Do you have an upcoming training? Or another event you want to share with the Violence Free Colorado community? Post an event on our website calendar! 

August 8 at 11:30am: Campus Sexual and Dating Violence: The Role of Campus Health Centers (FWV)

Best practices for implementing a comprehensive IPV/SV protocol that includes staff training, routine assessment, student outreach, and partnerships.

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Hunger isn’t about too many people and too little food. Hunger is about inequality. When individuals are hungry, they are forced into impossible choices that make them vulnerable to violence or to staying in violent relationships.
 
Join Hunger Free Colorado's Maryann McLendon (Food Assistance Program Manager) and Taylor Washington (Community Engagement Manager) as they present an overview of hunger in Colorado, research on the health-related impacts of hunger, and resources opportunities to prevent and address hunger.

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August 14 at 1pm: Serving Survivors of Domestic Violence Strangulation (BWJP)

Realistic and innovative ways to help those affected by domestic violence strangulation. 

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August 16 at 1pm: Know More, Do More: Identifying and Responding to Stalking (BWJP)

Recognize common tactics used by stalkers; Conduct stalking-specific risk assessments; and, Identify key safety-planning strategies to address these tactics. 

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August 17 at 11am: Beyond Halal and Haram: Muslims, Sex, and Relationships (FWV)

This webinar will describe an evidence-informed universal education intervention on relationships and its impact on health, and features a new safety card specific to American Muslims.

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August 21 at 1pm: Think. Rethink: Mandatory Reporting Practices (NWN)

Unpack the impact of mandatory reporting on help seeking and identify practical strategies to decrease negative consequences of reporting and increase survivor safety and self-determination. 

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August 23 at noon: La Justicia Reproductiva y los inmigrantes (presented in Spanish) (CCASA)

Este taller es para todos los adultos que se sienten  interesados en apoya y proveer servicios en el marco de la justicia reproductiva & la violencia sexual.

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August 23 at noon: Building an Elder Justice Unit in South Dakota (OVC-TTAC)

The Elder Justice Initiative will discuss the unique role of Elder Justice Units in prosecuting elder abuse cases. 

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August 27 at noon: Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual (OVC-TTAC)

Online Expert Q&A discussion with Barbara Rubel on "Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual." 

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August 28 at noon: Victim Safety and Offender Accountability: The Intimate Partner Violence Interventions (BWJP)

The Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) aims to create meaningful deterrence for the most chronic and dangerous offenders, while promoting safety for victims. 

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September 6 at noon: Digging Deeper: When Consent is Not Consent (OVC-TTAC)

The Elder Justice Initiative discusses the concept of consent, which underlies a range of actions in criminal and civil law, including gifting money.  

September 19-20: Enhancing Organizational Capacity for Our Communities: Capacity Building Training for OVW, CSSP, Underserved, Tribal, and Rural Grantees (APIGBV) Location: Portland, OR

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October 15-16: Veterans and Domestic Violence: Improving Safety, Accountability, and Intervention (BWJP) Location: Jacksonville, FL

Your Input is Needed: Violence Free Colorado is partnering with the Center for Survivor Agency & Justice and Adrienne Adams, a researcher from Michigan State University, on a study to better understand survivors’ economic well-being. 
We support this project because the information gained from this study will be used to develop a tool that can be used by advocates, programs, and researchers to assess survivors' economic well-being. Also, the study will produce important information about economic abuse, its effects, and the help survivors have received and need to address it.  
We’re asking our member programs to partner in this study by recruiting survivors to fill out a paper survey. If your agency were to participate, your staff would tell clients about the study, provide those who are interested with the survey and a private space in which to complete it, thank them with a $5 gift card, and then return completed surveys to Adrienne at MSU. The researchers will provide all necessary materials, gift cards, and postage. The timeline for the survey is available at the end of this email. Please note: Your program and survivor participation in this study are completely voluntary. 

If you would like to find out more about what is involved in this study or if you are interested in partnering on the project, please email Sara from CSAJ and Adrienne from MSU. Their email addresses are sarawee@csaj.org and adamsadr@msu.edu. Deadline to confirm: Aug 10, 2018.

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Your Input is Needed: The Center for Court Innovation, an independent nonprofit, in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, is conducting a study to understand the role of judicial engagement in Coordinated Community Response Models (CCRs). The study is funded by the Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women (OVW). You are invited to complete the National Portrait of Coordinated Community Response Models Survey. This survey is intended for domestic violence advocates and judges who are part of a CCR. Deadline: Oct 31, 2018