Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy Training Series

Part 1
"Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy: Expanding Our Approach to Safety”

  Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from 1:00 pm–3:00 pm

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 1 - Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy: Expanding Our Approach to Safety.” 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.

Part 1 - “Survivor-Centered Economic Advocacy: Expanding Our Approach to Safety”

Economic security is central to the goals of safety, agency, restoration, and justice for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). There is no safety without economic security, and there is no economic security without careful consideration of the safety and privacy needs of survivors. Through concrete examples and self-reflective questions, this training will provide tools to engage in meaningful conversations with survivors and discuss strategies to increase survivors’ economic security, resiliency, and well-being in the face of COVID-19.

Learning objectives:

• Articulate the purpose of survivor-centered economic advocacy: why survivor-centered economic advocacy?
• Why it is necessary when working with survivors
• What is survivor-centered economic advocacy / how to do it (principles and approach)
• Starting the economic conversation with survivors: from intake to long term advocacy

Presenters:

Katie VonDeLinde (she/her), MSW, LCSW, National Trainer & Consultant

KMCV Consulting, LLC (MO) | kvondelinde@gmail.com

Katie is an energetic social worker, educator and activist working on issues of survivor-centered intimate partner violence (IPV) advocacy, the intersection of economic justice and IPV, and empowering social work practice. Ms. VonDeLinde has advocated for the rights of survivors of violence for over twenty years including as Assistant Director of a sexual and domestic violence program in rural Iowa and as program director at ROW, an urban economic advocacy intimate partner violence program. Katie has trained thousands of social workers and advocates across the nation on the intersection of economics and IPV to increase survivors’ financial security. Ms. VonDeLinde is an award-winning adjunct faculty member at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, co-directs KMCV Consulting, LLC, works as an advocate at the AWARE program, a hospital based intimate partner violence program, and serves as an expert advisor to the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice.

Participant Registration and Cost: This training series is free. Participants need to register in advance for the training. Please visit here to register.