Resource Spotlight:PODER

The Women's Building, Community Resource Center is inviting you to a presentation given by PODER. It is a great opportunity to  get to know about this wonderful organization as well as get to know the services offered in the CRR. 

People Organized to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights (PODER) will present on monday April 16th in the Community Resource Center at 5:30 p.m. 

Web conference: Including Efforts to End Child Sexual Abuse within the Sexual Violence Prevention Movement

May 3, 11am

http://preventconnect.org/2012/04/web-conference-ending-child-sexual-abuse-1/

PreventConnect 2012 Web Conferences

    April 24 & 26, 2012: A Good Solution Solves Multiple Problems
    Annie Lyles & Carolina Guzman, Prevention Institute

    May 22 & 23, 2012: Social Change and Social Justice: Building Bridges Between Movements
    Annie Lyles & Carolina Guzman, Prevention Institute

    June 13 & 14, 2012: Don’t Let Prevention Stand Alone: Integrating Prevention Efforts in Your Agency and Community    Annie Lyles & Menaka Mohan, Prevention Institute

    June 18 & 20, 2012: Expanding the Evidence Dialogue I:  Exploring Research, Community Context and the Experiences of Practitioners to determine What Works.
    Sally Thigpen, Helen Singer and Natalie Wilkins, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    July 31, 2012: How Can We Help? Developing Shared Goals For Diverse Community Priorities
    Annie Lyles and Larry Cohen, Prevention Institute

    August 15 & 16, 2012: When Place is the Focus: Connecting Prevention Approaches to Place Based Initiatives Annie Lyles & Menaka Mohan, Prevention Institute

    September 18 & 19, 2012: Expanding the Evidence Dialogue II:  Balancing Research, Community Context and the Experiences of Practitioners to determine What Works.
    Sally Thigpen, Helen Singer and Natalie Wilkins, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

REGISTER:
http://preventconnect.org/2012/03/preventconnect-2012-web-conferences/

Webinar: ReThink Tank: Sexism & Domestic Violence – Binary Systems of Sex & Gender

Tuesday, April 10^th from 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST

To register, click here: http://bwjp.ilinc.com/register/hpywhms

In order to recognize how “sexism” functions in intimate partner violence, we have to have some common understanding of sex, sexuality and gender.  This webinar will break down the Binary System of Sex and Gender and share fresh perspectives on the issue of “sexism”.

 

Presented by Jake Fawcett, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Assessing Patterns of Coercive Control in Abusive Relationships, Part 3: Practice and Program Implementation

Tuesday,  April 3^rd from 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST

To register, click here: http://bwjp.ilinc.com/register/yzcvycs

Part 3 in a 3 part series on “Assessing Patterns of Coercive Control in Abusive Relationships”, this session continues to offer opportunities to engage in skill building and practice with the Northwest Network’s assessment tool.  Using real-life examples, role-play observation and hands-on exercises, participants will deepen their understanding and build capacity to conduct assessments. This session will also address the myriad considerations for implementation, including documentation, intake policy best practices and organizational considerations relevant for programs who are interested in increasing their competency in serving LGBTQ survivors and integrating a broader practice of assessment into their service delivery.

 

*participation in “Assessing Patterns of Coercive Control in Abusive Relationships: A Basic Skill for LGBT DV Advocacy” Parts 1 & 2 highly encouraged.

 

Presented by Kristin Tucker, Senior Program Manager, Northwest Network

 

This webinar is supported by Grant No. 2011-TA-AX-K014 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Civil Justice for Victims of Crime in California

The National Center for Victims of Crime, in conjunction with the
Office of the Attorney General: Victims' Services Unit, the California
Emergency Management Agency, and the California Coalition Against Sexual
Assault, will be offering a free training seminar for criminal justice
practitioners, victim advocates, mental health therapists and other
allied professionals.

Webinar: Allies in Action: Building the Movement to End Violence Against Native Women

Webinar on April 3 to help build unity in action between tribal and non-tribal advocates, coalitions and allies.  Native women seeking safety need the support of the national movement to end violence against women.  Allies in action means standing together to oppose race-based loopholes allowing batterers and rapist to act with impunity.

Webinar: LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence 101

Wednesday, April 11

The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs’ (NCAVP) National Training and Technical Assistance Center invites you to our series of webinars on supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) survivors of violence.  This interactive training will educate participants on basic LGBTQ language and terminology, an overview of the specific dynamics and survivor experiences of intimate partner violence within LGBTQ communities, promising practices for working with LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence, and more.  Upon completing this webinar participants will have a baseline understanding of LGBTQ intimate partner violence and promising practices for the implementation of LGBTQ-accessible intimate partner violence programming.

Workshop: Sisters on the Frontlines: A Conversation on Revolutionary Feminism with Selma James

SOUL SUNDAY SCHOOL

3-5pm
Sunday, April 1, 2012
1904 Franklin Street (@19th Street) Suite 904
Oakland

Webinar: Serving People with Cognitive Disabilities

Training opportunity through the Advocacy Caucus for Persons with Disabilities of CALCASA.  
We are fortunate to have Stacy Everson, Executive Director of SEEDS Educational Services, Inc. on Serving People with Cognitive Disabilities.  This training will focus on increasing your knowledge about people with cognitive disabilities, their strengths, and the barriers they face in our community as well as helping to build your skills to effectively advocate for survivors with care and respect. 

This training is scheduled on March 27^th from 2:00-4:00pm

Please register using the following link: https://calcasa.ilinc.com/register/hptzvzv

ARC’s Spring 2012 Racial Justice Webinar Series

http://www.arc.org/content/view/2303/219/
not free.

“Changing the Conversation on Race”
March 15, 1pm ET/10am PT

“Taking Real Steps Towards Racial Justice”
April 19, 1pm ET/10am PT

CALCASA: A hidden battle – sexual assault in the military

Did you know:

• Military women are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier then killed by enemy fire?
• Only 8% if sexual assault cases are prosecuted in the military and only 2% of those result in convictions?

Read More Here:  http://calcasa.org/calcasa/a-hidden-battle-sexual-assault-in-the-military/

Webinar on Assessing Trauma in Recovery-Oriented Practice

Webinar next week on assessing trauma in people with symptoms of mental illness:
 http://www.thenetwork123.com/resources/webcasts/1052-qassessing-for-and-addressing-trauma-in-recovery-oriented-practiceq.html

Training: Revolutionary Youth Media Education

RYME- Revolutionary Youth Media Education for youth 12-19 years old.

The RYME program includes radio, video and on-line journalism (blog) production as well as poetry, performance and theatre, organizing and consciousness on poverty, racism, migration, police brutality and liberation

All classes are taught bi-lingually and include lunch

Full scholarship and stipends offerred to low-income youth.

Program begins June 7th-Space is limited. Registration deadline is May 15th.

Applications can be downloaded here: http://www.poormagazine.org/node/3854

For more information contact us by email at deeandtny@poormagazine.org

Orientation Session: CCSF Trauma Prevention and Recovery Certificate

4/28 6-8p
https://docs.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bWFpbC5jY3NmLmVkdXxqYW5leS1za2lubmVyfGd4OjQzZTk4YzRhODFkMzViZWI

Free EFT workshops

If you are interested in a great self-help tool, come learn how to do EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) for FREE. On Monday evenings, I now offer a free monthly workshop, and a new weekly ongoing group. Please scroll down to register. Please post or forward this announcement.

FREE workshop last Monday of the month 6:15-6:45pm

Monday evenings weekly ongoing group 7:15-8:45pm

1/2 CEU available for workshop for MFTs and LCSWs for $5

Exact address and directions sent upon registration
near El Cerrito Plaza BART station

Book Release: The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence in Activist Communities

The extent of the violence affecting our communities is staggering. Nearly one in three women in the United States will experience intimate violence in her lifetime. And while intimate violence affects relationships across the sexuality and gender spectrums, the likelihood of isolation and irreparable harm, including death, is even greater within LGBTQI communities. To effectively resist violence out there—in the prison system, on militarized borders, or other clear encounters with "the system"—we must challenge how it is reproduced right where we live. It's one thing when the perpetrator is the police, the state, or someone we don't know. It's quite another when that person is someone we call a friend, lover, and trusted ally.

Based on the popular zine that had reviewers and fans alike demanding more, The Revolution Starts at Home finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the "open secret" of intimate violence—by and toward caretakers, in romantic partnerships, and in friendships—within social justice movements. This watershed collection compiles stories and strategies from survivors and their allies, documenting a decade of community accountability work and delving into the nitty-gritty of creating safety from abuse without relying on the prison industrial complex.

Fearless, tough-minded, and ultimately loving, The Revolution Starts at Home offers life-saving alternatives for ensuring survivor safety while building a road toward a revolution where no one is left behind.

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic.
Kundiman Fellow Jai Dulani is an interdisciplinary storyteller and activist/educator.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is the author of Consensual Genocide.

Andrea L. Smith is Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside. She is the award-winning author and/or editor of several books, including Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances; Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide; The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex; and Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology. Smith currently serves as the US Coordinator for the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians, and she is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence. She recently completed a report for the United Nations on Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools.

Webinar: Truth, Healing and Reconciliation

Sandra White Hawk, AHA Advisory Group member, will present an historical overview of the removal of large numbers of Native American children from their tribal families during two periods in U.S. history. She will share her personal story as one of the children removed from her Indian family and describe how it impacted her life. White Hawk will also discuss how she drew from this experience in pioneering opportunities for Native adoptees and formerly fostered individuals to reconnect with their tribal communities by developing Truth, Healing and Reconciliation forums, now offered throughout the United States. AHA will sponsor one of White Hawk's forums in the Twin Cities in March 2011.

Fees
$15.00 Webinar only
$15.00 CD only
$20.00 CD and Webinar

To register, call Anne Johnson at 612-746-5122. Registration will NOT be available the day of the webinar.

CalCASA Web Conferences!

https://calcasa.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/event.pl?pp=calcasa#none

CalCASA has a number of web conferences that you can attend. Many are available at any time and some are time specific. Check out the link above to learn more about topics that range from Creating Effective Programs... to Confidentiality.

These count towards your continuing education if you are a CA Certified Rape Crisis Counselor.

Anne Braden Anti-Racist Training Program

In Spring of 2011, Catalyst Project will be offering...

The Anne Braden Anti-Racist Training Program
For White Social Justice Activists

This four month political education and leadership development program is designed to support the political development, skills, and analysis of white activists in becoming accountable, principled anti-racist organizers building multiracial movements for justice. The program will begin in February of 2011. Applications are due by October 1stof 2010.