🗞 The March Newsletter is in: Helpful Info & Upcoming Events

[ Published March 14, 2024 ]

TOWARDS THRIVING:

YOUR NEWSLETTER FROM

THE IDAHO COALITION AGAINST

SEXUAL & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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What Afrofuturism Can Teach Us About Worldbuilding

"As we bear witness to the inhumanity of empire and grieve the reality of climate collapse, it is Black, Brown and Indigenous women and girls, and our trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit kin whose voices are guiding the path beyond violence."

These words from Alexis Flanagan were shared by Resonance Network in a new piece for Alliance Magazine, and these words are especially close to our hearts.

This year, Women's History Month arrives during a time of profound injustice and collective upheaval that—as we know—impacts those we celebrate. At the same time, glimmers of transformation are revealing themselves, many inspired by rich practices of future storytelling.

We extend Resonance Network's invitation to read more of Alexis’s reflections about worldbuilding, Afrofuturism, and radical imagination.

Happy International Women’s Day.

Access this article by Alexis Flanagan

4+ Tools for Boosting Your Bystander Intervention Training

A beloved organization, RVCC (Recognize Violence, Change Culture) recently shared 4 tools you can use to help with skill-building and practice for bystander intervention. These are great for advocates & activists, but also community members who are learning about gender-based violence.

They include interactive tabling activities, a game like "Cards Against Humanity," a reflection handout for identifying strategies, graphics, and more!

Check out these tools

Intimate Partner Violence as a Public Health Problem

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been described as a “major public health problem” warranting a health sector response. Other public health problems, like the COVID-19 pandemic or systemic oppression, have only fueled the risk factors for violence and hampered responses to it.

Here are some barriers that survivors of IPV often face, as well as some solutions about training and supporting survivors of IPV: