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Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Spring Series A trauma-informed legal practice helps to reduce re-traumatization and recognize the role trauma plays in the lawyer-client relationship. Integrating trauma-informed practices provides lawyers with the opportunity to increase connections to their clients, improve advocacy, and client outcomes. Training lawyers to be trauma informed in their approach will lead to improved services … ›
Are you a leader that went through the UPLC cohorts? This is a space where you can go deeper with the lessons from UPLC, share what has worked and what has not, come up with solutions to challenges, and just be in community trying to navigate these interesting times. Please see the below dates. For … ›
In this interactive and engaging training, advocates and prevention staff will gain a more holistic understanding of joyful sexuality and its relevance to our work in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence. Participants will be introduced to the six components of sexuality: sensuality, intimacy, sexual orientation and gender identity, sexual and reproductive health, … ›
Are you a leader that went through the UPLC cohorts? This is a space where you can go deeper with the lessons from UPLC, share what has worked and what has not, come up with solutions to challenges, and just be in community trying to navigate these interesting times. Please see the below dates. For … ›
Join us to hear from others regarding all things outreach, community engagement, and get ideas from other agencies to take back and put in practice at your agency. Also, please put our additional dates on your calendar! September 7, 2023 November 3, 2023 Please register for this event at the link below! When you register, … ›
Join the Justice Projects Team for open hours to discuss and learn about topics ranging from confidentiality to firearms laws to reproductive freedom for survivors and everything in between. This will be a semi-structured learning space combining traditional training with open conversation, peer learning, and program sharing. Bring your expertise and your curiosity! June 2nd: … ›
Do you feel like you're on a prevention island at your campus? Join us for the following sessions to build your prevention network, connect over challenging cases, and stay on top of the best practices in sexual and intimate partner violence primary prevention, all from the comfort of your office. ECHO@Edu will be held on … ›
For the first time since 2019, gather with advocates, preventionists, and community leaders around the state to connect, heal, and build skills at the Action Alliance training retreat. Join us at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg from June 21-23, 2023 to… REFLECT: Honor the challenges in doing this work, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; RESTORE: Rebuild connections among advocates/preventionists … ›
Join the Justice Projects Team for open hours to discuss and learn about topics ranging from confidentiality to firearms laws to reproductive freedom for survivors and everything in between. This will be a semi-structured learning space combining traditional training with open conversation, peer learning, and program sharing. Bring your expertise and your curiosity! July 7: … ›
This training is designed for advocates in their first year of work in the field of Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence Advocacy. Participants will be able to identify and define domestic and intimate partner violence; learn the building blocks for a trauma informed response; and broaden their understanding of risk assessment and safety planning. Participants … ›
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies
