VAWnet Event Calendar

Gain the knowledge and skills to create and facilitate effective, emotionally intelligent meetings. Learn how to design agendas and activities that foster productive collaboration, while also responding to group dynamics and strong emotions that often arise during discussions on equity. Through practical strategies and frameworks, you'll gain the tools to guide teams toward deeper engagement, stronger connections, and more effective decision-making. Perfect for leaders and facilitators seeking to create spaces where all voices are heard and equity-driven work can thrive.

For better or worse, media coverage of crime is here to stay. Crime survivors and victim advocates know the media glare can be unwelcome and intrusive. There are also times it can be useful, such as renewing investigators’ attention on unsolved crimes or raising awareness of victims’ issues and resources for survivors. The National Center for Victims of Crime has published a guide to help victims and advocates navigate media coverage.

Join NYSCADV on May 28 and 29, 2025, for our second annual Economic Empowerment Summit, where we explore economic justice as a tool for survivors to rebuild independence and financial security after abuse. The summit will focus on providing advocates with skills and tools to equip survivors with tools for economic independence, workforce development and the complex interplay between financial and mental well-being.

This webinar will explore how to develop and maintain employer partnerships and considerations to ensure the safety, well-being, success, and contributions of survivors in the workplace.

This webinar will explore how service providers can support survivors in the development of their entrepreneurial efforts and how service provider agencies can appropriately engage survivor entrepreneurs as compensated consultants.

This webinar will explore how to incorporate a range of accommodations for survivors with a range of disabilities into new or existing economic empowerment programs.