On Purpose: 2022 WSCADV Conference

Let’s talk about when and why DV advocates are obligated to make child maltreatment reports, what happens after you make a report, the impacts of CPS interventions on DV survivors and their children, and how advocates can shoulder the obligation of mandatory reporting responsibly. Most importantly, how do we maintain our role as totally awesome, trustworthy and empowering advocates while also being mandatory reporters?

Come and preview two new characters that have been developed for the In Their Shoes Interactive Prevention activity. And also provide input for a potential College Edition. This is designed to be highly interactive with participants actually participating in the activity and then participating in the feedback of this tool as well as other tools preventionists need to add to their toolbox.

This workshop is designed for advocates who contract with CSOs (Community Service Offices, aka welfare offices) and Community Services Division (CSD) staff to connect, share resources, creatively problem solve, and network. Anyone working with survivors accessing public benefits like TANF, Food Stamps, or other cash assistance programs is welcome to attend and learn more about how to support survivors navigating this system.

Wonder how to interpret the Theory of Change for you prevention and advocacy work? Want to hash it out with other preventionists and advocates to make meaning, create your own roadmaps and engage in a critical discussion about how we reach our collective mountain top? Come and engage in this highly interactive workshop where we’ll take the 30,000 foot view and bring it to ground and hopefully have you leave with some new directions and energy to get there!

Survivors are safest when they have the freedom to write their own futures. Reproductive and bodily freedom have always been central to our movements against domestic violence. This year’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade erodes the protections that survivors need to find safety and freedom. But together, we will continue our work to create a world where all people can live and love freely, without fear.

This workshop will offer participants grounding in a reproductive justice framework as an approach for disrupting gender-based violence, identify strategies for supporting reproductive justice, healthcare, and abortion access with survivors, and explore effective messaging for talking about reproductive rights and abortion with our communities, boards, and supporters.

For many survivors who use substances, it is a way to cope with the traumatic effects of abuse, while some are also coerced into using by their abusive partner. Providing support to survivors experiencing this dependency can be challenging for any advocate to navigate. Come join the conversation on supporting survivors to make safer choices and encourage self-empowerment as they navigate their recovery. We will explore practical skills for relapse prevention, benefits and barriers to treatment programs, and discuss ways to integrate harm reduction into housing and shelter settings.