Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance

Reproductive justice is survivor justice! Check out these resources for advocates and survivors.

In this work to end sexual and domestic violence, we have an opportunity to plant the seeds of a just world every time we bring people together. “Together for a Just World: Planting the Seeds for Thriving Communities” is a three-day training event that offer you and your attending partner an opportunity to build skills for weaving values-based social justice into your daily prevention, advocacy, and community change work.

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The workers at local sexual assault crisis centers and domestic violence shelters are in our communities every day providing vital support to victims and survivors of violence and working to prevent violence from happening in the first place. These advocates aren’t always in the spotlight, but they are always on the front lines. Support your local agency.

To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we’ve put together a multi-pronged project centered on stories—collecting them, sharing them, and keeping them. We hope you’ll explore these offerings and find something that inspires you.

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The future we dream of begins with just one conversation. Learn more with the Building Thriving Communities Toolkit.

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You have a right to be safe, no matter who you are. If you have been hurt and want to talk about your legal options, contact the Virginia Statewide Hotline.

Building Consent Communities

In our efforts to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence, it’s so important we not only take a stand against violence, but also envision healthy and joyful alternatives. This is why building consent communities is a key part of our work. We most often define consent as a clear and enthusiastic “yes,” which is an active, voluntary, and verbal agreement that happens as a process and a conversation. Yet consent is not just about individual actions or behaviors, but rather exists within all relationship dynamics, cultural beliefs, and larger societal systems. Building a consent culture requires we normalize and encourage the everyday use of consent in all interactions.

Forging Peaceful Families

The Building Healthy Futures Fund was created to establish a statewide revenue source for local Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies to implement evidence-informed prevention programming to disrupt the interpersonal and social conditions (root causes) that give rise to sexual and intimate partner violence.

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