“This project by ambassadors Justine & Chelsea is still continuing and it has such a strong message. Everyone can relate to someone in Just Kidding, Just Fine and Other Lies.”
Bukky is a high school student in Idaho and a youth activist and organizer at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, a prevention organization that engages communities and youth to understand the intersections between all oppression.
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Archived Ambassador Missions
Check out the monthly Missions listed below. For every Mission you complete, you’ll receive up to 15 points that you can use to get to the next Ambassador level. We’ll also feature Ambassadors here each month, so …
Title: Success stories: Using FVPSA ARP COVID funding to promote survivor health
Date: February 29,2024
Recording w/ ASL and Spanish Interpretation
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Description: In 2021, the Office of Family Violence Prevention …
Title: Centering Survivor Dignity: Applying the Wisdom of Social Movements to Address Health Needs
Last Tuesdays with the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
March-August 2024
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Dates:
March 26th, 2024:
What do you want people to know about the work …
Welcome to The Warm Line, a groundbreaking series dedicated to shedding light on gender-based violence. Join Kiesha Preston and Suzette Wright, both passionate advocates and survivors, as they navigate through the complexities …
To achieve our vision, FUTURES commits to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging – both within our organization and throughout our work. We advocate for access and opportunity for all communities, both …
Title: Supporting Survivors of Trafficking with Intellectual Disabilities: Prevention and Response Through Multi-Systems Collaboration
Date: January 25, 2024
Time: 11:00 am PT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET (90 minutes)
Recording with Closed Captioning and ASL Interpretation
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Bridges to Better is a new way of thinking about how to improve the lives of children and families who have been impacted by domestic violence who are in the child welfare system or are …
In partnership with Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community and Black women leaders in Black maternal and reproductive health and Black liberation, The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence convenes the Safety and …
We’re excited to share several new resources that can help …
Title: Re-imagining Financial Literacy for Survivors
Description: Financial literacy is considered a key component of economic empowerment for many service providers in the anti-trafficking and domestic violence field. However, topics like budgeting, savings and managing credit do not always …
There was a time when emergency department staff routinely treated …
As Father’s Day approaches, everyone at Futures Without Violence thanks …
The leading cause of death during pregnancy and immediately after …
It’s Women’s History Month, a time to mark the …
Title: Lessons Learned About Survivor-Centered Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic (3-part Webinar Series)
Dates: March 23, 2022, 11AM PST/ 2PM EST
April 27, 2022, 11AM PST/2PM EST
May 25, 2022, 11AM PST/2PM EST
Tammy Aguiniga-Garretson is a Program Assistant with the Health team and helps manage the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC) store. Tammy graduated from Sonoma State University with a BA in History. She spent several …
Ketayoun Darvich-Kodjouri (she/her/hers) is responsible for external communications at FUTURES. Her role is to broaden the organization’s visibility by directing multi-platform communications that engage audiences in the belief that we can achieve a world without violence.
She’s …
This week, we honor the life of the Reverend Doctor …
Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day (HCADV Day) 2022
Reproductive Justice is Survivor Justice: Bodily Autonomy, Health, and Safety Panel
Wednesday, October 12th at 10am PT/11am MT/12pm CT/1pm ET – 90 Minutes
STAGES Project Mission:
Futures Without Violence is dedicated to developing and implementing innovative strategies to prevent and address elder abuse beyond the traditional legal system. Through the STAGES project, we aim to promote restorative justice, economic justice, legal system
…Megha Rimal, MSW, is a Program Specialist on the Health team. Megha provides programmatic and technical assistance support for the National Health Initiative on Violence including the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC) and Health …
Medical mandatory reporting laws require that healthcare providers report violent injuries to law enforcement, even if the adult patient does not want a report to be made. Though enacted with good intentions, medical mandatory reporting requirements create barriers for survivors …
Trate de motivarles a reflexionar de una manera abierta, honesta y con profundidad …
Encourage open, honest, and thoughtful reflection about relationships. Allow kids—especially boys—to express their ideas and expectations for the relationships in their life. …
To all survivors and anyone living with violence or abuse – you are more than worthy of love, of joy, of thriving. Whatever your experience is, please know …
Are you doing equity work in your community or organization or want to get started? In this webinar, equity, leadership, and improvement consultant Kristene Cristobal shares a framework about how to center equity…
In the Persian language, there is a word for rooms …
In the United States, over the course of their …
Paige is a Program Assistant with the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC). She received her Bachelor’s in Politics from Willamette University, where she was both a sexual assault peer advocate and a …
As a Program Manager at FUTURES, Anisa provides training/technical assistance and develops educational materials for the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence to improve the health care system’s response to violence and abuse, and promote prevention. …
Tiffany Garner, MA, MPA
Tiffany Garner currently serves as the Policy Advocate for Children & Health at Futures Without Violence in Washington, DC. Prior to her time at Futures, she focused on preventing further …
Survivors of human trafficking often face a set of compounding obstacles that prevent them from accessing and sustaining safe employment opportunities with secure wages. The existing vulnerabilities exploited by traffickers and the harm caused by trafficking are further exacerbated for …
Throughout history, September has been a significant month for the labor movement in the United States. In celebration of Labor …
Description:
The relationship between substance use and human trafficking is complex and across the spectrum. Frequently, there are elements of force, fraud, and coercion. However, survivors often voluntarily use substances as a mechanism to cope with the physical and mental …
Title: Intersection of Human Trafficking and Substance Use: Trauma-Informed Care and Collaboration Strategies to Support Survivors
Date: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
Description:
The relationship between substance use and human trafficking is …
There are many ways to structure teen dating violence prevention programming, but our experience and research have shown us that four key elements prove especially crucial to ensuring the success of prevention efforts; engaging those who influence middle schoolers; educating …
Middle school is a critical time for kids. They begin to see themselves and their relationships with others in new ways—shaped by a unique set of influences and changes that arrive in their lives.
We all know how critical these …
Vivian Baylor is the Administrative Program Coordinator at Futures Without Violence, working on the Learning and Leadership team. Baylor began her career as a sexual assault victim advocate before transitioning to program manager at the Eastern Panhandle …
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was implemented to help job seekers access job training and education, gain high-quality employment, and receive critical tools and services in order to succeed in the labor …
Anisa believes that all survivors deserve access to trauma-informed, culturally-responsive health care, and that health settings can be an important place of support for survivors. As a Program Manager at FUTURES, Anisa provides training and technical assistance …
Tiffany Garner currently serves as the Policy Advocate for Children & Health at Futures Without Violence in Washington, DC. Prior to her time at Futures, she focused on preventing further firearm violence and homicides through …
In partnership with state domestic and sexual violence coalitions across the country, the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence convenes the Coalition Working Group on Health. This working group meets to advance public health approaches to addressing domestic and …
