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June 2020
When Coercion Feels Like Choice: impact of sex trafficking on the brain
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Join two nationally recognized trainers as they integrate the experience of being domestically sex trafficked with the science of trauma. About this Event This event occurs from 10:00am-12:00pm PDT on THREE consecutive Fridays, June 12, 19, & 26. At the age of 17, Bekah Charleston found herself trapped as a victim in the world of domestic sex trafficking. This six-hour training, split into three two-hour webinars over three consecutive Fridays, will feature Ms. Charleston sharing her experience of survival, while…
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future with Culturally Specific Innovations
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future with Culturally Specific Innovations Tuesday, June 23, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT Moderator: Zoe Flowers Panelists: Purvi Shah and Maria del Rosario Franco-Rahman This dynamic virtual roundtable will highlight the need to lift up the pre-pandemic innovations being made by culturally specific organizations in reaching and supporting survivors from communities of color. Participants will be provided with culturally specific responses that extend beyond leaving, going to shelter, and calling the police. Participants will…
Elder Abuse: What Do We Know from Research and Practice
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Please join us for our June webinar: Elder Abuse: What Do We Know from Research and Practice CVR researchers Storm Ervin and Erica Henderson will present findings from CVR’s synthesis on elder abuse, exploring a wide range of abusive behaviors and including materials produced by researchers, practitioners, and organizations dedicated to aging and elder abuse. Our guest speaker, Mary Lynn Kasunic, from the Area Agency on Aging, Region One, will describe practitioners’ observations in the field and the nation’s first…
July 2020
Heading Off the Risk of Exploitation
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Heading Off the Risk of Exploitation After natural disasters we know the risk of exploitation rises. What we don’t know is how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the risk of exploitation. This webinar will discuss preparing for the aftermath of the pandemic, ideas for reducing exploitation of vulnerable/targeted populations, and ways NGOs can support exploited individuals.
Boys and Men of Color: Healing from Systemic and Interpersonal Trauma
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Please join us for this virtual roundtable to engage in an intergenerational conversation about the hurt, pain, and rage experienced by boys and men of color. Panelists will contextualize the role of racial and historical trauma within the experience of interpersonal violence and trauma. Insight on how trauma symptomatology for men of color has often been criminalized and a hypersensitivity of Black and Brown male masculinity can contribute to over-policing Black and Brown communities, police brutality and murder, dehumanization, and…
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future of Protective Structures
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future of Protective Structures Tuesday, July 7, 11:00 to 12:30 PT Moderator: Zoe Flowers Panelists: Purvi Shah, Maria del Rosario Franco-Rahman, Annika Leonard, and Lórien Castelle Participants will be asked to explore the importance of community-based solutions for addressing gender-based violence and will be provided with an overview of current community-based models for change. This discussion will also highlight the critical role of allies and will share methods for building meaningful relationships and supporting culturally…
Identity Theft and Fraud Concerns for Businesses
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This session will provide an overview of business identity theft and its ramifications. Attendees will learn how to report and correct business identity theft and about the model approach designed by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Colorado Secretary of State. Additionally, this session will include information about ongoing national efforts to raise awareness about business identity theft. Presenters will also discuss other ways perpetrators use stolen information to defraud business such as business email compromises, fraudulent websites, and wire transfers,…
Ibram X. Kendi on “How to be an Antiracist”
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his renowned book “How to Be an Antiracist” on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College. Dr. Dukes is the first African-American woman to serve as president of the College and has 30 years of progressive leadership experience and administrative responsibility in higher education. The conversation will be streamed live online on Crowdcast, Facebook, YouTube, and…
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future of Organizing
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Way Forward: Shaping the Future of Organizing Tuesday, July 21, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PT Moderator: Zoe Flowers Panelists: Junetta Jamerson and Annika Leonard Participants will be provided with an overview of the strategies employed by organizers from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Movement in Canada and connect the dots to the experiences of survivors of color in the United States. Our virtual panel will then utilize the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the Indigenous organizers…
World View Signs & Symptoms and How to Mitigate Them
Regional Victim Assistance Training
This six part webinar series will address secondary trauma and traumatic stress in order to help law enforcement, prosecutors, and other investigative personnel identify, reduce, and address the traumatic impact of their work in combating child sexual exploitation. The webinar series will detail how and why stress and trauma manifest, what signs and symptoms we should be looking out for, as well as how to mitigate the effect by using everyday tools, techniques and coping strategies. The first webinar in…