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This chart maps out risk and protective factors and social determinants of health along various points in the social ecological model.

In this course, we will learn how to recognize when doing the work is starting to take a toll, how to get help, and useful individual and workplace practices for caring for ourselves and each other in this work.

In this course, you will learn about the intersectionality principle, privilege and allyship, a brief history of the sexual and domestic violence movement, and more.

In this course, we will explore the advocate’s role and define the guiding principles of advocacy: being intersectional, survivor-centered, trauma-informed.

In this course, you’ll learn more about what domestic violence means in an intimate relationship, how prevalent it is, and how to recognize risks, so that we can meet survivors where they are with consistent terminology, information, and services.

In this course, you’ll learn more about what sexual violence means, how prevalent it is, and how it impacts survivors, so that we can meet survivors where they are with consistent terminology, information, and services.

In this course, you will learn about creating a safety plan with survivors, identifying risks the survivor may face, and connecting survivors with other resources in Michigan and nationally.

In this course, we will discuss the prevalence and effects of sexual abuse & domestic violence on children, perpetrator tactics, how children experience and express their trauma, how to support non-offending caregivers, and how to promote the resiliency and healing of children.

This training was developed and presented by the SASHA (Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing and Awareness) Center in Detroit, MI and focuses on working with African American survivors of sexual assault.

This month's compilation includes webinars, articles, and more to consider about preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors

This understandable research brief highlights findings that LGBTQ+ young people report higher rates of sexual violence than the general population. Nearly two in five LGBTQ+ young people (39%) reported that they had ever been forced to do “sexual things” that they did not want to do.

In this workshop, we’ll look at tools for assessing risk in different situations, how to ask for support from others, and what might be included in a safety plan. Safety planning can be a useful process to think ahead about ways to increase safety and decrease risks.

This webinar reviews trauma-informed ways to respond to trans patients/survivors in a compassionate, effective way, at every step as a medical provider conducting SAMFEs and law enforcement official.

This two-part interview discusses the need for health equity for transgender survivors of sexual assault in the military. They discuss challenges unique to those in the military, challenges unique to transgender survivors, and how those challenges often overlap.

This webinar features a panel of young people talking about their reentry experiences with the goal of helping professionals better understand and help young people to thrive.

Juvenile delinquency intervention and treatment programs have the broad goals of preventing crime and reducing recidivism by providing treatment and services to youth who have committed crimes. This short article talks about approaches that have been proven effective and those that haven’t.

A conversation between NRS and Margaret Windham, Executive Director at Cafe Momentum in Dallas about youth who have been involved in the juvenile justice system. They discuss the importance of community partnerships and the joy young people experience through their internships and externships.

This webinar series explores reasons victims of bettering get arrested, challenges faced in the legal system, effective advocacy strategies, and how to help victim-defendants navigate concurrent protection order proceedings.

This report provides statistics and explanations for the rise of incarceration of women and LGBTQ+ people. It points out problematic policing trends. It also provides many suggestions for impactful action to intervene on this issue.

This organization “addresses the unique needs of victims of gender-based violence who have been criminalized as a result of their experiences of being abused” by providing technical assistance, resources, and support for those who work with charged or currently incarcerated survivors, including advocates, defense attorneys, expert witnesses, and others.