BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nyscadv.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:4091e4fd-61ca-44cd-ab0d-2ef6ca51d5e0 X-WR-CALDESC:Description\n\nJoin NYSCADV for a series of events aimed at el evating the needs of survivors who have been criminalized as they navigate New York’s criminal justice system. Each event will probe the unique role DV advocates have in providing supports to survivors throughout their jou rney. \n\nJoin a panel of victim service organizations currently providin g comprehensive support services to criminalized survivors. Participants w ill learn the specific harm the criminal legal system causes to IPV surviv ors and the value of grounding supportive work in the tenets of healing-ce ntered\, anti-oppressive practice. Panelists will describe how their organ izations initiated their criminalized survivor support programs\, the bene fits and challenges of the work\, and new opportunities for supporting cri minalized survivors with passage of the Domestic Violence Survivor Justice Act.\n\nPanelists include:\n\nPatrice D. James\, LMSW and Julia Shaw\, LM SW\, Co-Directors of the Criminalized Survivors Program at STEPS to End Fa mily Violence (STEPS) - Rising Ground’s designated anti-violence program\, which offers a variety of healing-centered\, anti-oppressive programming focused on the prevention of IPV\; advocacy and healing for survivors and children impacted by abusive partner behavior\; training and education int ended to increase awareness of the epidemic of gender-based violence\; and accountability supports for people who have caused harm to their intimate partner. STEPS is committed to elevating the voices of all survivors of I PV with special commitment to privileging the narratives of criminalized s urvivors\, immigrant survivors\, and adolescent survivors. Continuing the tradition that first led to its founding\, STEPS remains highly committed to raising awareness of the direct link between IPV and criminalization by providing direct support to survivors who have been arrested for their ef forts to survive and/or resist their abusive partner’s behavior.\nSarah Mc Gaughnea is the Outreach Program Director of DV Services at Unity House of Troy. Unity House provides a wide range of services to meet the otherwise unmet needs of people in Rensselaer County who are hurting and struggling . They assist those who are living in poverty\, adults living with mental illness or HIV/AIDS\, victims of domestic violence\, and children with dev elopmental delays. They work to achieve social justice in the community an d to create a better understanding of those they serve.\nRia Sarkar is the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Advocate at In Our Own Voices.\, an or ganization that works for and ensures the physical\, mental\, spiritual\, political\, cultural and economic survival and growth of the lesbian\, gay \, bisexual and transgender people of color communities. Her role at In Ou r Own Voices includes providing direct services to survivors of crime as well as advocacy\, case management and emotional support. Ria sits on task forces locally as well as on a national level. Ria is currently pursuing her MSW at Silberman School of Social Work in hopes to better serve her co mmunity. \nPlease Note: This is a re-broadcast of an event originally hel d in December 2021. A Live Q&A will not be held for this training. X-WR-RELCALID:2353c408189d7ce82be8ff2ded4890f0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20231105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20230312T020000 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ac32a163-462c-4d0b-b9d7-0e4222a7a09e DTSTAMP:20260506T072901Z DESCRIPTION:Description\n\nJoin NYSCADV for a series of events aimed at ele vating the needs of survivors who have been criminalized as they navigate New York’s criminal justice system. Each event will probe the unique role DV advocates have in providing supports to survivors throughout their jour ney. \n\nJoin a panel of victim service organizations currently providing comprehensive support services to criminalized survivors. Participants wi ll learn the specific harm the criminal legal system causes to IPV survivo rs and the value of grounding supportive work in the tenets of healing-cen tered\, anti-oppressive practice. Panelists will describe how their organi zations initiated their criminalized survivor support programs\, the benef its and challenges of the work\, and new opportunities for supporting crim inalized survivors with passage of the Domestic Violence Survivor Justice Act.\n\nPanelists include:\n\nPatrice D. James\, LMSW and Julia Shaw\, LMS W\, Co-Directors of the Criminalized Survivors Program at STEPS to End Fam ily Violence (STEPS) - Rising Ground’s designated anti-violence program\, which offers a variety of healing-centered\, anti-oppressive programming f ocused on the prevention of IPV\; advocacy and healing for survivors and c hildren impacted by abusive partner behavior\; training and education inte nded to increase awareness of the epidemic of gender-based violence\; and accountability supports for people who have caused harm to their intimate partner. STEPS is committed to elevating the voices of all survivors of IP V with special commitment to privileging the narratives of criminalized su rvivors\, immigrant survivors\, and adolescent survivors. Continuing the t radition that first led to its founding\, STEPS remains highly committed t o raising awareness of the direct link between IPV and criminalization by providing direct support to survivors who have been arrested for their eff orts to survive and/or resist their abusive partner’s behavior.\nSarah McG aughnea is the Outreach Program Director of DV Services at Unity House of Troy. Unity House provides a wide range of services to meet the otherwise unmet needs of people in Rensselaer County who are hurting and struggling. They assist those who are living in poverty\, adults living with mental i llness or HIV/AIDS\, victims of domestic violence\, and children with deve lopmental delays. They work to achieve social justice in the community and to create a better understanding of those they serve.\nRia Sarkar is the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Advocate at In Our Own Voices.\, an org anization that works for and ensures the physical\, mental\, spiritual\, p olitical\, cultural and economic survival and growth of the lesbian\, gay\ , bisexual and transgender people of color communities. Her role at In Our Own Voices includes providing direct services to survivors of crime as w ell as advocacy\, case management and emotional support. Ria sits on task forces locally as well as on a national level. Ria is currently pursuing h er MSW at Silberman School of Social Work in hopes to better serve her com munity. \nPlease Note: This is a re-broadcast of an event originally held in December 2021. A Live Q&A will not be held for this training. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T170000 LOCATION:https://nyscadv.coalitionmanager.org/eventmanager/trainingevent/de tails/97 SUMMARY:Re-Broadcast Best Practices for Supporting IPV Survivors Who Have B een Criminalized: The Advocates Role in Supporting IPV Survivors Who Have Been Criminalized END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR