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Registration for the March 16 Reproductive Health training is closed. If you are interested, you may register for the June 1 training. Where: Zoom Register here for the June 1 training: https://bit.ly/reprohealthJune1
Bring your lunch and join the Action Alliance’s Project for the Empowerment of Survivors (PES) for an informal lunch conversation. PES provides advice and information on a variety of legal issues to survivors. You’ll learn about the legal helpline, PES services, and how you can access these resources. Advocates will have the chance to ask … ›
Join The Action Alliance for our May Conference. It will be held virtually so you can join from wherever! Attendees will learn trauma informed principals that can be taken back and put into place in their agencies. Please plan to attend on May 11 and May 18. Cost is $125 per agency.
This training is open to advocates, reproductive health providers, and clinic staff. Through this training, participants will become familiar with the dynamics of sexual and reproductive coercion and learn the value of taking a trauma-informed, universal education approach to interactions with clients and patients. Participants will increase comfort and general understanding of reproductive health services … ›
Join us on Thursday, June 9th from 10 am-12 pm for the first of our statewide 2022 State and Local Partners meetings! This invitation is open to advocates, preventionists, and other partners serving survivors and/or supporting community education on healthy relationships. We will continue to hold virtual gatherings until we can be together safely again. … ›
Hey advocates! Know an Attorney who'd be interested in learning more about Trauma-Informed Lawyering? We'll discuss trauma and its impact on survivors and attorneys as well as explore how to respond to clients using a trauma-informed approach. This two-part series is geared towards lawyers working with survivors. It will be hosted virtually on July 8th … ›
ECHO is an international evidence-based model for training and peer-to-peer learning originally developed at the University of New Mexico. In this ECHO program, prevention staff at local sexual and domestic violence agencies present challenging cases to each other, gather feedback and recommendations, and discuss new developments and best practices for primary prevention. This isn’t another … ›
The membership meeting will be held via Zoom Thursday, August 11, 10am-12pm and will be hosted by the Reproductive Justice Workgroup (an Action Alliance staff workgroup). The membership meeting will focus on our reproductive justice work and will highlight a few new resources we are releasing. The new resources are a comprehensive informational and messaging … ›
This training will include a discussion around the challenges and questions that arise with survivor confidentiality, advocacy, and mandated reporting. The training will include an overview of the laws and historical context surrounding this complex issue. When you leave, you will leave knowing more about confidentiality and helpful suggestions and guidelines on mandated reporting. This … ›
We will host our Annual Action Alliance Business Membership Meeting virtually on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 1-2:30 pm. For the Zoom link, please reach out to Leisha Santilli @ lsantilli@vsdvalliance.org
Each year, our membership - made up of individuals, business partners, and sexual and domestic violence agencies - gathers to attend to coalition business items and to learn more about how we in Virginia can move, collectively, towards a common horizon. At this meeting, members will be asked to review and approve a new proposed … ›
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies