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August 2019
A Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Healthcare: Providers’ Interactions with Families and Friends of Homicide Victims
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
The Center for Victim Research invites you to attend our upcoming webinar, “A Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Healthcare: Providers' Interactions with Families and Friends of Homicide Victims" on Thursday, August 22, 2019 from 2 to 3 pm ET. Dr. Jeanne Mastrocinque and Dr. Elizabeth Cerceo, the presenters of this webinar, will discuss findings from their research with families and friends of homicide victims (FFHV), which focused on interactions with the healthcare system and healthcare providers in the aftermath of a loved one's…
Moving Toward a Culture of Consent: Community Conversations Examining Sexual Violence
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
With high rates of sexual assault and discussion of it in the forefront of the news, our communities need a safe space to discuss it and move forward. Join SARC, in partnership with Oregon Humanities, for a three part conversation series examining the root causes of sexual violence and ways we can prevent it. Session one (8/15) will talk about how we see sexual violence happening and where we think it might be coming from. Session two (8/22) we will…
Moving Towards a Culture of Consent
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Description With high rates of sexual assault and discussion of it in the forefront of the news, our communities need a safe space to discuss it and move forward. Join SARC, in partnership with Oregon Humanities, for a three part conversation series examining the root causes of sexual violence and ways we can prevent it. Session one (8/11) will talk about how we see sexual violence happening and where we think it might be coming from. Session two (8/18) we…
Transformando A Una Cultura De Consentir: Conversaciones Para La Comunicad Sobre Violencia Sexual
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Con tasas altas de abuso sexual y dicusiones sobre en las noticas, nuestra comunidades neceistan un sitio seguro para discutir y avanzar. Unirá SARC en collboración con Oregon Humanities, para un sries de 3 conversaciones examinando los raices de violencia sexual y las maneras para prevenirlo. Sesión 1 (8/12) hablará sobre violencia sexual y como nosotros vemos y dónde pensamos que lo violencia originarse. Sesión 2 (8/19) hablará sobre los elementos de sano y dañino de las relaciones romanticas y…
Moving Toward a Culture of Consent: Community Conversations Examining Sexual Violence
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
With high rates of sexual assault and discussion of it in the forefront of the news, our communities need a safe space to discuss it and move forward. Join SARC, in partnership with Oregon Humanities, for a three part conversation series examining the root causes of sexual violence and ways we can prevent it. Session one (8/12) will talk about how we see sexual violence happening and where we think it might be coming from. Session two (8/19) we will…
Building Sustainable Partnerships between Human Trafficking Services and Workforce Development Programs
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
Webinar Description: Partnerships between organizations serving human trafficking survivors and workforce development programs can improve survivors’ access to a range of high-quality education and employment opportunities. This webinar will focus overcoming common challenges when building cross-sector collaborations between victim service providers and workforce development programs to help foster a strong foundation that mutually benefits collaborating agencies and survivors of human trafficking. Presenters include: Restore NYC, New York University and Osaka University, and Futures Without Violence This webinar is part of a PEOST project supported by Grant…
September 2019
Abuse in Later Life
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Join us as we come together with national experts on abuse in later life. This training uses actual case examples to facilitate discussion among professionals to enhance the current response to elder abuse victims. • Recognize what individuals and organizations can do to intervene in elder abuse cases. • Promote the understanding of agency roles and authority in responding to elder abuse matters. • Identify barriers within and between systems that impair or impede effective collaboration in elder abuse cases. • Support…
Tribal Protection Orders
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Webinar
This webinar will review best practices for drafting tribal protection orders to meet the needs of victims, invoke the Full Faith and Credit requirements of VAWA 2013, explore enforcement issues and review some of the promising strategies for enforcement of protection orders in outside jurisdictions.
Where Privacy, Safety and Technology Intersect: What You Need to Know to Serve Victims
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Oregon Advanced State Victim Assistance Academy Description National Crime Victim Law Institute is excited to announce that registration is now open for the Advanced Victim Assistance Academy: Where Privacy, Safety and Technology Intersect: What You Need to Know to Serve Victims. The training will be held in the Tilikum Room at the Portland Legal Building in Portland, Oregon, on September 19, 2019, 9am-4:30pm Toby Shulruff, a Senior Technology Safety Specialist at the National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Safety Net Project will…
2019 Core DV/SA Advocacy Training
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Featuring an ensemble cast of highly-experienced instructors, this week-long training is designed to fulfill the state training requirements for domestic and sexual violence victim advocates. Registration will open in mid-June.