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WCADV 2010 Calendar of Events
Download a one-page PDF of the 2010 Training Calendar.
Save the dates for the training events listed below and stay tuned for more details!
For more information: Click to e-mail or call (608) 255-0539. Look for brochure and registration materials six to eight weeks before each event.
September
Statewide Directors’ Meeting
Wednesday September 15 – Friday September 17, 2010Green Lake
Core Advocacy and Restraining Order Training
Wednesday, September 22 – Friday September 24, 2010Waukesha
Both the Advocacy Training and the Restraining Order Training have been designed for advocates of varying experience levels.
Core Advocacy training addresses advocacy as a philosophical approach and a set of skills and activities that flow from that philosophy.
Restraining Order Training is recommended for any advocate who will assist individuals to obtain restraining orders.
Get brochure and registration (PDF)
or register online.
October
Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)
ToP Facilitation Training
Wednesday, October 27 & Thursday, October 28, 2010 and Wednesday, November 17, 2010 (optional one day follow-up)Weston
Learn the “Technology of Participation”— methods that will help you successfully facilitate meetings for a variety of purposes.
Get brochure (PDF)
Get fillable registration form
Not in Our Pews: Teaming Up to End Domestic Violence
Wednesday, October 27 & Thursday, October 28, 2010Olympia Resort & Conference Center, Oconomowoc, WI
This conference will work in partnership with and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wings of Faith Ministries’ annual domestic violence training for faith leaders. The Rev. Al Miles is our featured speaker. He is the author of a number of books and articles on faith and domestic violence including Violence in Families: What Every Christian Needs to Know and Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know.
The Goals of this conference:
- To build partnerships between congregational leaders, service providers, law enforcement programs and others who support victims of domestic violence.
- To provide faith and congregational leaders with strategies and resources to effectively and safely meet the needs of victims and families
- To equip clergy and lay leaders to assist victims to make thoughtful decisions from a theological perspective while remaining in relationship with God and their faith community
- To explore how faith communities might work to end domestic violence
- To help congregational leaders navigate a congregation that is impacted by domestic violence
Get brochure & registration (PDF)
More details and online registration
Advocacy in Wisconsin’s Urban Communities Summit
WauwatosaEconomic Advocacy Pre-Summit, Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, November 11 & Friday, November 12, 2010
Keynote Speakers:
• Jill Davies, Atty, Deputy Director of Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc. and director of the Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence Initiative
• Jacquelyn Bogges, Co-Director of Center for Families and Public Policy (CFFPP) and Project Director for its Legal Assistance Project.
Save the date flyer
ToP Action Planning Training (Optional follow-up to ToP Facilitation Training)
Wednesday, November 17, 2010Weston
PAST EVENTS
Technology and Safety Webinar
Wednesday March 10, 2010The quickly expanding use of technology threatens privacy and creates new risks for domestic violence victims. At the same time it offers valuable tools to decrease isolation, offer services and share knowledge. Training participants will explore the connection between technology and domestic violence, and discover resources for managing technology safety risks. Training provided by WCADV Technology Coordinator. We will keep you updated on future webinars and how you can access recordings. This is one of 4 webinars WCADV will present in 2010 and is free to members.
April
Wisconsin Batterers’ Treatment Providers Association Annual Membership Meeting, Wisconsin Rapids
April 8-9, 2010Wisconsin Rapids
The WI Batterers’ Treatment Providers Association (WBTPA) is excited to welcome special guests Ulester Douglas, MSW and Sulaiman Nuriddin M.Ed of Men Stopping Violence (Atlanta, GA) who will present “Working with Men of Color Who Batter: A Community-based Approach” and Scott Miller of Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP, Duluth, MN). This meeting is open to all interested parties.
Financial Empowerment Training: A Long-term Strategy to End Domestic Violence
Wednesday, April 14, 2010Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (this is a repeat of the April 14 training)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Madison
Too often, financial instability is both an obstacle to escaping domestic violence, and a reason for returning to an abuser. For most survivors, money and finances play a key role in considering the possibility of leaving. In pursuit of economic self sufficiency survivors need knowledge and skills that will help them make informed decisions about economic challenges they face. This training was designed to help advocates provide survivors with resources and strategies.
Men of Change Community Dialogue with Juan Carlos Areán
April 16, 2010, 6:30 - 9:00 pmFountain of Life Family Worship Center, 655 W Badger Road, Madison, WI
Free public event with refreshments
This Community Dialogue seeks to promote men’s action and involvement in eradicating men’s violence against women. Join with us in a discussion that explores the root causes of gender violence, including men’s attitudes toward women and the norms and cultures that support the violence. Juan Carlos Areán of the Family Violence Prevention Fund in San Francisco, CA, will offer a presentation, followed by a panel discussion of local violence-prevention leaders and a community dialogue. Rise to the Challenge: Become part of the community addressing violence where you live!
Action Planning Training (Optional follow-up to ToP Facilitation Training)
Thursday April 15, 2010Madison
2010 Wisconsin Summit on Teen Dating & Sexual Violence
Tuesday May 4 – Wednesday May 5Wisconsin Dells
This two-day, Statewide Summit on Teen Dating and Sexual Violence brings together a diverse, multi-disciplinary audience of adults and teens to learn together about the prevalence, dynamics and potential solutions to teen dating violence and sexual violence. Teens are especially welcome and encouraged to attend.
Core Advocacy and Restraining Order Training
Wednesday May 19 – Friday May 21, 2010Eau Claire
Both the Advocacy Training and the Restraining Order Training have been designed for advocates of varying experience levels. Advocacy: This training addresses advocacy as a philosophical approach and a set of skills and activities that flow from that philosophy. We recommend that advocates who have never attended WCADV’s New Staff Training attend both days of Advocacy Training. Restraining Order Training: We recommend this training for advocates who will assist individuals to obtain restraining orders.
Statewide Directors Meeting
Tuesday, May 25 - Thursday, May 27, 2010Eau Claire
Financial Empowerment Training Webinar Session I
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 (part II is June 23)1:30 - 3:00 pm
This webinar is the first in a two-part series (see June 23 for Session II). The content has been condensed from a 4-hour training that was designed to help advocates provide survivors with: Resources to strengthen confidence in order to take action; Strategies to address financial and safety challenges of ending a relationship with an abuser; Resources for working through quality-of-life changes they may encounter when fleeing abuse; Strategies to work through challenges that occur after identity or name change and abuser misuse of her personal records; Tactics to understand financial fundamentals and basic steps to building a strong financial base, including budgeting, saving, building credit, and managing debt.
Enhancing Advocacy Skills & Empowering Survivors: A Hands on Immigration and Family Law Training
Tuesday, June 1 and Wednesday, June 2, 2010Crowne Plaza, Madison, Wisconsin
This training is designed for advocates of domestic violence and sexual assault programs in Wisconsin. It is open to anyone. Immigration topics to be covered include Human Trafficking, VAWA vs. U Visa, Gathering Evidence when Preparing a Successful VAWA Self-Petition, Refugee and DV Asylum. Family law topics include Basic Divorce Process, Statutory Review of Mediation and Family Court Counseling Services, Mediation and Family Court Counseling Services in Action, Cultural Awareness Panel: How Religious Beliefs May Affect a Victim’s Choices.
Financial Empowerment Training Webinar Session II - CANCELLED
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 (part I is May 25)1:30 - 3:00 pm
This is the second of a two-part series (see May 25 for Part I). In this session presenters will discuss culturally sensitive strategies for assisting immigrant victims to improve financial stability. Speakers include: Graciela Laguna, WCADV; Nataliya Runte, Sojourner Family Peace Center; and Chia Yang, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Authority (WHEDA)
Northern Training
Thursday, July 8 & Friday, July 9, 2010Lac Courte Oreilles, LCO) Hayward
Co-sponsored by WCADV, AIAA, and WCASA
This training has been designed for staff of Wisconsin rural and tribal domestic and sexual abuse programs. Advocates of all experience levels are welcome. We hope you can join us in beautiful Hayward for this annual training !
Protective Behaviors Training, sponsored by WCADV & WCASA
Wednesday July 14, 2010Fond du Lac
Protective Behaviors empowers individuals to access their own abilities and strengths to make decisions that will increase their safety and well-being in all aspects of their lives. The Protective Behaviors process includes recognizing the threat of physical, emotional, verbal, and/or sexual abuse, and deciding what to do when one is not feeling safe. It is appropriate for all ages: Pre-School; Elementary; Teens; Adults; and Elderly.
Fourteenth Annual Leadership Institute to End Domestic Violence
for Communities of People of Color
Courageous Conversations: Solving Problems & Resolving Conflicts across Cultures
Thursday July 29, 2010Middleton
A critical, yet unrecognized, difficulty we face in our organizations, communities and families is that many of our disagreements across cultures are often grounded in very different approaches people take for authentically resolving disputes with one another. This year’s Leadership Institute to End Domestic Violence for Communities of People of Color will be a one-day training in Middleton, WI--Courageous Conversations: Solving Problems & Resolving Conflicts Across Cultures, with Dr. Mitchell Hammer. Mitchell Hammer, PhD has achieved an international reputation as a social innovator, developing powerful ideas and innovative practices that improve people’s lives throughout the world by addressing some of our most difficult social problems.
Webinar - Harassment Restraining Orders
Wed, Aug 11, 2010Please join us for a webinar, conducted by Legal Dept Director Tess Meuer, to find out about all of the changes to restraining orders that will be effective September 1. We will discuss harassment restraining orders, which will become more parallel to domestic abuse restraining orders. Additional changes we will discuss include: a uniform procedure for de novo review of a court commissioner’s decision; requirements for the court to follow prior to allowing a change from a domestic abuse order to a harassment order; the inclusion of space on petitions to indicate any other proceedings which prohibit contact between the parties; and a process for maintaining a confidential file for the petitioner’s address.
Statewide Coordinated Community Response Team Meeting
Wednesday, August 25, 20109:30am - 4:00pm
Mead Hotel & Conference Center, Wisconsin Rapids
This training will explore how CCR teams can improve victim safety and offender accountability in their communities. Two plenary sessions and AM/PM breakout sessions will include basic and advanced skillbuilding for teams, review of best practice innovations, allow teams to share information and present new research outcomes.