Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance

IPV Training, Farmville
2024-03-15 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Moton Musuem, 900 Griffin Blvd, Farmville, Va, 23901

Joyful Sexuality and the Movement to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
2024-03-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Action Alliance, 1413 W. Main Street, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States

VAdata Drop In Office Hours
2024-04-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
New to VAdata or just have some questions? Drop in to our office hours to get all things VAdata answered. No registration necessary!

Director's Virtual Meet Up
2024-04-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual

People of Color Caucus
2024-04-09 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual- Zoom

Statewide Advocates Meeting
2024-04-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual

Spring Into Membership
2024-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Want to hear more about what your Action Alliance Membership entails? Join us for a chat!

VAdata Training
2024-04-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual

Camp Ostara
2024-04-26 - 2024-04-28 | Bear Creek Lake State Park, 22 Bear Creek Lake Rd., Cumberland, VA, 23040, United States
Camp Ostara is a transformative three-day nature-based retreat for women in Virginia who have survived any act of adult or childhood domestic violence involving a family member, intimate partner, or acquaintance. It is a unique opportunity to enjoy a positive, pivotal outdoor experience, particularly for those with limited resources or few possibilities to enjoy nature. Modeled after Camp Mabon, which started in 2005, Camp Ostara welcomes cisgender women 18 or over of any race, ethnicity, place of origin, faith, sexual orientation, or disability.
A small group of 12 campers, plus mentors and counselors, stays at a fully equipped, climate-controlled lodge in a Virginia state park, sharing community tasks and group activities. Camp occurs near the Spring Equinox, a day when light hours equal dark hours, to underscore the benefits of maintaining balance in life. Light hiking, gentle yoga, journaling, crafts, guided meditation, and group activities are designed to help campers tap into the healing resources of nature. No prior outdoor experience is required!
To prevent money from being an obstacle to any woman’s participation, tuition for campers ranges from $100 to $300 based on family income, although the cost of camp per person is higher, and sponsorships can offset the cost. Camp staff will connect campers for rides with other participants in their vicinity if individuals lack transportation.
To prevent money from being an obstacle to any woman’s participation, tuition for campers ranges from $100 to $300 based on family income, although the cost of camp per person is higher, and sponsorships can offset the cost. Camp staff will connect campers for rides with other participants in their vicinity if individuals lack transportation.

People of Color Caucus
2024-05-14 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual

People of Color Caucus
2024-05-14 15:30 - 17:30, 2024-07-09 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
The People of Color Caucus was formed to create a space where folks of color can come together to be in community and foster connections and have connections on how to amplify each other’s voices. Caucuses are for Action Alliance members only.

Prevention Gathering
2024-05-15 10:00 - 16:30 | Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 11105 Cauthorne Road, Glen Allen, VA, 23059, United States
This gathering will bring together preventionists from across Virginia to have discussions about health equity and primary prevention that will guide their communities toward culture change. Attendees will have space for innovation, visioning, support, and collective care. Lunch will be provided. Spanish language interpretation is available upon request.

Protective Order Conference
2024-05-22 09:00 - 2024-05-23 16:30 | Sweet Briar College, 450 Sweet Briar Drive, Sweet Briar, VA, 24595, United States

VAdata Training and Office Hours
2024-05-28 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual- Zoom

Spring 2024 Directors' Forum
2024-05-30 09:00 - 15:00 | Church of Our Savior Episcopal, 1165 Rio Rd E, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22901, United States
Directors and director-level leaders across the state are invited to join the Action Alliance for our Spring 2024 SDVA Directors’ Forum: Nourishing Connection. The agenda includes some new and emerging resources for Directors and programs, as well as some Peer-to-Peer TA time (back by popular demand!). The agenda is not conducive to virtual participation, so this will be in person.

Director's Virtual Meet-Up
2024-06-05 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-08-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom
The Statewide Hotline/Crisis Response Team would like to offer this space as an ongoing opportunity to increase partnership, learn more about the needs at agencies, have a place to share and learn more about Statewide Hotline operations, and to provide the space for folx to discuss challenges, highlights, regional updates, trends, etc.

New Directors' Series 2024: Provisioning the Boat
2024-06-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Training Center, 1413 W. Main St., Richmond, VA, 23220
A successful voyage requires just the right number of resources to get you to your destination—including all the tools you will need, and functioning systems to keep things afloat in all kinds of weather. A few of the specific topics we will be covering include planning, matching resources to goals, managing those resources, automation, and redundancy. Leave with some new tools that will ease the burden of provisioning the boat.

State and Local Partners Meeting
2024-06-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual- Zoom
These quarterly gatherings of advocates, preventionists, sexual and domestic violence agency administrators, state funders and other partners serving survivors of violence are opportunities for connection and collaboration on the local, regional, and state level. The State and Local Partners Meetings are a unique opportunity for agencies to share their expertise and experiences from the front lines with funding partners who would like to learn more about emerging trends, needs, and celebrations among our communities.

Red Flag Campaign Relaunch!
2024-06-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual- Zoom
It has been over a decade since we launched www.theredflagcampaign.org/ to help college students shift cultural norms around dating violence. In the intervening years, hundreds of campuses across the nation have implemented the Red Flag Campaign. Since first introducing the campaign, the way young people speak about and understand dating violence has changed, so we have updated the Red Flag Campaign materials to reflect their experiences today. We are excited to announce that we have updated the digital Campus Planning Guide to include more information about bystander intervention as a strategy for violence prevention, microaggressions as a form of dating violence, and why healthy sexuality is a key concept of violence prevention. There is also new turnkey artwork for social media posts and updated printable handouts about effective bystander intervention strategies.
If you are unfamiliar with the campaign, the Red Flag Campaign is a bystander intervention program that educates college students about sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking by highlighting the red flags that students may see in a friend’s relationship. The campaign includes a digital guide for implementation, miniature red flags, and printed posters featuring active bystander responses to warning signs for emotional abuse, stalking, microaggressions, and other controlling and isolating behaviors. In 2023, we launched two poster series (Series C and D), which include language around interrupting microaggressions and promoting joyful sexuality; you can click this link to compare and explore each series.
Join us on Thursday, June 13th from 12:30pm to 1:30pm EDT to learn more about the new Red Flag Campaign materials including ideas for implementation and best practices around prevention programming.

Harm and Accountability Toolkit Webinar
2024-06-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual- Zoom

VAdata Training and Virtual Office Hours
2024-06-25 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-07-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual- Zoom

Statewide Advocates' Meeting
2024-06-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom
The Statewide Hotline/Crisis Response Team offers this space as an ongoing opportunity for folx working on the front lines and on the hotlines providing direct services and support! This is a space with opportunities to meet other advocates across VA, learn more about the Statewide Hotline and Project for Empowerment of Survivors (PES) and to share trends, highlights, events, regional updates, etc.

Economic Justice Summit
2024-06-27 09:00 - 16:30 | Hampton University, McGrew Conference Center, 24 Indian Rd, Hampton, VA, 23669, United States

Emergence Project
2024-06-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom

Trauma Informed Lawyering
2024-07-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual- Zoom
In this training, 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.
The event is CLE pending. We’re hoping that training lawyers to be trauma-informed in their approach will lead to improved services for survivors. Lawyers will also gain an increased understanding of trauma and its impact on individuals and themselves.

DO YOU Facilitator Training
2024-07-23 10:00 - 2024-07-24 16:00 | Training Center, 1413 W. Main St., Richmond, VA, 23220
DO YOU: Building Youth Resilience Through Creative Expression is a primary prevention strategy to address teen dating violence, sexual harassment, and bullying. DO YOU addresses youth violence by confronting root causes and enhancing protective factors (building resilience) to promote positive development and healthy relationships for young people ages 13-16 years old.
This training is designed for adult facilitators and teen mentors/peer facilitators who are interested in implementing the DO YOU program in their communities. Participants will learn about the history and development of the program, engage in experiential and art-based activities, and receive facilitation tools for implementing the DO YOU program. Participants will receive the DO YOU UnCurriculum (program facilitation guide), 21 zines, tools for evaluation, and ongoing technical assistance to support program implementation.

Statewide Advocates' Meeting
2024-08-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom
The Statewide Hotline/Crisis Response Team would like to offer this space as an ongoing opportunity for folx working on the front lines and on the hotlines providing direct services and support! This is a space with opportunities to meet other advocates across VA, learn more about the Statewide Hotline and Project for Empowerment of Survivors (PES) and to share trends, highlights, events, regional updates, etc.
