BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nyscadv.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:01bc07a2-de3d-4bba-b2bf-cd8e0026011a X-WR-CALDESC:ABOUT SHIFTING THE LENS\nIn March 2019\, we convened over 500 advocates to ask how we could shift our movement’s lens and broaden our focus to address provocative questions about domestic violence responses in California. In the months since\, we have made intentional efforts in continuing to move forward through those difficult but needed conversatio ns from Shifting the Lens regarding working with WHOLE families and those who cause harm through a series of regional trainings addressing healthy masculinity & fighting for gender justice in our communities.\n\nIn Nov ember\, 2020 we will continue to broaden the focus and engage a larger co mmunity to find answers to pressing questions that impact survivors\, fam ilies and communities. What happens when we shift the lens and look at do mestic violence with a broader view that includes discussions with opposi ng and unified viewpoints?\n\nVictim safety and holding those who harmed accountable have been central figures in the domestic violence field over the last few decades. As a result\, we’ve seen significant expansion in crisis responses and legal interventions. When we look at a snapshot depi cting our statewide response to domestic violence\, these crisis response s and legal interventions appear as the predominant images in our picture . \n\nThis expansion has also become part of culturally responsive preven tion efforts. Evidence has shown that working collaboratively leads to mo re effective and sustainable solutions. Collaborative efforts that bring community partners together have a greater impact across communities. Re cognizing that domestic violence is one of many interconnected forms of s ystemic oppression\, we must work together across multiple systems and so cial justice movements.\n\nWhile our crisis responses and legal intervent ions typically look like victims leaving and those who harmed going to ja il\, what could happen when we refocus the lens so that our intervention and prevention efforts focus on:\n\ncrisis response and legal interventi on that focus on the needs of whole families\, particularly those familie s already marginalized and underrepresented?\n\napproaches that shift th e way we serve families from the silo of DV to collaborating with other m ovements to address client’s intersections with housing justice\, racial justice\, economic justice\, environmental justice\, and restorative just ice? \n\nmaintaining our humanity and approaching our work from a place o f justice and love?\n\ninformed and inspirational risks we are willing to take to serve families within these contexts? X-WR-RELCALID:49a6b69377f0096f86ed9c457fd5f1b0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20201101T020000 RDATE:20211107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20210314T020000 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cb810cc9-f78d-432b-9040-f8cc9595f903 DTSTAMP:20260405T114243Z DESCRIPTION:ABOUT SHIFTING THE LENS\nIn March 2019\, we convened over 500 advocates to ask how we could shift our movement’s lens and broaden our f ocus to address provocative questions about domestic violence responses i n California. In the months since\, we have made intentional efforts in c ontinuing to move forward through those difficult but needed conversation s from Shifting the Lens regarding working with WHOLE families and those who cause harm through a series of regional trainings addressing healthy masculinity & fighting for gender justice in our communities.\n\nIn Nove mber\, 2020 we will continue to broaden the focus and engage a larger com munity to find answers to pressing questions that impact survivors\, fami lies and communities. What happens when we shift the lens and look at dom estic violence with a broader view that includes discussions with opposin g and unified viewpoints?\n\nVictim safety and holding those who harmed a ccountable have been central figures in the domestic violence field over the last few decades. As a result\, we’ve seen significant expansion in c risis responses and legal interventions. When we look at a snapshot depic ting our statewide response to domestic violence\, these crisis responses and legal interventions appear as the predominant images in our picture. \n\nThis expansion has also become part of culturally responsive prevent ion efforts. Evidence has shown that working collaboratively leads to mor e effective and sustainable solutions. Collaborative efforts that bring community partners together have a greater impact across communities. Rec ognizing that domestic violence is one of many interconnected forms of sy stemic oppression\, we must work together across multiple systems and soc ial justice movements.\n\nWhile our crisis responses and legal interventi ons typically look like victims leaving and those who harmed going to jai l\, what could happen when we refocus the lens so that our intervention a nd prevention efforts focus on:\n\ncrisis response and legal interventio n that focus on the needs of whole families\, particularly those families already marginalized and underrepresented?\n\napproaches that shift the way we serve families from the silo of DV to collaborating with other mo vements to address client’s intersections with housing justice\, racial j ustice\, economic justice\, environmental justice\, and restorative justi ce? \n\nmaintaining our humanity and approaching our work from a place of justice and love?\n\ninformed and inspirational risks we are willing to t ake to serve families within these contexts? DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T235900 LOCATION: SUMMARY:California Partnership to End Domestic Violence: SHIFTING THE LENS 2020 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR