of IPV may face when accessing healthcare and discusses ways in which advocates can assist.
30+ Anti-Asian Hate Statistics: Prevalence, Impacts, & Causes in 2024
Educating yourself and others about the scale and impact of ant-Asian hate is the best way to better understand those who experience racism. Sharing information about their experiences helps to uplift their voices, foster compassion, and diminish prejudice or ignorance to the problem.
The Framework: The 5 Steps to Protecting Children
The 5 Steps to Protecting Children™ form a framework for preventing child sexual abuse. They can help you become aware of the scope of the issue, take actionable steps towards both preventing and responding to abuse, and create safer environments for the children in your life.
Sexual Assault Prevention, Support, and Healing
This month’s complication of recent resources and trainings focus on key advocacy elements regarding sexual assault: Prevention, Support, and Healing.
Breaking Barriers: Working with Latina/x/e Survivors
This training teaches advocates more about the experiences of Latina/x/e survivors, helps identify barriers to help seeking and engagement experienced by Latina/x/e survivors, and explores strategies for addressing barriers experienced by Latina/x/e survivors.
Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
Since Native women are at exceptionally high risk for poverty, homelessness, and sexual violence which are elements in the trafficking of women, and because the needs of Native women are generally not being met, and because prostituted women are at extremely high risk for violence and emotional trauma, our goal was to assess the life circumstances of Native women in prostitution in Minnesota.