Hispanic Heritage Month 2023

 CHISMEANDO CON LAS COMADRES! Webinar series

“I like their talent, but MMM… I don’t know? Could we talk about it?”

Celebrating popular talent in music and performance is a fundamental part of our cultural practices, giving us a sense of connection and belonging to our roots. But what happens when the singer or actor of our choice has been identified as an offender of sexual or domestic violence? Or when the content of his productions promotes some form of violence? How can we find a balance between continuing to enjoy their talent and being loyal to the survivors and the movement against violence?

Me gusta su talento, pero ¿MMMM… no sé? ¿Podríamos hablar al respecto?

Celebrar el talento, la música y la actuación popular es una práctica común para muchos de nosotros, estas nos brindan un sentido de conexión y pertenencia a nuestras raíces. ¿Pero qué pasa cuando el cantante o actor de nuestro gusto ha sido identificado como un agresor de violencia sexual, o domestica? ¿O cuándo el contenido de sus producciones promueve alguna forma violencia?   ¿Como podemos encontrar un balance entre seguir disfrutando de su talento y ser leales a los sobrevivientes y al movimiento contra la violencia?

Presenter: 

Elizabeth Balcarcel, Director of Training & Technical Assistance, Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault

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The SART Coordinators’ Group and listserv is for people who are engaging in a coordinated, collaborative effort to address sexual violence within their community. These efforts are often called Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART), Coordinated Community Responses (CCR), or Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT) and can exist within a county, judicial district, city, campus, Tribal community, or other jurisdictions and communities. The group shares resources, training opportunities, and troubleshoots issues. Meetings are held each month on the 4th Tuesday from 2:00-3:30pm. For Zoom information and/or to be added to the listserv, contact Sierra Agens, sierra@ccasa.org, or Jordan Rhodes, jordan@ccasa.org.

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Join us for a 2-day opportunity to explore restorative and transformative justice to address sexual violence, the conference topics include:

♦ Understand yourself – See yourself in this work – Feel It – Practice It – Prep for It

♦ Group- Try It! – Circle Practice -foundational tool, and its uses for conflict/harm– High Impact Dialogues, Internal Organizational Accountability)

♦ Community – Planning and Act – Learn more about restorative and transformative justice frameworks and principles, how it can be used to address sexual violence, experience being in circle with each other, as well as learn and take back foundational tools to share with your community.

We value access and safety and strive to make our meetings accessible and welcoming to all participants; interpretation will be available upon request. Please note, we can only guarantee requested accommodations for registrations submitted before October 12th, 2023. Any request made after October 12th cannot be guaranteed but every effort will be made to accommodate those requests.

Schedule will be from 9am- 4pm daily with a break for lunch.

This training was supported by the Improving Criminal Justice Response (ICJR) Grant, No. 2022-SR-01-00 awarded by the state administering office for the Office on Violence Against Women. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this training are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.

Contact Agueda Morgan at agueda@ccasa.org for more information.