Join the Coalition for Victims of Child Abuse (CVCA) and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services on December 9th through Zoom for the Racial and Gender Equity in Victim Services Annual Symposium 2020! This symposium aims to bring child and family service leaders together to discuss how racial and gender equity impact the services that our organizations provide to families. Participants will learn mechanisms of historical trauma and institutional racism within the context of critical race theory, how poverty, education, and other previous trauma contribute to racial inequity and will gain resources and best practices for developing more equitable victim services while also being able to network with others in the field.Leaders of family strengthening, child advocacy, and victim service organizations will come together to:
- Learn mechanisms of historical trauma and institutional racism within the context of critical race theory.
- Understand how poverty, education and other previous trauma contribute to racial inequity.
- Recognize biases within themselves that keep them from doing their work. They will also understand and learn the policies and practices that may retraumatize the families they are serving.
For more information and registration, go to the CVCA symposium page!