Disability justice organizers have developed tremendous knowledge and creative approaches to care, safety, and preventing and stopping violence. How do disability justice strategies and knowledge inform transformative justice practices? In this video, disability justice and transformative justice organizers Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarsinha and Elliott Fukui explore some of the intersections of these movements.
VA TICNs Annual Survey
Please take a moment to fill out the annual VA TICNs survey by August 1! Thanks to all of you who have already done so! View last year's results here. Contact ceure@grscan.com if you have any questions or need support.
Read more about the themes of this year's RTRW on the Voices blog!
Interacting Layers of Trauma and Healing
This graphic from the RYSE Center is an incredibly helpful tool for understanding all the different ways that trauma shows up in our world and offers examples of liberation and healing. Download a PDF that includes reflection questions you can use on your own or in your organizations.
Save the Date: Prevention Conference November
Envision National Prevention Conference will be held virtually from November 8-9, 2022, and is free for all attendees. Formerly called Ignite, this conference is from Darkness to Light in partnership with the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Free Trainings & Workshops for VA TICNs
Click on the image below to register for this upcoming event! SCAN can also provide additional trainings, workshops, and consultations for your networks or network agencies as well as the CACs in your regions. Please reach out to Charlotte Eure, ceure@grscan.com if you are interested in scheduling a training or workshop!
Additional Events & Trainings
July 26, 12:00pm-1:00pm | The Relationship Between Personal Stress and Community Resilience
July 29, 11:15am-12:30pm | ACES and Positive Childhood Experiences
August 3, 12:00pm-3:30pm | Oak Trees in a Storm: Growing Our Skills for Generative Conflict
August 5, 3:00pm-3:30pm | 5 Actividades Para Ayudar a Su Hijo en Edad Preescolar a Manejar Sus Emociones
August 10, 12:00pm-3:30pm | Oak Trees in a Storm: Growing Our Skills for Generative Conflict
Mental Health America of Virginia's Warm Line is a peer-run service for individuals, family members, and other concerned parties in Virginia who would like someone to talk to, or who request community mental health resources, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. Call 1-866-400-6428, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm and Sat-Sun 5pm-9pm.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support for survivors and their loved ones. Call 1-800-799-7233, use the website's live chat function, or text LOVEIS to 22522. They also provide services for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.
SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) offers a Disaster Distress Helpline for immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. For services in both English and Spanish, call 1-800-985-5990. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, text TalkWithUs (for English) or Hablanos (for Spanish) to 66746.
Melissa McGinn, MSW, LCSW
State Trauma Informed Community Networks Coordinator
mmcginn@grscan.com
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