Events

A presentation to share and explain the goals and purpose of the Building Opportunities for Women (B.O.W.) Program.

An intensive 2-day training on Comprehensive Victim Interviewing (CVI) led by veteran law enforcement investigators and other leading national experts. Presenters will review the scientific research on stress, trauma, and memory, as well as research on what works – and doesn’t – when it comes to effective investigative interviews. 

Speakers and Instructors: Allan Kehler -  Mental Health: Finding Your Voice Tim Barlow - Lived Experience Story and Laughing Yoga Phyllis O’Connor - Compassion Fatigue Corliss Rassyle - Your Best Life Melissa Krochack - Kudalini Yoga and Meditation

The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make […]

We keep re-enacting the past until we can make a different choice. Love has to go through the body, touching life deeply, enveloping our cells with the remembrance of light. This is how we can update ourselves.

Week Without Violence is part of a global movement with YWCAs across the country and around the world to end violence against women and girls. From October 17 – 22, help raise awareness, elevate survivor voices, talk with policymakers, and center survivors so that we can end gender-based violence.

Over the past 40 years, a great deal of progress has been made in lowering rates of domestic violence in our communities. This progress has been uneven, however, due to continuing misconceptions about the causes and dynamics of domestic violence, which include an exaggerated focus on males as perpetrators and females as victims, as well […]

A discussion on how we can better advocate and care for older patients who have experienced abuse.

Infants (0–24 months) are at a critical and formative stage of development. If exposed to domestic violence, they are at higher risk of neurological, psychological and physical harm. When working with families experiencing family and domestic violence, it is important to consider the infant's experience, and recognise their inherent capacities for engagement, exploration and discovery. […]