We are excited to announce a new learning series opportunity for OCADSV Member Programs. BB Beltran & Hilary Levine will facilitate the Emerging Leaders Learning Series. This series will consist of five facilitated discussions geared towards growing equitable and foundational leadership skills for community based domestic and sexual violence programs. The series is a good … Read more
Pets are a part of the family, and there are barriers to ensuring pets are safe when someone seeks shelter. Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T) has a list of pet-friendly domestic violence shelters across the country to consider.
Article review written by Choya Adkison-Stevens, OCADSV Equity and Inclusion Coordinator In this piece, the author describes ways that #metoo has left sex workers — some of the people most likely to experience workplace sexual violence — behind. ‘They don’t want to include women like me.’ Sex Workers Left Out of #MeToo Movement — by Samantha Cooney … Read more
By Trisha Elizarde-Miller, OCADSV Executive Administrative Assistant RYT-200 trisha@ocadsv.org When was the last time you took a day off from work to focus on your own healing and restoration? In our movement to end domestic and sexual violence, particularly during a socio-political climate where tensions are constant, often times our response to those tensions is … Read more
By Choya Adkison-Stevens, OCADSV Equity & Inclusion Coordinator Last year the Oregon legislature approved a new type of protection order, ERPO, Extreme Risk Protection Order. According to a memo from Everytown, “Extreme risk protection orders — also called gun violence restraining orders — enable courts to temporarily prohibit a person from having guns if law enforcement … Read more
By Meagan Schorr, OCADSV Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Coordinator Within the last 15 years, the Resource Sharing Project, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, sibling coalitions, and others have developed valuable resources for the SA/DV field focused on how we can ensure SA services are internally and externally strong within dual/multi-service organizations. These resources … Read more
By Choya Adkison-Stevens, OCADSV Equity & Inclusion Coordinator Note: this piece is the first in a series supporting advocates to work with survivors around sex, sexuality and sexual health. Future columns may discuss such topics as sexual trauma, sex work, reproductive coercion, kink, non-monogamy, and others. If you have question, ideas, or experiences you want to … Read more
By Trisha Elizarde-Miller, OCADSV Executive Administrative Assistant Trisha Fey Yoga, 200-hr RYT Service providers can often undergo vicarious trauma, which may happen after hearing survivors talk about their traumatic experiences. Even though the service provider may not be involved directly in the survivor’s trauma, they may feel the same effects of the trauma that is … Read more
By Meagan Schorr, OCADSV Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Coordinator This summer and fall we have been busy building an exciting new partnership with the Oregon Child Support Program. This partnership has allowed for the opportunity to train Child Support staff on domestic violence and inform policy changes that better support customers of the Child … Read more
