COURSE DESCRIPTION
YWCA offers the 40-Hour Domestic Violence Advocacy Training to community members who are looking to become domestic violence advocates. Each certification is for 40 hours of training in advocacy for Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault. This training ensures that the needs of domestic violence Survivors have been met and served through a trauma informed, culturally responsive lens.
LOCATION
Online via Zoom
PRICING AND REGISTRATION
For any questions regarding registration, our sliding scale, work-trade opportunities or accessibility needs, please contact Shay Braden at shayb@ywcapdx.org or (503) 294-7395.
ACCESSIBILITY
This class will be held online via Zoom. Please contact us to let us know if you need specific accommodations.
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TIPS
Thanks for joining us online! Here are some suggestions for getting the most out of this workshop:
Mute your microphone. To help keep background noise to a minimum, make sure you mute your microphone when you are not speaking. When your microphone is not muted, avoid activities that could create additional noise.
Engage with the class. These are intended to be workshops, not webinars! Please come ready to engage and participate, and help build community within the “classroom.” Not everyone is able to participate via webcam, but if you are able, we ask that you do so as much as possible.
Limit distractions and avoid multi-tasking. You can make it easier to focus on the meeting by turning off notifications, closing or minimizing running apps, and muting your smartphone. You’ll retain the discussion better if you refrain from replying to emails or test messages during the meeting and wait until after the workshop ends.
Help us improve our program! Each workshop will have a brief survey sent out. All results are anonymous and help us continuously improve our program.
Take notes. Our facilitators’ own their presentation material so it is not a requirement for the presentation to be shared afterwards.
Need an accommodation? Email us so we can create an ideal learning environment for you. sjp@ywcapdx.org
GROUP PARTICIPATION FRAMEWORK & AGREEMENTS
While guidelines and expectations will vary from workshop to workshop, most of these apply to a typical workshop session:
One speaker at a time. When one person talks, everyone else listens.
Community wisdom. Nobody knows everything, together we know a lot.
Take space & give space. Be mindful of how much you’re participating in the discussion.
Intent vs. impact. Before sharing, consider how what you say will affect others in the group.
Confidentiality. Details shared in the class stay in the class, but what’s learned goes with you.
Active participation. In this environment, it’s better to be open and imperfect than worry too much about being overly articulate.
Embrace discomfort and expect non-closure. Learning and growth can be stressful, do your best to hold space for those feelings.
PRESENTER
Presented by
Debbie Elias
Debbie has extensive experience working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence as a highly skilled advocate, community educator and support group facilitator. Her passion for social change has been a motivating force throughout her life. She is a first-generation Lebanese immigrant, with a culturally diverse upbringing and years of living, working, and traveling in various parts of the world. For self-care she enjoys Tai Chi, gardening, and lots of laughter!
Tyesha McCool-Riley
I possess an associate and bachelor’s degree from Warner Pacific University and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Multnomah University. I am a Portland native; born and raised in inner North and Northeast Portland. I enjoy spending quality time with my family, watching DIY television, mentoring youth, shopping, and going on nature walks. I have worked in the mental health field for several years; I have experience as a clinician in various capacities working with women, children, adolescents, and families who have experienced adverse circumstances that include sexual abuse, addiction, domestic violence, DHS involvement, involvement in the criminal justice system among other circumstance that had a significant impact on their lives and mental health. I am passionate and enthusiastic about empowering the voiceless to have a voice through advocacy and trauma informed therapy practices that provide a safe space for all people. I hold a special place for persons of marginalized and oppressed groups as their voices are often unheard, unacknowledged, and minimized.
Kevyn Way
Kevyn is a writer and facilitator living in Oregon. They believe in the importance of advocacy, education and community support. They have facilitated workshops with organizations such as SOBLACC, New Avenues for Youth, Imagine Black and the Grand Street Settlement. Ari graduated with a degree in Psychology and Human Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University. In their free time they love dancing, going to the beach, attending writing workshops, and reading fiction & Sci-fi.
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Brianna, (she/her)
Brianna is a grad student and former therapist based in unceded indigenous land known as Chicago. She lives with her wonderful partner and two hilarious hounds named Maurice and Blaise. She is passionate about care work, prison abolition, and puppies. She is a big fan of somatics, healing outside of the medical industrial complex, good reads, and trashy television. In her free time, she likes to hike, stretch, nap, and read.
Ruby Joy White, (prince/they/she) - Creative. Sociologist. Writer. Social Equity Strategist & Facilitator
Ruby Joy White is a generationally-mixed Black diasporic, sapphically-inclined, gender queer, neurodivergent person. They describe themself as being half creative, half sociologist. She holds degrees in Journalism and Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado, an (in progress) certificate on Arts and Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania and National Arts Strategies, as well as a transformational leadership certificate from Imagine Black (formerly the Portland African American Leadership Forum) and Restorative Justice training. Ruby has extensive experience in anti-racist and social equity work, sociological practice (specifically within family dynamics, family violence, trauma, dynamics of poverty, s*xual assault and domestic violence advocacy, and social systems), education & curriculum development, writing, painting and drawing, cultural and creative curation, arts administration, community engagement, data assessment & research, employment policy, program development, design, editing & layout, strategic planning, leadership transmogrification, recruitment, and organizational development. Currently, Ruby serves as the Director of Community Events, Education, and Culture for Portland’5 Centers for the Arts as part of Oregon Metro, a regional governmental agency. Ruby is also a board member of the Contemporary Art Council at the Portland Art Museum, board member of the Alberta Abbey, Hey Doc Clinic Advisory Council, and member of Imagine Black. Ruby’s foci when working with organizations is to address blatant acts of racism/discrimination, the dismantling of organizational culture rooted in White Supremacy, patriarchy, misogyny and sexism, homo and transphobia, and ableism. Ruby infuses techniques in analyzing power and power structures, anti-Black and anti-Indigenous actions, utilization of trauma-informed assessment, and to collectively work with staff to create and identify goals, outcomes, and overall strategies to infuse social equity into the very foundation of the organization, including recruitment and retention efforts.
Chris Huffine
Chris Huffine, Psy.D., licensed psychologist, has worked with abusive men for nearly 30 years. He is the Executive Director of Allies in Change in Portland, Oregon. During his career he has worked with thousands of abusive men and hundreds of female and male victims of abuse. He is considered to be a national expert on working with abusive partners and has provided trainings around the country, including a semi-annual 40-hour training in Portland on the Allies in Change curriculum. He is a member of the advisory group to the Oregon state attorney general to monitor standards for batterer intervention programs and of the Oregon Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team.
claire barrera, (they/them)
claire barrera is an artist, activist and eductor. They have worked in the anti-violence movement for over 17 years and currently hold a position with Multnomah County as the Sex Trafficking Senior Strategist. In addition, they organize with Brown Girl Rise and create performance work.
Contact Us
Shay at shayb@ywcapdx.org
Phone: (503) 294-7395