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MAY 2022
NEWS & UPDATES
Volume 20 | Issue 5
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2022 WEEK OF AWARENESS FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES |
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May 2-May 6 is #MMIP Awareness Week in NY. We honor the loss of missing and murdered indigenous peoples, and share in supporting their families and communities on their healing journey by raising awareness.
Native women and girls experience some of the highest rates of violence. According to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, the murder of Native women is more than ten times the national average on some reservations. The murders and disappearances of indigenous women and girls is often connected to crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. And yet, these cases often go unheard and uninvestigated, leaving the families of those who go missing and murdered without answers and those responsible go unpunished for their crimes.
We must continue to bring awareness to the issue of missing and murdered Native peoples. Only by doing so will we increase accountability of the systems and institutions that have let these crimes go silent and bring justice to the families of the missing and murdered.
Click here for more information and resources.
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Join in Raising Awareness of #MMIP |
During the week of May 2-6, you can help raise awareness by participating in any of the activities below:
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Wearing red or a red ribbon.
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Post on social media with the hashtag #MMIP. Join @NYSCADV and partners for a Twitter storm to raise awareness on Tuesday, May 3 from 12-12:30pm EST.
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Attend the “Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP): the History, Impact and Response,” presented by Amie Barnes, Seven Dancers Coalition executive director, on May 5 at 12pm. Register for the webinar here.
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Participate in the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center’s “Week of Action from MMIW.” Click here for more information.
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Visit NYSCADV’s DV & Indigenous Peoples Resource Guide for MMIP resources and more. Click here to view the resource guide.
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ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH |
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May is a time to celebrate our Asian American and Pacific Islander communities' diversity (AAPI).
According to the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC), the theme for this year's AAPI Heritage Month is “Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration.” During the month of May, NYSCADV is acknowledging and honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders, advocates, and organizations that have been working tirelessly to end systemic oppression and discrimination.
We encourage you to join us by learning more about how you can celebrate AAPI Heritage Month. Click here for additional information and resources about AAPI month, as well as AAPI-focused organizations.
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DEI ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DV PROGRAMS |
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Over the past few months, NYSCADV has been working with Tangible Development, a well-respected diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consulting firm, to help us grow and sustain our DEI efforts. Tangible Development has a track record of working across a number of fields (including other statewide domestic violence coalitions), in facilitating trainings, conducting organizational assessments, and designing DEI exercises.
NYSCADV staff will be participating in trainings and interviews in the coming weeks to build our internal capacity for this work. This process will help us gather information we can use to develop and drive initiatives and improvements to inform our statewide domestic violence advocacy efforts.
In June, we will begin gathering feedback from DV programs across the state. Specifically, we’re inviting all levels of staff from domestic violence organizations in New York to participate in focus groups about DEI at NYSCADV. These focus groups will be facilitated by Tangible Development; they are voluntary and confidential.
Stay tuned to our emails and listserv for more information and how to participate. Your input is important!
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Beyond Bouquets: A Mother's Day Art Contest |
NYSCADV invites dads and their children to create artwork together for Mother's Day for our second annual Mother's Day Art Contest, "Beyond Bouquets." As part of our Because We're Dads Initiative, NYSCADV is inviting dads throughout the state to help craft (with your child(ren)) Mother's Day cards that honor mothers and mothering and help promote gender equality.
We're seeking two age categories for these entries:
Dads and male caregivers parenting 5 – 12 year olds
Dads and male caregivers parenting 13 – 18 year olds
You can submit your entry that expresses the theme, Beyond Bouquets, anytime from Wednesday, April 20th through May 7th at 9 pm. Voting will take place and winners will be announced via NYSCADV's social media platforms on May 13th.
The winners will receive a $100 Visa gift card. Winners will also have their submissions featured in NYSCADV's prevention education and awareness materials, such as NYSCADV's webpage, prevention resources, newsletter, and social media channels.
Participating in this Contest Supports Prevention Educators!
Prevention Educators who recruit ten or more submissions will be put in a raffle for a chance at a $500 scholarship for the professional development opportunity of their choosing!
Prevention Educators across New York State work tirelessly to support social change efforts that would end all forms of gender-based violence in your community. They design and deliver prevention programming to youth of all ages in school and non-school based settings; they raise awareness and educate parents about how to promote healthy relationship behaviors at home to help prevent dating violence. They train teachers, counselors, coaches, and other school-based professionals to support young people in the same way. They deliver prevention education programs in workplaces, on college campuses and other venues in your community.
Please be sure to name them in your registration/submission forms. If you are interested in connecting with someone in your community, let us know. We'd be delighted to make that introduction and tell you more about how to become involved in local efforts.
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Join us on May 25 for a Listening Session!
“Invite and Ignite” Men and Boys: A Listening Session for Prevention Educators
May 25th, 1:00- 2:30pm
SAVE THE DATE! NYSCASA and NYSCADV, along with Rus Funk, Gender and Racial Justice Activist and Consultant, are partnering to convene a listening session, scheduled for Wednesday, May 25th, from 1:00-2:30pm. The focus of the discussion will be on hearing from you about your local strategies to invite men and boys into allyship roles in the movement to end gender based violence, what we’ve learned about what works and what doesn’t, what your priorities are, and how your statewide coalitions can support you in your efforts.
Who Should Attend:
Registration is open to all prevention educators and any staff tasked with designing and implementing prevention activities, programming and strategies in their community.
Listening sessions are designed to be a space for advocates to share their thoughts and views and to strategize with each other and with your state coalitions. We hope that you will join us for what we hope will be a lively and interactive discussion.
Stay tuned for more information regarding registration and preparing for the discussion.
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Assembly and Senate Pass DV-Related Resolutions and Legislation on NYSCADV's Day of Action
In honor of NYSCADV’s Virtual Legislative Day of Action, the New York State Assembly and Senate adopted resolutions to acknowledge the prevalence of DV and raise awareness. The Assembly resolution was carried by Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and the Senate resolution was carried by Senator Cordell Cleare.
Both chambers also approved several bills focused on improving the lives of domestic violence survivors and their families.
Among other bills, the Senate approved two of NYSCADV’s 2022 Day of Action priorities:
- S66A/A648A would create a one-year window for the revival of otherwise time-barred civil claims arising out of sexual offenses committed against people who were 18 or older at the time of the conduct, known as the Adult Survivors Act; and,
- S7157A/A6207B would permit DV survivors to self-attest to their status to break phone, TV, and utility contracts.
Among other bills, the Assembly approved bills that would:
- Require notification to individuals applying for an OP of their ability to apply for an extreme risk protection order (A6126)
- Protect a victim or witness to a crime from prosecution for prostitution, prostitution in a school zone, or permitting prostitution when they seek help (A255A/S2233A)
- Create a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device such as a condom (A665A/S5768A).
This year’s event began with a moving virtual program featuring remarks from Governor Kathy Hochul, NYS Attorney General Letitia James, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senator Liz Krueger, Senator Cordell Cleare, Assemblymember Helene Weinstein and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal. The program also included a NYSCADV-facilitated discussion with a panel of survivors working on a variety of policy issues. A recording of the morning program is available here.
Final New York State Budget Includes $14.4 Million to
Cover VOCA Shortfall
To address potential cuts to victim assistance services in New York, this year’s FY’22-’23 includes a shift of $14.4 million from the State’s general revenues to the state Office of Victim Services. This funding, in addition to $110 million in funding already available to OVS for victim services, should ensure the continuity and sustainability of victim services.
Other notable elements in this year’s budget include:
- $3.2 million of TANF funding set aside for non-residential DV services
- An additional $5 million for a pilot to evaluate a new method for funding DV services. This brings the total available for the pilot project to $15 million
- $150,000 for a Sexual Harassment and Gender Based Violence Awareness Program at OPDV
- $2.53 million to staff a new rape kit storage facility, to be established in Washington County
- $7.3 million for a new community safety and restorative justice program at DCJS, including those that support survivors of sexual assault and DV, as well as other initiatives
- $40 million to assist upstate communities with discovery in criminal court proceedings, plus changes to the discovery law to prevent cases from being dismissed if inconsequential pieces of evidence are not disclosed to the defense in a timely manner
- $2 million for services for sexually exploited children and youth up to age 21 and an additional $2.4 million for services related to the human trafficking program.
The final budget did not include a proposal to require all domestic violence advocates to obtain 40 hours of training to become certified to provide domestic violence services and creation of a training institute at OPDV which would be responsible for developing and offering the training.
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NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women (O-NIJ-2022-171197)
NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to support the development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW) (including violence against elderly women and American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls), promote justice for victims of crime, and enhance criminal justice responses.
Closing Date for Applications: May 10, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 National Mentoring Programs (O-OJJDP-2022-171219)
This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for juvenile delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types. Applicants must initiate mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Mentors must be an adult (age 18 or older), or in cases where peer mentoring models are being implemented, an older peer and under adult supervision.
Closing Date for Applications: May 23, 2022
OVC FY 2022 Protecting Futures: Building Capacity to Serve Children and Youth Impacted by America’s Drug Crisis
JP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. This program will provide funding to support an entity that will (1) competitively select and fund subawards to support direct services to children and youth who are crime victims impacted by the Nation’s drug crisis, and (2) provide technical assistance to the selected subawardees.
Closing Date for Applications: June 09, 2022
OVC FY 2022 Bridging Inequities - Legal Services and Victims' Rights Enforcement for Underserved Communities
This program supports activities related to expanding access to legal assistance for victims of crime in underserved communities. Such communities include, among others, Black people, Hispanic and Latino/a/e people, Native American and other Indigenous peoples of North America (including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts), Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. This program also aligns with the May 18, 2021, Presidential Memorandum calling on federal agencies to expand access to legal counsel in both civil and criminal matters to ensure that people of color, individuals with low incomes, and other vulnerable populations have better access to legal services.
Closing Date for Applications: June 16, 2022
Transitional Living Program
The Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides safe, stable, and appropriate shelter for runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22 for up to 18 months and, under extenuating circumstances, can be extended to 21 months. TLPs provide comprehensive services that supports the transition of homeless youth to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living. Through the provision of shelter and an array of comprehensive services, TLP youth will realize improvements in four core outcome areas (i.e., safe and stable housing, education/employment, permanent connections, and social and emotional well-being).
Closing Date for Applications: June 23, 2022
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Host a Fundraiser for NYSCADV!
Are you interested in hosting a fundraiser to support NYSCADV's work to end and prevent domestic violence?
Reach out to NYSCADV's Deputy Director, Gina Peattie for more information.
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Make a Recurring Donation
Looking for an easy way to support NYSCADV? Sign up to give a monthly donation! It only takes a moment to set up and any amount is appreciated. Click here to schedule your monthly support of our work! Thank you! |
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