Sexual violence knowledge & service provision
This roundtable discussion explores conversation about the effectiveness of culturally specific services provided to sexual assault survivors and the outreach strategies for our communities.
This resource began its development during the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative project and offers tools to equip new advocates with core knowledge and skills for supporting survivors of sexual violence. We recognize that there is a wide breadth of information and learning that is critical to strong advocacy programs. Consider this just a start to your agency’s training program!
This tool assists dual/multi-service programs with restructuring their intake forms and procedures to align with approaches that are more survivor-focused and trauma-informed. Recommendations include building forms and procedures from a place of establishing relationship, safety, trust, cultural relevance, choice, collaboration and empowerment with survivors.
In 2017, NAPIESV hosted a roundtable discussion with community leaders and experts who work on issues of sexual violence to explore and define “justice” for API survivors. This discussion focused on contextualizing the history of sexual violence in the United States as well as traditional concepts of justice; the role of the criminal justice system and its impacts on survivors and the anti-gender-based violence movement at large; and alternative forms of justice including community accountability, transformative justice, and restorative justice.
As NAPIESV expands its efforts to ensure services are provided to all victims, the organization has also had to address the complexity of the categories of“victim”and “offender/harm-doer/perpetrator.” This paper aims to share the information, insights and ideas gathered at the second roundtable to elaborate on what NAPIESV will do to continue deepening its knowledge about sexual violence and enhancing services to victims of sexual violence in API communities.
This curriculum is designed to introduce information on sex trafficking of Native people, covering topics such as the definition of sex trafficking, red flags, trafficker tactics, screening for sex trafficking, and advocacy roles and responsibilities.