Advocates to the Front! 2024 WSCADV Conference

This workshop will cover important updates to gender-based violence statutes that legal advocates need to know as they navigate working with survivors.

Come learn about the evidence-based Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) model, focused on getting survivors of domestic violence into stable housing as quickly as possible, and then providing the necessary support as they rebuild their lives.

A comprehensive overview of WAISN’s advocacy and action plans designed to support and empower immigrant communities, with a special focus on supporting victims of domestic violence through advocacy, resources, and community-building efforts.

Black and Indigenous People of Color and our communities all face unique challenges as we aim to protect our communities from violence and preserve bodily autonomy. Join us for a purposefully nourishing and interactive workshop navigating storytelling as an important tool for unity in our advocacy. Do you know why you do what you do? Do you need a refresher to tap into your reserve of hope? Generating a personal and organizational narrative empowers fundraising, and expanded outreach to victims and supporters! There is no need to sanitize or professionalize our stories. By sharing our history and origin stories, we personalize polarizing issues and expand empathy for our movements. This workshop will be one one-part presentation, one-part sharing in small groups, and one-part collective conference closing. We'll wrap up our workshop and close the conference together as we collectively synthesize key takeaways and next steps as advocates for gender-based violence prevention.

This space is for BIPOC advocates and people of the global majority. To our white-identified allies and colleagues, this workshop is not for you.