Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy Training Series:
Part 4- August 17, 2022
"Advocate Self-Care for Working with Poverty"
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the virtual training “Survivor-Centered Economic Justice Training Series: Part 4 - Advocate Self-Care for Working with Poverty”. This six-part training series will provide participants with an increased understanding of how economic security affects a survivor’s ability to seek safety, justice, and healing. This series will provide practical tools for advocates to address issues of economic security and credit-related barriers to safety.
Session Description - Part 4: Advocate Self-Care for Working with Poverty
Advocates for survivors who deal with a myriad of challenges including poverty and unjust systems are forced to confront harrowing challenges and frustrations. It is difficult to see the impact of violence, watch survivors struggle with poverty, lack of resources, and isolation. Working within various broken systems including the courts, social services, etc. can also cause advocates to feel powerless at times. How can advocates remain healthy and bring their best selves to the work they do? The training will explore individual self-care strategies but on a broader scale. It will also explore how organizations can increase meaningful support and shift policies and procedures to increase advocate sustainability and will address the impact of power and cultural practice in “self-care”. This session will help advocates envision what it would look like to work towards sustainable, healthy advocacy, and work to create meaningful, evidence-informed strategies to reduce the impact of secondary trauma.
Presenter:
adé Oni, MPH
adé Oni, MPH, is a healing and economic justice advocate, certified financial social worker, and artist. They are the principal consultant behind Marvelous Way Consulting and serve as the co-director of survivor wellbeing at the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV) where they run the Bold Economic Advocacy Program. They design, produce, and facilitate open educational spaces based on Paulo Freire's popular education framework. adé brings an inviting, supportive, and curious spirit to the work of questioning the status quo. They cover topics ranging from financial abuse, ecological justice, and healing arts to worker-centered workplace policy and design strategy. To connect more with adé and Marvelous Way Consulting, email marvelousway@protonmail.com
Participant Registration and Cost: This training series is free. Participants need to register in advance for the training. Please click here to register.