[image description: powerpoint slide that says “What is the role of support/education groups? Identify words or phrases that frame violence against women as an individual/psychological issue (blue poms) Identify words or phrases that frame violence against women as a social problem (purple poms).” On a table in front of the projected slide is a large clear glass vase filled with big soft pom-pom balls. There are mostly blue ones, a few...
[image description: large white poster paper is taped along a conference room wall. The first paper is titled 2015 and has yellow post-it notes with handwritten messages: NFL response to VAW, Campus organizing The Hunting Ground, Transgender bathroom use laws, anti-bullying programs. The next papers are titled 2010s, 2000, 1900s, they are covered in text and images (not legible) describing the history of the domestic/sexual violence...
[image description: black and white photo of four African American women standing in a doorway, smiling. They are wearing 1960’s style dresses. White card below the photo shows black text: ROSIE HEAD and ELESE GALLION (the two women on the right, standing in the center door after the April 1969 Freedom Democratic Party Countywide Meeting) were among the first five Milestone young adults to staff the Community Center. Both were in their twenties when the Movement and outside workers sparked them. Bothe were living with their parents (Rosie also with her children) when the Greenwood meetings started. Elese attended the 1963 meetings, worked with the ’64 outside volunteers, then trained to run the center in 1965. Work at the Community Center included running programs for children, coordinating health, clothing and welfare programs, responding to harassment, legal and emergency issues and voter...
Good morning from Minnesota! DeafHope is at the third training event for the Advocacy Learning Center. This week we are focused on community advocacy. Stay tuned for more! [image description: black text on cream paper “Without community, there is no liberation.” Audre Lorde (1934-1992) Audre Lorde was a Caribbean-American writer, poet, librarian and...
We are thrilled to have been chosen for an 18 month immersion program to elevate DVSV advocacy services. Through the Advocacy Learning Center, we are working with DVSV agencies from around the country to talk about our work to end violence against women. Our Empowerment Directors are in Minnesota for a few days, our third in person meeting – stay tuned for more updates! [image description: training poster showing a painting by Mali Kouanchao of three women of color raising their hands up together toward a swirling backdrop of blue sky, red mountains and green landscapes. The conference title is shown: The Advocacy Learning Center, a force for change. Welcome. Praxis International, Office on Violence Against Women,...
