Welcome, Introductions and Curriculum Overview
PART 1- Violence Against Native Women- Root Causes, Dynamics & Trauma-informed Advocacy
Session 1: History, Root Causes and Dynamics of Violence & Social Change
1. Today’s Reality: Violence Against Native Women & Children
2. Root Causes of Violence: Colonization & Culture
3. Connections Between Oppression, Internalized Oppression, Violence and Culturally-based Solutions
4. Reflections of Social Change: Brief Herstory of the Movement to End Violence against Native Women
Session 2: Dynamics and Tactics of Battering/Intimate Partner Violence
1. Necessary Distinctions: Conflict, Abuse, Violence, DV, Intimate Partner Violence and Battering
2. Dynamics of Battering: Power and Control and Tactics
3. Why Do They Go Back?
Session 3: Overview of Advocates Role
1. Medical Model vs. Grassroots / Social Change Model
2. Roles of Advocates
Session 4: Trauma: Impact & Effects
1. What is Trauma?
2. Ongoing Impact of Trauma/Violence
3. Connections: Domestic Violence, Mental Health & Substance Abuse
4. Impact of Witnessing Domestic Violence on Children
Session 5: Trauma-Informed Approaches & Advocacy
1. Trauma & Domestic Violence: Framing the Issues
2. What is a Trauma-informed Approach?
3. Responding to Trauma – What Helps
4. Self-healing & Secondary Trauma
PART 2 - Violence Against Native Women- Advocacy: Skills, Shelter, Systems and Community
Session 1. Basic Advocacy Skills
1. Relationship Building & Boundaries
Session 1. Basic Advocacy Skills continued
1. Active Listening Skills & Crisis Line Response
2. Safety Planning
3. Protection Orders
Session 2. Special Populations & Advocacy
1. Self-reflection: Identifying & Unlearning Internalized Oppression
2. Advocacy with LGBTQ & Two Spirit Community Members
3. Advocacy with Male Victims
4. Advocacy with those with Different Abilities
Session 3. Basics of Shelter & Providing Safe Space
1. Purpose of Shelter
2. Shelter Programming
3. Rules and Guidelines
4. Providing Safe Space – Alternatives to Shelter
5. Confidentiality and Privacy
Session 4. Working Outside Shelter Doors
1. Ally-Building, Systems Advocacy & Creating Coordinated Community Responses
2. Public Education & Community Involvement
