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NCADV Announces 2021 Award Winners

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced today six (6) 2021 Recognizing (Y)Our Resilience: Revive, Renew, Restore award recipients, who will be honored for their commitment to a national culture where we are all safe, empowered and free from domestic violence at NCADV's conference. Awardees include Jessica Woolbright (Lifetime Impact Award), Judith Naraine (Survivor Activist Award), Kiahnna Patterson (Media Award), Alice Miles (Media Award), and Global Rights for... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Thursday, July 29, 2021

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Moments from NCADV’s 2020 Conference

NCADV's 2020 national domestic violence conference, Recognizing (Y)Our Power, marked not only NCADV's 19th conference but also its 1st as a virtual event, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Here's a roundup of some of our favorite moments from Recognizing (Y)Our Power.   On Surviving Domestic Violence .... "There were signs I missed about control, emotional abuse, and coercion that I know about now but missed early on in our relationship." - Kate Rant... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Wednesday, November 11, 2020

National Domestic Violence Conference Becomes Fully Virtual Event Broadcast from St. Louis

Today the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced that its 19th national conference on domestic violence moved to a fully virtual event broadcasted from St. Louis, Missouri from October 25th through October 28th. The change marks the first time in the forty-year history of the conference that the event is available virtually, allowing more advocates around the nation and the world to attend this critical conference. “Though NCADV understands the desire and need f... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Wednesday, August 19, 2020

NCADV Announces Jamira Burley to Keynote 2019 Voices in Action National Domestic Violence Conference

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced today that Jamira Burley will be the keynote speaker for Voices in Action, NCADV’s 18th national domestic violence conference this September. In addition to keynoting the conference, Ms. Burley will also participate in a plenary panel on domestic violence and radical grassroots organizing and the impacts of such organizing. “I’m honored to join committed leaders, advocates and survivors from across the cou... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Thursday, May 30, 2019

Voices Rising Sessions Roundup: A Potpourri of Topics

Voices Rising, NCADV’s national conference on domestic violence, begins in a few short weeks in Providence, Rhode Island. Our team has been working hard and the office has been buzzing with conference chatter. And soon we will be able to share that buzz with you! In this blog post, we’re rounding up the remaining workshops, plenaries and pre-conference intensives attendees will be able to enjoy. Read on for session descriptions on a potpourri of topics, including activism, d... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Monday, September 10, 2018

2018 Voices Rising Awardees Announced by NCADV

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced today the 2018 Voices Rising Award Recipients, who will be honored for their contributions towards raising the voices of victims and survivors and the creation of a culture where domestic violence is not tolerated. Awardees include Ineabelle Geena Cruz (Survivor Activist Award), Rosie Hidalgo (Policy Change Award), Nancy Provost on behalf of the Family Violence Project (Media Award), and... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Monday, September 10, 2018

11-Year-Old Youth Activist Naomi Wadler Opens NCADV’s 2018 Voices Rising National Domestic Violence Conference

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced today that Naomi Wadler, the 11-year-old youth activist who provoked a strong reaction from Americans with her speech at the March for Our Lives (March 24th, 2018), will be opening Voices Rising, NCADV’s 17th biennial national domestic violence conference this September. “Ms. Wadler is a shining light and we admire her decision to shine her light on the issue of domestic violence,” said Ruth M. Glenn, Presid... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Monday, August 27, 2018

Voices Rising Sessions Roundup: Innovations and New Perspectives

The national domestic violence conference by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence returns in 2018! Here at NCADV, our staff has been working hard for almost two years on this event, which will be held in Rhode Island for the first time in the conference’s history. NCADV’s conferences consistently offer advocates and survivors the most cutting edge content with its workshops, plenary sessions, and pre-conference intensives. We’ve rounded up 15 workshops that offer... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Wednesday, July 25, 2018

NCADV Announces Jennie Willoughby to Keynote 2018 Voices Rising National Domestic Violence Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DENVER, CO / WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) announced today that Jennie Willoughby will be a keynote speaker of Voices Rising, NCADV’s 17th biennial national domestic violence conference this September. Ms. Willoughby is a domestic violence survivor and has been outspoken about her abuser, Rob Porter, who until February was employed at the White House and protected by high-ranking officials who knew about Porter’... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Tuesday, April 24, 2018

An Advocate’s #BFF: How the NCADV Conference Can Be an Advocate’s Best Friend

A day in the life of an advocate ...  Leticia is an full-time advocate who works at her county’s domestic violence shelter. On her calendar for the day are back-to-back appointments with survivors staying in shelter. In the first appointment, while doing an intake with Maria, a Latina survivor, the client discloses to Leticia that she is undocumented and is struggling to open a bank account or rent an apartment without a social security number, both of which are critical steps s... Read More
Posted by Lynn Brewer at Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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