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Anti-Violence Advocate – Give your time and join a caucus

Are you interested in working to end sexual and domestic violence?  If you are not interested in joining the board of a local agency, committee work is just as needed and a very creative way be involved.  The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance has many task forces, caucuses and committees to join for your particular interest related to anti-violence work, many that meet around the state to make it easier for people all over Virginia to get involved.   Below is a list hosted by the Action Alliance with contact information.  Give us a call and join us to help end violence in our communities.


Task Forces, Caucuses & Committee Meetings

Child Advocacy Task Force-next meeting 3/11/2011 Charlottesville

For more information contact: Arlene Vassell-Richards avassell-richards@vsdvalliance.org

Wild Women of Wisdom Task Force-

For more information contact: Walker Thornton walkerthornton@comcast.net

South West Task Force

For more information contact: Rose Leone rleone@vsdvalliance.org

Northern Virginia Task Force-next meeting 3/15/2011 Alexandria

For more information contact: Kathleen Kelmelis kathleen.kelmelis@fairfaxcounty.gov

Women of Color Caucus

For more information contact: Cathy Coleman or Tishaun Harris-Ugworji cmaxfield@vsdvalliance.org tishaun.harrisugworji@dss.virginia.gov

Queer Caucus-next meeting 5/19/2011 at the membership meeting location TBD

For more information contact:  Rachel Smith avp.rsmith@gmail.com

Survivor Caucus For more information contact: Barbara Shine

survivorcaucus@gmail.com www.freewebs.com/survivorcaucus

Training Institute Committee

For more information contact Quillan Drew qdrew@vsdvalliance.org

Principles and Process Committee-next meeting 5/26/2011 Richmond 12pm

For more information contact: Jeanine Beiber jbeiber@vsdvalliance.org

Leadership Development Committee-

For more information contact: Jeanine Beiber jbeiber@vsdvalliance.org

Public Policy Committee

For more information contact: Kristine Hall  khall@vsdvalliance.org Gena Boyle gboyle@vsdvalliance.org

Accreditation Committee

For more information contact: Linda Winston lwinston@vsdvalliance.org Darlene Ward dward@alliance.org

Coalition Development Committee

For more information contact Megan Wood mwood@vsdvalliance.org

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Ways to Support DV Awareness #15 – change your online profile status to support your local shelter

On facebook?  Change your online profile status to link to your local shelter or statewide coalition

Virginia: The Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance  vsdvalliance.org

Richmond:  The YWCA   www.ywcarichmond.org

Henrico County: Safe Harbor www.thesafeharborshelter.org

Fredericksburg: RCASA www.rcasa.org RCDV  www.rcdv.com

 

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Action Needed – Support Services for Victims of Violence

Earlier I posted a press release by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance detailing the proposed budgets released by the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.  There are significant differences between the House and Senate proposals and we need everyone’s help to bridge the gap and protect funding for domestic violence services.
The House Appropriations Committee is recommending a budget that includes significant cuts for domestic violence services (31%).
The Senate Finance Committee is recommending a budget that minimizes cuts for domestic violence services (7.5% ) and also includes an increase in the marriage license fee to $45 to provide funding for services to children and youth.
The Action Alliance is calling on its membership and supporting community members to ask our state Senators and Delegates to support an increase in the marriage license fee to preserve the opportunity to provide services to children and youth exposed to sexual and domestic violence without sacrificing services to adults victims of domestic violence services.

Each body will be voting on their respective budgets on Thursday, and then a conference committee will be appointed to try to resolve the differences and come up with one budget.
They need to hear from you that there is a revenue source in the Senate Budget to protect funding for domestic violence services.

Following are some steps that you can take:
1. Contact your state Senator:
  • Call your state Senator, express gratitude for the Senate Finance Committee’s support of domestic violence programs, and ask him/her to support the recommended budget of the Senate Finance Committee who worked hard to protect domestic violence program funding and supported the budget amendment for children’s services.
  • Send a personal letter (it can be brief) to your Senator immediately after your call to follow-up and reiterate in writing the need for them to support the Senate Finance Committee’s proposed budget and increase in the marriage license fee.
2. Contact your state Delegate
3. Contact anyone you know who is concerned about the safety of domestic violence survivors and their children, and ask them to also contact their Senators and their Delegates.

4. Contact your local domestic violence program and ask how you can support their action steps in your community.

5. After taking action, please let us know and share with us how it went by sending an email to dhaynes@vsdvalliance.org or making a post to the 1,000 Grandmothers Campaign on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/1000-Grandmothers-Campaign/275846239928?ref=mf
If you have any questions or concerns about this information, please free to contact the Action Alliance Co-Directors, Jeanine Beiber or Kristi VanAudenhove at directors@vsdvalliiance.org or 804-377-0335.
Thank you for your support!
Carol Olson, Governing Body Member and Executive Director of the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault
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Virginia has a plan for Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence

Our statewide sexual and domestic violence agency: The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance (VSDVAA) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented a project on domestic violence prevention back in 2003.  This program continues and will continue past 2009.  This project, the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) major role was to develop the Virginia Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Plan.  The overall goal was to create evidenced-based strategies that prevent first-time perpetration of intimate partner violence.  Goals were developed for the next 8 – 10 years with achievement by 2014.

Goal 1:  Increase the number and diversity of communities in Virginia that engage in effective programs to promote healthy relationships. This goal is to increase funding to $500,000 a year, located 50% of the projects in historically oppressed communities and increase the capacity of local communities to engage in the promotion of healthy relationships.

Goal 2: Increase the VSDVAA members commitment to achieving economic equality in Virginia. This goal will achieve the salaries of all staff to a living wage with family leave and health care benefits for partners and dependents, increase member agencies to be able to provide the same, and increase organizational commitment to address racism by 25 percent.

Goal 3:  Increase the capacity of young adults to effectively identify and respond to behaviors that may be precursors to IPV. 75% of students surveyed on 3 diverse college campuses and 75% of high school students, after the Red Flag Campaign, will demonstrate that they are more likely to intervene in behaviors that are potential precursors to intimate partner violence.

Goal 4: Increase the resources available to professionals who serve youth for building healthy relationship skills and positive racial identify for African-American youth in pre-K through elementary school. This goal is do develop a partnership with key leaders from the African-American community and develop five new tools for modeling healthy relationships; promoting media literacy related to gender, race, and violence; teaching skills for engaging in healthy relationships; providing lessons that promote positive racial identity for pre-K through elementary-school-aged African-American children.

Goal 5: Increase our understanding of perpetration of intimate partner violence. This goal is to partner with Va. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and law enforcement leaders to structure a set of qualitative data, specific to perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence taht could be consistently collected in IPV homicide investigation and through surveillance.

This report has been originally published by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance.  You can request a full report by emailing info@vsdvalliance.org

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