“Sustaining Your Work: Economic Advocacy Practices and Resources”

March 30, 2023

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the virtual training “Sustaining Your Work: Economic Advocacy Practices and Resources.”

Session Description:

Domestic violence and sexual assault survivors confront challenges in accessing safety. Chief amongst these are economic challenges. Effective advocates assess the economic needs of survivors, identify gaps in existing solutions, and craft solutions that expand economic opportunity and advance economic agency for survivors. Through the 2022 training series, we provided foundational training on survivor centered economic advocacy. In this final session, the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice will provide the data, resources, and strategies to enhance practitioners' individual advocacy and organizational practice to better meet survivors' self defined economic needs. We aim to equip Virginia practitioners with the data, resources and strategies to enhance their individual advocacy and organizational practice into the future and meet survivors’ self-defined economic needs

Learning Objectives

• Share findings from our mini state needs assessment, equipping you with information helpful to identify economic advocacy priorities in your communities. 
• Discuss challenges advocates face in doing their work and highlight the importance of collaboration to provide holistic assistance to survivors.
• Share useful advocacy resources and tools to help address similar challenges in your work, organizations, and communities.
• Provide an overview of the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice’s  ACCESS to Justice eCourse, which is  designed to enhance advocates' capacity to engage in survivor centered economic advocacy and their understanding of the legal context on core economic issue-areas.

Presenters:

Sara Wee

Sara Wee (she/her) is CSAJ’s Director of Research & Programs. In this role, she ensures all of CSAJ’s projects are fueled by and fuel knowledge, are done in partnership, and work to build organizational capacity to identify and address critical economic issues facing survivors and their communities. She led CSAJ’s recent research on the Economic Well-Being of Survivors (2019) and the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors (2020-21). She is passionate about amplifying survivors’ stories with data and experimenting with new economies for change. She has a Master’s in Public Health and lives in Brooklyn, but was raised in rural Minnesota and Oregon.

Nkeiruka Aduba

Nkeiruka Aduba is CSAJ’s Capacity Building Manager. She leads CSAJ’s efforts to enhance economic advocacy within the field via training, technical assistance and partnership. She is also an attorney whose varied professional experience has focused on working with women, low-income populations, refugees and people whose rights have been violated. She has worked in the areas of gender-based violence response, human rights and family law. She is passionate about improving the lives of people through law and human rights. 

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