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Action Alliance
Training Institute
2012 Training Calendar
Fee Schedule. Each training has a predetermined registration fee. Please note that NEW IN 2012 we are offering discounts to Sexual and Domestic Violence Agency Members, Affiliate Members, and Individual Members in lieu of offreing different price levels for members. The Action Alliance contracts with e-Tapestry to process registrations and payments securely. Click For complete 2012 Catalog (PDF)
- Sexual and Domestic Violence Agency members receive a 25% discount on the registration fee for all staff.
- Affiliate Agency members receive a 10% discount on the registration fee for all staff.
- Individual members receive a 10% discount on the registration fee. This discount may be combined with an SDVA (total 35%) or Affiliate (total 20%) membership.
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Basic Advocacy Trainings (BAT)
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In 2012, all scheduled Basic Advocacy Trainings (BATs) will be conducted in Richmond or Charlottesville. The Action Alliance is committed to making the BATs available in communities where travel to these locations might hinder participation, particularly agencies in Southwest Virginia. Please contact the Training Institute Manager to schedule a regional BAT for staff/volunteers from multiple agencies and to inquire about additional trainings on request that might be available to you.
Basic Domestic Violence Advocacy
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March 7, 2012 Richmond, VA
August 22, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
October 23, 2012 Richmond, VA
This training explores: the root causes of domestic violence; beliefs about healthy relationships; risk factors and risk assessment; safety planning; legal advocacy; advocacy for parents on behalf of children; domestic violence laws in Virginia; confidentiality and safe recordkeeping; creating a multicultural environment; systems advocacy.
Basic Sexual Violence Advocacy
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April 12, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
July 10, 2012 Richmond, VA
November 14, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
This training explores: the root causes of sexual violence; the history of the anti-rape movement; beliefs about healthy sexuality; understanding trauma; advocacy at the time of an assault, related to past sexual violence, and in the context of larger issues; safe record-keeping and confidentiality protocols and practices; culturally appropriate service provision.
Basic Child & Youth Advocacy
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May 11, 2012 Richmond, VA
August 9, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
November 9, 2012 Richmond, VA
This training explores: the ways in which children and youth are impacted by violence perpetrated against significant adults in their lives; the scope of physical and sexual violence perpetrated against children and youth; personal and community values about children and youth; policies related to reporting child abuse/neglect; unique issues of legal protections, confidentiality, empowerment, and culturally appropriate services for children and youth.
Basic Crisis Intervention
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February 2, 2012 Richmond, VARegister Online
June 1, 2012
Charlottesville, VA
September 13, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
This training explores: beliefs about crisis; an empowerment model approach to crisis intervention; communication techniques; cultural influences on crisis and crisis response; emotional and safety needs; problem solving.
Basic Cultural Competency
February 22, 2012 Charlottesville, VA Register Online
May 23, 2012, Richmond, VA
September, 26, 2012 Richmond, VA
This training explores: the definition of culture; levels of competency in interacting with diversity; assessment of value difference as a source of tension; strategies for managing conflict; opportunities to increase appreciating and valuing difference.
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Building Organizational Capacity to Respond to and Prevent Violence in LGBTQ Communities
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This training is brought to you through a community partnership with the Virginia Anti-Violence Project and is part of a national roundtable of organizations serving LGBTQ survivors and communities. Participants will indentify ways to enhance their organizational ability to provide culturally appropriate services to LGBTQ survivors and will build relationships with LGBTQ community advocates. A second track will be geared towards building capacity of LGBTQ communties to organize against violence and can be helpful to LGBTQ people in your area.
Intended Audience: Advocates, community members, allied professionals, and anyone interested in LGBTQ community response to violence.
Cost: FREE includes lunch and all participant materials
August 4, 2012 Richmond, VA
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Community Engagement Advanced Training
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In this two-day intensive training, participants will build on their understanding of domestic and sexual violence advocacy and learn to convey the five key components of domestic and sexual violence messaging by focusing on building skills in audience assessment, presentation preparation, and public speaking. Participants will also explore why we need communication plans and practice developing them. There will be discussions about cultural norms and the impact of media on sexual and domestic violence messaging. Participants will learn how to capitalize on their strengths and work through their challenges as a community educator. This training is intended to provide an array of concrete skills that any participant can immediately put to use in their dialy work from talking with legislators or funders to working out in the community or responding to media inquires.
Intended Audience: Advocates, allied professionals, and community members with an understanding of sexal and domestic violence basics and an interest in developing their capacity to effectively message on sexual and domestic violence issues.
Date: March 13-14, 2012 Richmond, VA
Cost: $140, includes breakfast and lunch and all participant materials
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Continuing Advocacy Training (CAT): Legal Advocacy
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New in 2012! The Action Alliance is responding to a growing need to provide continuing education for advocates and allied professionals who have been in the sexual and domestic violence field for over three years and is developing it Continuing Advocacy (CAT) Series. This series will offer advocates and allied professionals a change to dig deeper and continue to build critical skills needed to enhance the response to and prevention of sexual and domestic violence. Look for additional training topics to be released soon!
This is the first of our Continuing Advocacy Training Series. This training explores how to provide effective legal advocacy with an enhanced understanding of available civil/criminal legal system remedies, the unique needs of underserved survivors, and nuances related to the Virginia Code, Protective Orders and Victim Rights. This training requires participants to have a basic understanding of sexual and domestic violence and legal advocacy.
Intended Audience: Advocates, Legal Aid Staff, allied professionals who engage with the civil/criminal legal system or who work with clients who do.
Fee: $45 Includes lunch and all participant materials.
June 11, 2012 Richmond, VA
July 26, 2012 Richmond, VA
October 12, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
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Dismantling Racism Training: Roots of Violence, Roots of Change
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The Action Alliance, in keeping with our mission and guiding principles, has made a commitment to address racism as an essential component of our work to address sexual and domestic violence. Taking action to address racism in our organizations is a commitment that requires resources, knowledge, and a willingness to practice and learn. This two day training will offer participants opportunities to explore the roots of racism and to witness how racism is intrinsically linked to violence in our communities and throughout history. Participants will engage in discussion and learning to build skills needed for implementing change in themselves, in their organizations, and in their communities.
Date: July 24-25, 2012 Richmond
Cost: $75 includes breakfast, lunch, and all participant materials
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Leadership Development Series
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Are you looking to develop dynamic leadership skills? Have you been searching for techniques and tips to build the capacity of your agency? Attend one or all four and continue filling up your tank with people and program management skills!
Using a Practical Model to Help Plan, Implement, Evaluate and Sustain (PIES) Programming
Learn dynamic methods to support your organization's ability to sustain excellent programming from seasoned advocates who can demonstrate the effectiveness of this model in their work.
Presented by: Marcy Wright, Executive Director, Transitions Family Violence Services and Liz Cascone, Prevention Project Manager, Action Alliance
Date: March 22, 2012 Richmond
Cost: $45 includes lunch and all participant materials
From Vision to Action.
How non-profit leaders can improve their outcomes by applying a few fundemental business principles to running their organizations.
Presented by: Deborah Coleman, The Coleman Group
May 2, 2012 Charlottesville, VA
Cost: $45 includes lunch and all participant materials
Human Resouces: Maximizing Your Best Investment: Your People! Kay Congdon, President, Marked by Excellence
Thinking critically about ways to optimize the value of the people and positions within your organization.
Presented by: Kay Congdon, President, Marked by Excellence
August 29, 2012 Richmond, VA
Cost: $45 includes lunch and all participant materials
Fiscal Management: Planning, Budgeting, Decision-Making, and Financial Reports
Practical tools and everyday strategies that you can use starting today!
Presented by: Celia Broadus, President, Accounting Stategies to Solutions
November 1, 2012 Richmond, VA
Cost: $45 includes lunch and all participant materials
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Protective Order Conference
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Annual Conference - Protective Orders A to Z. Join us for this two and a half day conference exploring the scope of protective orders and the civil and criminal legal system response to sexual and intimate partner violence. This conference seeks to create space for networking and collective problem solving on some ot the emerging issues related to recent changes in the Virginia Protective Order legislation. There will be opportunities for regional discussion and within and across discipline relationship building. Hear from national and regional presenters on topics including the following and much more: rural response, protective orders for sexual assault survivors, campus and military issues, protective orders and firearms, navigating the civil/criminal legal system with underserved communities: immigrants, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, etc., understanding the General District Court petition process, minor acces to Protective Orders.
Intended Audience: Advocates, victim/witness, law enforcement, court personnel, allied professionals, legal aid, concerned community members and others who work within or utilize the legal system.
Date: June 20-22, 2012
Location: Richmond
Fee: $225 includes breakfast, lunch and all participant materials
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VAdata 101Webinar
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Are you a new staff person at a Sexual and Domestic Violence Agency who would like to know more about the fabulous world of VAdata? Are you a seasoned VAdata veteran with some lingering questions about how it all works? If so, this VAdata general training is just what you're looking for!
After this training you will understand:
- When and how to use each form (Hotline, Advocacy, & Community Engagement)
- How to use VAdata as a tool in your day-to-day work
- The data on each form and why they are included
- The link between data and advocacy
Intended Audiance: Staff and volunteers of Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies
Cost: $20
Date: March 27, 2012 10am-12pm
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VAdata Reports: The "ins and outs" of data
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Are you a Director who wants to learn more about what VAdata can do for you? Are you responsible for your agency's grant reporting and want to learn more about how VAdata can make your grant reporting easier? Did you know that VAdata provides 14 different data reports, including reports for your primary grants through DCJS and VDSS? Are you hesitant to trust the reports in VAdata? If so, this VAdata report training is just what you're looking for!
After this training you will understand:
- When and how to use the reports in VAdata
- Queries - how to use them to audit VAdata and retrieve information you've put into VAdata
- How to use VAdata reports in grant writing, pubic awareness, and other community awareness activities
- How VAdata data entry impacts your quarterly statistical reports
Intended Audiance: Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies Directors and program staff responsible for grant reporting
Cost: $20
Date: September 19, 2012 10am-12pm
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Yes. Changing the Future with Fresh Ideas and Effective Tools
A Recipe for Prevention Web Series
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Wether your're new to prevention work, a seasoned prevention worker, or simply interested in enhancing your knowledge and skill-sets, this is the training for you! In this three session web series you will learn why primary prevention programming is a critical part of ending sexual and intimate partner violence. You will also have the opportunity to connect to a network of professionals engaged in this work.
Registration will cover all three sessions. Each session is 90 miniutes. Please plan to participate in ALL three sessions.
Sesson 1: Changing the Future, 90 mins.
In this first session, you will learn why a PRIMARY prevention framework is critical for creating change in your local community and how this framework can help you develop compehensive prevention programming. You will learn about the root causes of sexual and intimate partner violence and the social conditions that help maintain a culture of silence and victim-blaming.
Session 2: Fresh Ideas, 90 mins.
In the second session, you will learn the most effective ways to develop stategies that will have an impact! We'll discuss the most current "best practices" for prevention programming and highlight innovative work already happening in Virginia and across the nation.
Session 3: Effective Tools, 90 mins.
In the final session, you will be introduced to a variety of tools to help you plan, implement, evaluate and sustain your prevention work! We will also connect you to a prevention community in Virginia that will provide support along the way.
Cost: $40
Date: Series One: (A) May 15, 2012 (B) May 22, 2012 (C) May 29, 2012 (10am-11:30am)
Series Two: (A) September 11, 2012 (B) September 18, 2012 (C) September 25, 2012 (10am-11:30am)
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2012 Action Alliance Training Catalog (PDF)
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