ACESDV is pleased to convene a workgroup to network, learn, and grow, specifically for rural sexual violence service providers in northern and central Arizona. This workgroup will take place on Friday, May 10th, in-person, at the Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center in Tucson, AZ. Come prepared to discuss challenge areas, share resources, and collaborate on improving […]
This is a 5-day, 40-hour, interactive, basic domestic violence training. This training will include topics such as safety planning, legal issues, dynamics of power and oppression, advocacy, empowerment, advocacy skills, […]
Sexual Violence in Detention Centers and Correctional Facilities is a 90-minute training that intends to discuss the extended and obscured history of sexual violence within correctional facilities and detention centers. This training seeks to focus on how systems of power, using incarceration as a tool, have been utilized to place vulnerable groups of people into spaces […]
This 90-minute webinar will review the basics of T-Visas for victims of human trafficking, and U-Visas for victims of abuse. We will discuss how these are obtained, who qualifies, and provide additional resources for advocates serving non-immigrant survivors. The project was supported by Subgrantee No.15J-OVW-21-GG-00553-STOP awarded by the state administering office for the Office of […]
1 in 5 adults in the United States live with a mental illness – yet there is still so much stigma surrounding mental health in the United States. This webinar will provide attendees with some historical context surrounding the United States’ response to mental illness from the 19th century until today, and how domestic violence […]
Join us during this quarterly in person gathering! We have committed as a committee to prioritize creating space that is centered in care and healing. Quarterly we are gathering to do exactly that! I am more than excited to be in community with you each as we celebrate each other as a community. This Saturday, […]
This workshop, facilitates by Memory Dawn Long Chase with SWIWC, will explore how to support safety for survivors when substances are involved. We will explore the need for a victim-centered, trauma informed response to survivors that have co-occurring issues with drug and alcohol dependency. Using a harm reduction framework, we will discuss how best to […]
Please join us virtually on May 28th from 10am-1pm for a conversation about Arizona’s abortion ban and it’s impact on survivors, as well as a discussion about voluntary services within programs. We would like to invite at least one direct service staff in addition to a supervisor from each agency that attends, as these topics […]
According to SAMHSA, Harm reduction is a practical and transformative approach that incorporates community-driven public health strategies — including prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion — to empower people who use drugs (and their families) with the choice to live healthy, self-directed, and purpose-filled lives. Harm reduction centers the lived and living experience of people […]