Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance

ECHO@edu: Campus Violence Prevention
2022-06-09 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
In this ECHO program, staff at colleges, universities, and community colleges are invited to present challenging cases to each other, gather feedback and recommendations, and discuss new developments and best practices for primary prevention and peer educator programs. This isn’t another passive webinar! We use Zoom so that you can see each other and communicate in real-time. Come prepared to ask questions, make recommendations, and connect with other campus professionals and students across Virginia.
WHERE: Virtual
DATE: June 9, 10:30 am – 12:00 PM
COST: Free
Register: https://bit.ly/echoedu
For more information or for further questions, please reach out to training@vsdvalliance.org

Statewide State and Local Partners Meeting / Reunión Estatal de Socios Estatales y Locales
2022-06-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
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. Distance will not stop us from holding space to share resources, information, advice, concerns, and/or successes!
Our time together will include:
-Welcome & introductions
-A presentation from Regina Chaney, Senior Community and Engagement Specialist with HOME of VA, on Fair Housing Rights
-Discussion on the intersections between fair housing and SV/IPV
-Agency updates
-Closing
For more information, please email us at training@vsdvalliance.org.
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¡Reúnase con nosotres el jueves 9 de junio de 10 a.m. a 12 p.m. para la primera de nuestras reuniones estatales del 2022!
Esta invitación está abierta a defensores, prevencionistas y otres socies que sirven a sobrevivientes y / o apoyan la educación comunitaria sobre relaciones saludables en el norte de Virginia. Continuaremos ofreciendo estas reuniones virtualmente hasta que podamos estar juntes de nuevo en persona. ¡La distancia no nos impedirá mantener un espacio para compartir recursos, información, consejos, inquietudes y / o éxitos!
Nuestro tiempo juntes incluirá:
-Bienvenida e introducciones
-Exposición sobre los Derechos de Vivienda Justa y discriminación en la vivienda, hecho por Regina Chaney, Especialista superior de vinculación con la comunidad, HOME de VA
-Discusión sobre las intersecciones entre la equidad en la vivienda y la violencia de género
-Actualizaciones de las agencias
-Cierre
Para obtener más información, envíenos un correo electrónico a training@vsdvalliance.org.

Creating a Culture of Wellness: Reproductive Health
2022-06-01 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom
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 available to survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence and walk away with an understanding of the importance of building partnerships between sexual and domestic violence agencies and reproductive health providers.

Creating a Culture of Care Virtual Conference
2022-05-11 09:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
Creating a Culture of Care Virtual Conference
The Action Alliance is hosting a two-day virtual conference; Creating a Culture of Care: Putting Trauma-Informed Principles Into Practice this year on Wednesday, May 11th and May 18th from 9:30AM-5:00PM EST. This conference will dive deep into SAMHSA’s Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach and how we can actively implement these principles into our organizational cultures and practices. During the conference there will be six plenary sessions, one dedicated to each trauma-informed principle, and breakout workshops that will focus on implementing these principles within our Survivor Advocacy Practices, Agency Practices, and Prevention Practices.
Attendees need to plan to attend both days.
May 11 will focus on Safety, Peer Support, and Empowerment, Voice, and Choice Principals. May 18 will focus on Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues, Collaboration and Mutuality, and Trustworthiness and Transparency.
Conference Schedule:
May 11:
9:30 – 10:00: Welcome and Keynote with Tracy Wright, RSP, NCCASA

10:00 – 11:30: Safety Principle featuring the following breakouts:
Agency Practice Track: White Supremacy Culture and Psychological Safety
Prevention Practice Track: Access as Care: Disability Justice in Violence Prevention Spaces
Survivor Advocacy Track: Safe(r) Intakes: Making you First Impression Count

11:30 – 1:00: Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 Peer Support Principle featuring a plenary and the following breakouts:
Agency Practices Track: TBD
Prevention Practice Track: From Caucus to Affinity
Survivor Advocacy Track: Safely Opening Shelters to Guests for Survivor Support

2:30 – 3:00: Break

3:00 – 4:30: Empowerment, Voice, and Choice Principle featuring a plenary and the following breakouts:
Agency Practices Track: Rule Reduction in Shelter Programs
Prevention Practices Track: Youth Organizing
Survivor Advocacy Track: Building Survivor Leadership

4:30 – 5:00: Closing

May 18:
9:30 – 10:00: Welcome and Keynote with Stephanie Spencer with Urban Baby Beginnings

10:00 – 11:30: Collaboration and Mutuality Principle with the following breakouts:
Agency Practices Track: Addressing and Shifting Power in Organizational Practices
Prevention Practices Track: Maybe the Real Protective Factors were the Connections we Made Along the Way
Survivor Advocacy Track: Systems Advocacy in Context of Partnerships and Collaboration

11:30 – 1:00: Lunch

1:00 – 2:30: Trustworthiness and Transparency Principle featuring plenary and the following breakout sessions:
Agency Practices Track: SDVA’s and Mandated Reporting
Prevention Practices Track: Building Space for Autonomy and Mutuality through Trust and Transparency
Survivor Advocacy Track: Why Should I Trust You
Trustworthiness and Transparency Principle featuring plenary and the following breakout sessions:
2:30 – 3:00: Break

3:00 – 4:30: Cultural, Historical and Gender Issues Principle with the following breakouts:
Agency Practices Track: Equity Among Staff and Volunteers
Prevention Practices Track: Not Just Numbers: Using Data for Public Health Action and Health Equity
Survivor Advocacy Track: It Starts with What we Don’t Know.

4:30 – 5:00: Closing with Laurie Crawford and Gena Boyle; Introducing Virginia HEALS and funding opportunities for trauma-informed services

* Each breakout will be divided into three sessions: one on agency practices, one on advocacy practices, and one on prevention practices. Attendees may select which breakout room they want to be in.
**Schedule times and/or breakout times may change. Final schedule will be updated soon

Your conference registration fee is $125 and includes as many registrations for you agency as you would like. The attendees need to plan to attend on May 11 and on May 18.

This year our conference will be held on Accelevents. A registration link will be sent out to you before the conference.

WHERE: Virtual
DATES: May 11 and May 18, attendees need to make plans to attend both sessions
COST: $125.00 per agency, may register as many attendees as the agency wants
Register: https://bit.ly/Creatingacultureofcare
For more information or for further questions, please reach out to training@vsdvalliance.org

Chat and Chew with our PES Team
2022-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual- Zoom
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 questions about the PES’ services and the process for accessing services. We also encourage you to come and share information about the trends you’re seeing in your local communities and jurisdictions. (Note: questions about specific individual survivors or situations should addressed separately with PES, which can be contacted through the Statewide Hotline, 800-838-8238.)
This is also intended for any agency staff working with survivors who may have legal questions/concerns.

Regional State and Local Partners Meeting: Tidewater/ Reunión Regional de Socies Estatales y Locales: Tidewater
2022-04-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual- Zoom
Join us on Thursday, April 14th from 10 am-12 pm for the second of our regional 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 in Tidewater. We will continue to hold virtual gatherings until we can be together safely again. Distance will not stop us from holding space to share resources, information, advice, concerns, and/or successes!
Our time together will include:
-Welcome & introductions
-Discussion on regional issues, service trends, and resources
-Agency updates
-Closing
For more information, please email us at training@vsdvalliance.org.

Shelter Conversation: The Art of the Debrief
2022-04-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual- Zoom
Join us on Friday, April 1 for a lunch and learn discussion with the Action Alliance staff and advocates on the art of debriefing. This is an open discussion for shelter advocates and a space to receive support and resources as we work together to continue serving survivors in shelter!

People of Color Caucus: Creating Community and Collective Care
2022-03-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual- Zoom
This training/discussion will reintroduce advocates and members to the People of Color Caucus, what we do, and how we do it. We will also talk about the need for identity-based caucusing spaces and the importance of community/collective care. If this resonates with you and you identify as a person from these communities, join the conversation. This training is for advocates and members who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Creating a Culture of Wellness: Reproductive Health
2022-03-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom
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

Regional State and Local Partners’ Meeting: Northern Virginia/ Reunión Regional de Socies Estatales y Locales: Norte de Virginia
2022-02-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual- Zoom
The first of our 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 in Northern Virginia. We will continue to hold virtual gatherings until we can be together safely again. Distance will not stop us from holding space to share resources, information, advice, concerns, and/or successes!
Our time together will include:

Welcome & introductions
Discussion on regional issues, service trends, and resources
Agency updates
Closing

In addition to these regional events, we’re holding two statewide gatherings that will include opportunities for professional development. We hope to see you and your community partners for the following events:

April 14, Tidewater
June 9, Statewide
August 4, Central VA
October 6, Southwest VA
December 8, Statewide

We hope you will be able to join us for one or more of our gatherings this year! Stay tuned for more details to come. For more information, please email us at training@vsdvalliance.org.
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La primera de nuestras reuniones de socies estatales y locales del 2022! Esta invitación está abierta a defensores, prevencionistas y otres socies que sirven a sobrevivientes y / o apoyan la educación comunitaria sobre relaciones saludables en el norte de Virginia. Continuaremos ofreciendo estas reuniones virtualmente hasta que podamos estar juntes de nuevo en persona. ¡La distancia no nos impedirá mantener un espacio para compartir recursos, información, consejos, inquietudes y / o éxitos!
Nuestro tiempo juntos incluirá:

Bienvenida e introducciones
Discusión sobre temas regionales, tendencias de servicio y recursos
Actualizaciones de las agencias
Cierre

Además de estos eventos regionales, estamos llevando a cabo dos reuniones estatales que incluirán oportunidades para el desarrollo profesional. Esperamos verles a ustedes y a sus socies comunitaries para los siguientes eventos:

14 de abril, area de Tidewater
9 de junio, estatal
4 de agosto, area central de Virginia
6 de octubre, area suroeste de Virginia
8 de diciembre, estatal

¡Esperamos que pueda unirse a nosotres para una o más de nuestras reuniones este año! Estén atentes para más detalles por venir. Para obtener más información, envíenos un correo electrónico a training@vsdvalliance.org.

New Member Orientation
2022-02-23 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual- Zoom
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Action Alliance Shelter Conversations
2022-02-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual- Zoom
Join us on Friday, February 18th from 11:00 pm -12:30 pm for a discussion on how we are keeping our shelters staffed as we, organizations and advocates, navigate the ongoing pandemic. This is an open discussion for shelter advocates and a space to receive support and resources as we work together to continue serving survivors in shelter! For more information, please email us at training@vsdvalliance.org.

ECHO@edu: Campus Violence Prevention
2022-02-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Virtual- Zoom
Project ECHO uses Zoom, the teleconferencing software, to connect professionals from multiple locations to present challenging cases to each other, gather feedback and recommendations, and to discuss new developments and best practices. The structure of each ECHO Clinic is an integral component of the ECHO model. This isn’t another passive webinar! We use Zoom so that you can see each other and communicate in real-time. Come prepared to ask questions, make recommendations, and connect with other preventionists across Virginia.

Legislative Advocacy Day
2022-02-02 08:00 - 15:00
Join us in person or virtually for our annual Legislative Advocacy Day! It’s always an amazing experience to see survivors, advocates, and movement partners roaming the (virtual and physical) halls of the General Assembly, lifting the voices of survivors and advocating for policies that seek to respond to and prevent violence in our communities.

Click here to register and find out more information: https://bit.ly/vsdvaLAD2022

Legislative Advocacy Day 2022
2022-02-02 08:00 - 14:30
We’re thrilled that you’ve decided to join us for our annual Legislative Advocacy Day on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022! It’s always an amazing experience to see survivors, advocates, and movement partners roaming the (virtual and physical) halls of the General Assembly, lifting the voices of survivors and advocating for policies that seek to respond to and prevent violence in our communities.
Policy leaders want to hear from you, the advocacy experts, about how investments in primary prevention, reducing workplace/sexual harassment, and expanding best practices in trauma-informed and healing-centered responses to violence can save lives and help to create a Virginia where all families and individuals can fully thrive. Your voice as an advocacy expert is critical to ensuring that Virginia policy works for all survivors and all communities!
If you plan to attend Legislative Advocacy Day in person, we ask that you only do so if you are fully vaccinated + boostered and that you practice safe masking and distancing as able. If you can’t make it in-person for Legislative Advocacy Day, don’t worry, we’ll send you everything you need to participate in virtual legislative actions that are happening statewide! Just make sure you select “Virtual Legislative Advocacy ONLY” in your registration choice.
Please note that scheduling visits with your legislators is done on your own and in advance! You can begin reaching out to schedule visits now. The earlier the better. To find out who your representatives are, or to find their contact information, please click here.
Need help reaching out to your representatives? Looking for a script? Refer to our handy Legislative Advocacy Guide for answers to these questions and more!
Click here to register for Legislative Advocacy Day 2022!

Violence Prevention in Action ECHO
2022-01-19 10:30 - 12:00 | Virtual- Zoom
Project ECHO uses Zoom, the teleconferencing software, to connect professionals from multiple locations to present challenging cases to each other, gather feedback and recommendations, and to discuss new developments and best practices. The structure of each ECHO Clinic is an integral component of the ECHO model. This isn’t another passive webinar! We use Zoom so that you can see each other and communicate in real-time. Come prepared to ask questions, make recommendations, and connect with other campus professionals and students across Virginia

POC Caucus Meeting
2021-12-28 15:30 - 17:00, 2021-12-14 15:30 - 17:00, 2021-11-23 15:30 - 17:00

Holiday- Christmas
2021-12-23 - 2021-12-24
The Action Alliance office is “closed”. The Virginia Statewide Hotline continues to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

DO YOU Facilitator Training
2021-12-15 13:00 - 2021-12-16 17:00 | Virtual- Zoom
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 age 13-16 years old. For more information about the program, visit: https://www.doyoutools.org/.
This is a remote training with 2 synchronous sessions hosted on Zoom and asynchronous assignments and reflections completed in between sessions. Participation in the training will Cost includes 21 DO YOU zines, a printed UnCurriculum Facilitation Guide, a package of DO YOU Homework Folders, and access to additional resources and technical assistance.
This training will occur on December 15 and 16 from 1:00 – 5:00 PM. After you register, a ZOOM link will be shared with you.

Virtual Training Modules Office Hours
2021-12-07 15:00 - 16:00
We hold monthly Office Hours each month for participants in each of our three virtual training modules: Principles of Primary Prevention, Advocacy Core Training, and Trauma, Justice, and Oppression. These Office Hours are a space for participants to connect with each other and a technical assistance (TA) provider/trainer from the Action Alliance staff and Training Institute Faculty. Attending at least one Office Hour session is required to receive your course completion certificate. You may use this time to ask questions, get new resources, and discuss the material.
WHEN: The first Tuesday of the month from 3-4pm EST
WHERE: Virtually, on Zoom
REGISTER: To register for Office Hours, click here. To sign up for our Virtual Training Modules, click here.

Prevention Connection Zoom - December
2021-12-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual- Zoom

Training For A Just World
2021-12-06 17:00 - 2021-12-08 17:00 | TBD
In 2019 the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance (Action Alliance) adopted a new vision statement. We seek a radically hopeful future where:

people are free and have what they need to reach their full potential;
relationships, families, and communities are healthy, equitable, nourishing, and joyful;
government, institutions, and systems are rooted in equity and justice;
all decisions are grounded in whether they will benefit our future descendants and sustain our beautiful earth.

The Action Alliance has designed this training to accelerate our collective capacity to bring this vision into being. Every time that we bring people together, we have an opportunity to plant seeds for a just world for everyone. This experience offers space to reflect and practice ways to cultivate the soil to make way for strong roots, plant the seeds, nourish existing seeds so that they grow, and ease out any unhealthy plants we may discover along the way. Each immersion event is designed for 24 people
Together for a Just World: Planting the Seeds for Thriving Communities is a complimentary two-day training immersion experience designed for sexual and domestic violence advocates and preventionists, social justice warriors, and organizers working to end violence and build peaceful, just communities. The training will be held Dec. 6-8. Interested in participating? Applicants must apply in pairs and submit their joint application by Oct. 22. (NOTE: Deadline extended to October 29!) Pairs should include individuals from different backgrounds and with different roles in the work to build a more just world.
This three day, two night training includes all meals, a single room, and the chance to step away from the demands of our daily lives and the interruptions of calls, chats, emails, and meetings.
Please note that all applicants must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the time of the training. Masks will be required in all indoor group settings.
If your work includes educating people in your community, training new advocates and organizers, facilitating groups, creating social media, policy advocacy for equity and justice, or experimenting with new ways of promoting strong, healthy and thriving systems, we encourage you and a partner to apply.
WHERE: TBD
DATES: December 6-8, 2021
COST: Free
To apply for this training, you may download the application or print it out: Training For A Just World Application
For more information or to ask further questions, please email training@vsdvalliance.org

40 Years of Action: The Act. Honor. Hope. Gala
2021-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual- Zoom
Each December, the Action Alliance honors leaders and community members who have taken extraordinary action to bring about the necessary change to end sexual and domestic violence. Their leadership offers hope for a better tomorrow.
In addition to honoring our HOPE Awardees and recognizing our new Lifetime Members, we invite advocates and supporters from around Virginia to join us as unveil our 40th Anniversary online timeline exhibit and have some fun with a dance party!
This year, the Action Alliance honors Senator Barbara A. Favola (Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun) and Delegate Karrie K. Delaney (Fairfax and Loudoun) with the HOPE Award.
Make it hybrid! Get dressed in your COVID-best and gather with a few of your closest friends or bring together your agency staff for a COVID-safe party.
Tickets: $50/person; $160 for a group of 4; $320 for a group of 8. (Lifetime Members discount: $100 for group of 4; $200 for group of 8.) To ensure the timely arrival of your celebration boxes, please purchase your tickets by November 17.
Click here to learn more and purchase your tickets.
Questions? Contact us at give@vsdvalliance.org.

Shelter Conversations: Listening Session
2021-12-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual- Zoom
Join us for a virtual gathering and listening session for shelter staff. During this session we plan to gather feedback from shelter advocates on how we are sheltering across the commonwealth including shelter models and setup, staffing, guidelines, and what support shelter staff and their agencies need to foster successful shelter operations. Our time will include introductions, a listening session, and discussion. We are aware that shelter advocates work non-traditional hours. For any shelter advocates who are not able to attend, we encourage you to register so you can receive a link to a survey that will be distributed after this gathering that you can participate in!
Who: Shelter advocates at sexual and domestic violence agencies
Cost: Free
Register: https://bit.ly/ShelterConvoDec2
Questions? Contact Itzel Patino at training@vsdvalliance.org.

Holiday- Thanksgiving
2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26

State and Local Partners Meeting, November 2021
2021-11-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual- Zoom

Membership Meeting
2021-11-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual- Zoom

Governing Body Meeting
2021-11-11 09:00 - 17:00
The Governing Body is comprised of 21 members who are responsible for the governance of the Action Alliance and guide its policies. Under Action Alliance by-laws, the Governing Body has representation from all geographic areas of Virginia, at least one-third of representatives are from member sexual and domestic violence agencies, at least one-third of representatives are survivors, and at least one-third of representatives are of historically oppressed communities in Virginia.
