Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Ending Violence Against Native Women Training Institute March 28-April 1

Announcement:

Greetings From Sacred Circle

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to participate in our ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN TRAINING INSTITUTE training, on March 28th - April 1st, 2011 in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Description:
The Ending Violence Against Native Women Training Institute provides a strong foundation for advocates and their allies to work effectively with their own programs and within a coordinated response. The Institute begins with a one day plenary session to build a shared understanding of the dynamics of violence against native women and highlights coordinated community response initiatives. The last 4 days you will attend one of the five workshops offered and closing ceremony.

There are 5 break-out workshops to choose from:
* Role of Batterers' Program Workshop: Batterers' Re-Education Program Facilitation.
* Role of Advocate's Workshop: Advocating for Women who have been Battered/Raped and their Children.
* Sexual Violence in the Lives of Native Women Workshop
* Role of Coordinated Community Response Workshop.
* Increasing the Safety of Native Women: Understanding Law and Public Policy

We are excited to offer the Public Policy track as a new workshop facilitated by Jacque Agtuca.

For registration please go to www.sacred-circle.com and click on the training button. There is a registration form PDF. Print, fill out and fax to 605-341-2472.

If you have any questions regarding the training, feel free to contact
Tara Azure
Program Manager
tara@sacred-circle.com
605-454-0667 c
605-341-2472 fx
877-redroad toll free

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Conference - Protecting Native Children Who Disclose Sexual Abuse During Custody Disputes

From the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition:

Save the Date: November 8-9,2010

National Conference:

HONORING OUR SACRED TRUST: Protecting Native Children Who Disclose Sexual Abuse During Custody Disputes

Mystic Lake Event Center
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Reservation - Shakopee, MN

Click here to register!

Click here to apply for a scholarship to attend. (Deadline for scholarship applications is Oct 15)

National Conference Goals:
  •  Identify appropriate and effective cultural/tribal responses for children, battered women, who disclose sexual abuse during custody disputes
  •  Identify intersection between child sexual abuse and domestic violence (ICWA and non-ICWA cases)
This National Conference will be useful for:
Judges
Attorneys
Advocates
Guardian Ad Litem
Civil Legal Assistants
Court Appointed Special Advocates
Child Protection Workers

Sponsored by: Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, the Tribal Law
& Policy Institute, and Mending the Sacred Hoop

CEU's will be offered for attendance

For further information please contact:
Minnesota Indian Woman’s Sexual Assault Coalition
1619 DAYTON AVE, SUITE 303, SAINT PAUL, MN 55104
Phone: 651-646-4800 Fax: 651-646-4798
Toll Free: 877-995-4800
www.miwsac.org

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Coalition Information19 Dayton Ave. Suite 303 St. Paul, MN. 55104
Phone: 651-646-4800
Fax: 651-646-4798
Toll Free: 1-877-995-4800

The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC) is a statewide tribal coalition with individual and program membership from across the state. MIWSAC was founded in October of 2001 through funding from the US Departmentof Justice, Violence Against Women Office. MIWSAC incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non profit organization in 2004. As one of 22 Tribal Coalitions around the country formed to address sexual assault and domestic violence in American Indian Communities, we focus specifically on ending and preventing sexual violence.

Our statewide membership is comprised of American Indian and Alaska Native women and allies who bring with them extensive cultural knowledge and long histories of working in sexual assault and/or domestic violence programs. They are the heart of our Coalition and provides direction in our strategic planning, goal setting, and all other major programmatic decision making. This collective decision making reflects our tribal values and strengthens the vision of the work we do on behalf of all survivors. MIWSAC strives to reclaim the traditional values that honor the sovereignty of our women and children by incorporating culture and spirituality into every aspect of program operations.