Alliance for HOPE International

Have you registered for the 21st Annual International Family Justice Center Conference yet? Click below for our latest update!! https://conta.cc/3s3a2BJ SPECIAL OFFER: ... Share this post, and have it shared by friends 5 times, and receive a FREE, Hope Mask! Email Jess Kimsey, [email protected], to submit verification (screenshot) and for more details. Gavin de Becker, internationally renowned author and security expert, is confirmed for speaking at our conference this year! Gain critical knowledge on violence prevention and practices from this and other notable speakers at this years conference.

Today kicks off week 3 of our virtual Advanced Course on Strangulation Prevention! We have nearly 200 professionals from all across the country tuning in to learn more about strangulation assaults and how to best provide wraparound, multi-disciplinary support to the strangled victim. Though we have transitioned to a virtual platform due to COVID-19, attendees remain engaged by diving into breakout room discussions, sending in selfies, and sharing photos of their completed HOPE coloring pages. To learn more about strangulation, follow along at the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention.

We're just two months out from the 21st Annual International Family Justice Center Conference! Are you and your team registered for this unique opportunity to increase hope, resiliency, and wellbeing in your personal and professional lives? This year we have restructured our conference to center around 7 key themes: hope, healing, health, human rights, heroism, heart, and help. To learn more about how the conference can support you and your work, check out the welcome message from Alliance President Casey Gwinn: https://vimeo.com/495898347/c4b744cfc5

Are you registered to join us on April 20th - 22nd for the the 21st Annual International FJC Conference? With the collective trauma of COVID-19, we need collective hope more than ever before! Invest the days to challenge your current understanding of your work, imagine more coordinated help and hope for adults and children, and come away with new goals and identified pathways for your organization or Family Justice Center. Here are a few sessions we think you might find inter...esting: - Best Practices in Advocacy & Community After the Crisis in FJCs - How to Start a Family Justice Center - One Safe Place: A Case Study in Successful Collaborative Approaches - Recognizing and Responding to Traumatized Children, Adolescents, and Adults: What Courts CAN do and Why Click here to learn more and to register: https://web.cvent.com//853592ff-8be2-4d34-a00d-8c8/summary

https://fb.watch/3qVrvwL9G3/ Take the time to watch Alliance President Casey Gwinn's Sneak Peek of the Week from our Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention program.

Honored to stand with the YWCA of Glendale, CA today and support their virtual fundraiser during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Alliance President Casey Gwinn will be joining the YWCA Glendale today for their Purple Tie Awards to talk about "Reimagining Hope" in the tremendous work they are doing with survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Available at 1 PM PST.

Alliance for HOPE President Casey Gwinn participated yesterday in the Yellow Hearts Committee Sexual and Domestic Violence Town Hall focused on elevating the voices of survivors of domestic and sexual violence. The forum included attendees from across the country with more than 150 participating. The facilitators of each panel were elected officials in California and included members of Congress, local elected officials, and members of the State Assembly. Courageous survivors shared their stories and called for more support for their needs. Thank you, N'dea Johnson for serving as the Moderator! You are a leader!

Alliance President Casey Gwinn was interviewed this weekend about tension between law enforcement and domestic violence agencies across the country.

Register now to join the Congressional Bi-Partisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence for a Zoom Call Briefing on Domestic Violence During COVID-19. Alliance President Casey Gwinn will be joining Gretta Gardner, the host from Ujima, Inc., and other experts to talk about the challenges facing this country right now in addressing the rise in violence against women, domestic violence murders, and murder-suicides. BRIEFING: A Tale of Two Pandemics--Providing Domestic Violence...Continue reading

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, four VOICES members will be speaking on the recent calls for criminal justice reform and its implications for sur...vivors of domestic violence. On October 29th at 10:00am PT, VOICES members Sara Hardesty, Karyn Johnson, Kelsey Sanders, and Jennica Lawford will provide their perspectives on the call to decriminalize domestic violence, specifically touching on where this movement originated, who is advocating for this reform, and what it would imply for both survivors and perpetrators. In addition, the panelists will speak to the role of law enforcement in domestic violence cases, provide their insights on community-based emergency response programs, and comment on transformative justice efforts in the domestic violence and Family Justice Center movements. The panel will be facilitated by Casey Gwinn, President, and Gael Strack, CEO of Alliance for HOPE International, and through this webinar, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues with current calls for criminal justice reform in the United States by hearing the perspectives of survivors firsthand. Click here to register: https://ta2ta.org//criminal-justice-reform-and-implication

The VOICES of survivors on the topic of criminal justice reform...

A great video from CASA in Pinellas County, Florida as they work with our Family Justice Center Alliance Team to begin their planning process to start a Family Justice Center!

Last chance to register for tomorrow's webinar, "Human Trafficking and the Impact of COVID-19." We will be hearing from the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Tra...fficking (CAST), who will be discussing the surge in victimizations that have occurred during COVID-19 and express urgency to respond proactively, as victimizations will continue to increase in the aftershocks of COVID-19. Attendees will walk away with concrete, tangible resources and steps to take that will support survivors of human trafficking in the FJC framework. We have two great speakers. Philip Gnaedig (he/him) is the Interim Co-Director of Empowerment Programs and Task Force Coordinator at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (Cast), a leading anti-human trafficking agency based in Los Angeles, California. Philip is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who has spent the last eight years supporting programs for victims of crime and trauma. Philip currently overseas a variety of CAST programs for human trafficking survivors, including its intensive case management program, emergency response services, survivor leadership program and LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force in collaboration with the LA Sheriff’s Department. Angie Rodriguez-Watkins, LCSW (she/her) is the Clinical Supervisor at at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (Cast), a leading anti-human trafficking agency based in Los Angeles, California. Angie is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 10 years of experience working with survivors of trauma. Angie currently overseas the intensive case management program and the MSW internship program at CAST. Click here to register: https://ta2ta.org//increased-risk-in-the-aftershocks-of-th