Here Together: Continuing the Conversation
August 3rd-5th, 2021
As a continuation to our March series, we’ll be expanding on the ways this pandemic has impacted our work and communities. Here Together: Continuing the Conversation will focus on centering strength-based success, individual and organizational well-being, and on engagement through technology, working with faith-based communities, and building strong culturally specific services. In this peer-to-peer event, grantees will learn and practice collaborative strategies to enhance their culturally-specific services.
Through this series, CSSP grantees will build their capacity in:
- Facilitating peer-to-peer learning to improve communication and dissemination strategies.
- Fostering leadership within culturally-specific communities to influence policies, practices, and systems
- Promoting practices that support self-care and wellbeing including art and cultural expression
THE SPEAKERS
THE AGENDA
Tuesday, August 3rd
welcome and introduction to here together: continuing the conversation
10:45-11 a.m CST
Speakers: Jose Juan Lara Jr., Casa de Esperanza
Session I: Sacred Spaces: Exploring the intersections of GBV and Faith
11 a.m-12 p.m CST
Session Facilitator: Hyejin Shim, Sexual Assault Program Coordinator, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
This session will expand on our March conversation about working with faith communities to end gender-based violence. During this conversation, we will hear from different perspectives about building inclusive faith-based programming and inclusive of underrepresented religions.
Session II: CSSP Showcase: Celebrating Our Work
2-3 p.m CST
Facilitator: Paula Gomez Stordy., Casa de Esperanza National Latin@ Network
During this session, we will spend time reflecting on the successes of the past year with grantees and sharing ideas that benefit the growth of CSSP programming.
Session III: Community Connections
3:00-3:30 p.m. CST
Strengthening advocacy by decreasing isolation and increasing connectivity through 30-minute daily debriefing conversations of how this content applies to participant’s daily work.
Wednesday, August 4th
welcome
Session I: The New Normal: Exploring next steps within the context of COVID-19 Pandemic
11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST
Facilitator: Jose Juan Lara Jr, Casa de Esperanza National Latin@ Network
As the country enters a new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are adapting to prepare for the reopening of direct services, evolving public health mandates, and vaccine rollout. Organizations are currently working to build hybrid programming of in-person and direct services. During this session, grantees will share methods they have utilized to prepare their programs and communities as the country re-opens and how this pandemic continues shaping the future of domestic violence services.
Session II: Resilience Building: Therapeutic Strategies for Community
2-3 p.m. CST
Speakers: Tanya “g’beda” Lyles, Freedom in Sound
“Culturally specific” is as dynamic and evolving as culture itself, and in these times of constant change, increased pressure, and uncertainty, anti-violence organizations have been tasked with rising to the dire challenges of both COVID-19 and its intersections with domestic and sexual violence. Mira Yusef of Monsoon: Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, based in Iowa City, will share about the multiple creative and transformative ways that advocates have been building a movement for culturally responsive survivor support in the face of increased violence. We will have time for an engaged and in-depth Q&A as well.
Session III: Community Connections
3-3:30 p.m. CST
Strengthening advocacy by decreasing isolation and increasing connectivity through 30-minute daily debriefing conversations of how this content applies to participant’s daily work.
Thursday, August 5th
welcome
10:45-11 a.m. CST
Speakers: Jose Juan Lara Jr., Casa de Esperanza
Session I: Nurturing organizational Team-Care Part I
11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST
Speakers: Elizabeth Delgado, Owner – Colectiva Wellness & Healing and Mirakel Mayoral-Godwin ‘Star Sombreluz’, Owner – Fyre & Grace
Panel Facilitator: Hyejin Shim, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence, Jose Juan Lara Jr., Casa de Esperanza
What does nurturing organizational team care look like, and how do we get there? Join us to learn more about team care and identifying organizational team care strategies to support healing and self-care. . Through mindfulness and visualization practices, participants will create 1-3 team-care interventions for organization implementation and reinforce the importance and connection of team-care to community care, including tips and resources.
Session II: Nurturing organizational Team-Care Part II
2 -3 p.m. CST
Grantees will have the opportunity to ask questions and seek additional support for building nurturing organizational team care.
Session III: Community Connections
3-3:30 p.m. CST
Strengthening advocacy by decreasing isolation and increasing connectivity through 30-minute daily debriefing conversations of how this content applies to participant’s daily work.
A FEW NOTES
Why Do You Use “@”?
Casa de Esperanza has chosen to use “@” in place of the masculine “o” when referring to people or things that are either gender neutral or both masculine and feminine in make-up. This decision reflects our commitment to gender inclusion and recognizes the important contributions that both men and women make to our communities.
Sponsorship
This series is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), in partnership with Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families & Communities (NLN), the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV), the National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA), and the Women of Color Network, Inc (WOCN).
disclaimer
This project was supported by Grant No. 2016-TA-AX-K038 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
