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January 2019
Healing Together: Shifting Approaches to End Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s): This resource centers the experiences of women of color and people harmed by their partners, connecting violence against women to broader efforts advancing racial justice and prompting a paradigm shift in the field of intimate partner violence by moving beyond traditional strategies and responses that rely on punishment and criminalization to highlight restorative responses grounded in community, healing, and transformative justice to improve safety for survivors.
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- Training Tools
January 2019
Indigenous Ally Toolkit
Publisher(s): This toolkit offers concrete strategies and action steps for being an ally to Indigenous nations. The toolkit provides best practices for folks who feel inclined to join Indigenous causes, outlines proper terms, grammar and common misconceptions, and offers strategies for taking action.
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January 2019
Expect Respect Program Overview: A School-Based Program for Preventing Teen Dating Violence and Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships
Publisher(s):The Expect Respect Program is a school-based program designed to promote safe and healthy relationships.
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January 2019
Why Faith Matters: Responding to Sexual Violence and Abuse: A Handbook for Advocates and Allies
Publisher(s): Spirituality and religion may be essential aspects of a victim's/ survivor's life and identity. This handbook, written for advocates, addresses key questions and issues that may arise in the aftermath of sexual violence and abuse and offers ways for advocates and allies to support survivors.
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January 2019
Data Breaches & Victim Service Providers: Considerations for Developing Effective Policies
Publisher(s): This page from NNEDV's Safety Net Project outlines considerations for programs to discuss in order to best manage data and create solid data breach policies that prioritize survivor safety and privacy.
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- NRCDV Publications
December 2018
We exist! As a woman of color, how can I find my place in the domestic violence movement?
Publisher(s):The movement to end domestic violence continues to struggle to address the ways in which it has historically disregarded, dismissed and devalued women of color. In NRCDV's December 2018 TA Question of the Month, Ivonne Ortiz lifts up the history and challenges of women of color in the movement and offers strategies for advocates of color to stay connected and bring their whole selves to the work.
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- NRCDV Publications
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December 2018
WEBINAR: ACE-DV Speakers Initiative Series: Navigating Challenges in Storytelling with Audiences
Publisher(s):In this panel discussion, representatives of the ACE-DV Leadership Forum strategize together about common audience-generated challenges when sharing our stories in public spaces.
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December 2018
Serving Teen Survivors: A Manual for Advocates
Publisher(s): Though factors such as mandated reporting and confidentiality may be seen as barriers to working with teens, they are simply aspects of working with this age group. This manual is designed to help those providing services to survivors of sexual violence serve teens using a trauma-informed approach.
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December 2018
Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions
Publisher(s):The tax codes of the federal government and over half the states have some type of child and dependent care (CADC) tax provision that reduces the amount of tax owed by families and, in some instances, increases their tax refunds. This suite of Making Care Less Taxing materials from the National Women's Law Center provides a comprehensive overview of CADC tax provisions.
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December 2018
Officer-Involved Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This webpage provides an overview on the topic of Officer Involved Domestic Violence (OIDV) and provides links to additional information.
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- NRCDV Publications
November 2018
What else can men do to prevent domestic and sexual violence?
Publisher(s): Because preventing gender-based violence is everyone’s responsibility, and because men are particularly well positioned to influence masculine norms and men’s behavior, NRCDV's November 2018 TA Question of the Month, authored by Colleen Yeakle of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, asks “What else can men do to prevent domestic and sexual violence?”
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November 2018
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A Snapshot of Data from 71 Urban Cities in the United States
Publisher(s): This report details findings from the Urban Indian Health Institute's 2017 study aimed at assessing the number and dynamics of cases of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls in cities across the United States.