Events

Registration Closed

Date: Thursday, April 19th - Friday, April 20th, 2018

Location: Kalahari, Wisconsin Dells 

Description: The Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Provider Association (WBTPA), with support from End Domestic Abuse WI, welcomes you to its 2018 meeting and conference with keynote presenter Michael Paymar. Participants may receive educational credits for obtaining or maintaining WBTPA certification. The WBTPA oversees the ongoing development and implementation of the State of Wisconsin Male Batterers Treatment Standards. 

Hotel reservations must be made by March 19.

For more information, see the WBTPA Conference Flyer!

REGISTER HERE BY MAY 1!

Date Tuesday, May 8th - Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Location: Hotel Marshfield, Marshfield

Description: Learn and practice with fellow advocates who are just starting out at domestic abuse and sexual assault organizations. For two days participants will gather to review domestic violence dynamics, trauma, counseling basics, and advocating within systems. Participants will have time for practicing skills and self-care during this highly interactive training. This training, designed for new advocates, is also offered in the Fall.

Hotel reservations must  be made by April 8.

A limited number of scholarships is available for advocates: Apply by April 23.

For more information, see the Foundations Training Flyer!

REGISTER HERE BY MAY 4!

Date & Time: Friday, May 11th, 2018 from 9am - 3pm

Location: Northcentral Technical College: 1000 W. Campus Dr. Wausau, WI 54401 Main Campus Building Room E101/E102

Description: In 2016, Wisconsin experienced the highest number of domestic violence-related homicides since End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin began tracking this information in the year 2000. Spend a day learning about and discussing ways that we can work together to reduce this grim statistic.

For printable information and an agenda, see the DV Homicide Prevention Roundtable Flyer.

REGISTER HERE BY MAY 10!

Date: Wednesday, May 16th - Thursday, May 17th, 2018

Time: 9am- 4:30pm (Wednesday), 8:30am - 2:30pm (Thursday)

Location: St. Norbert's College, DePere

Description: Domestic violence, sexual assault and tribal executive directors meet for two days to learn, share, challenge and enhance sexual assault and domestic violence services in our state. End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin co-sponsors the meeting with the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault and American Indians Against Abuse.  Spring Statewide Directors Meeting registration opens soon for local DV/SA/tribal and culturally specific program directors or their designees. The fall meeting will take place in September.

Hotel reservations must be made by April 25.

For more information, see the Directors Meeting Flyer!

REGISTER HERE BY MAY 24!

Date & Time: Friday, June 1, 2018 from 8:30am - 4:30pm

Location: Fairfield Inn, Weston

Description: This training is designed for advocates who will assist individuals to obtain restraining orders. Participants will learn how to help a victim assess whether they want a restraining order and explain the process to obtain one, determine eligibility for different types of orders, and assist a victim to complete a petition and to prepare for court. They will also learn about recent legislation related to restraining orders. This training will also be offered in the Fall in a different location.

Hotel reservations must be made by April 30.

A limited number of scholarships are available for advocates: Apply by April 30. 

For more information, see the Restraining Order Training Flyer!  

REGISTER HERE BY JUNE 14th!

Date & Time: Friday, June 22, 2018 from 10am - 3pm

Location: Rock County Job Center, Janesville

Description: Antonia Vann, CEO and Founder of Milwaukee’s Asha Project, will present Understanding the Complexities in Developing a Culturally Relevant Program that includes African American Victims of Domestic Violence. Afternoon breakout workshops are: Community Engagement and Community Building with Antonia Vann, who will expand on the morning presentation; and Crisis Counseling and Safety Planning 101 with Diara Parker, who will focus on specific tools and strategies advocates can use to strengthen their phone and in-person crisis counseling and safety planning skills.

For more information, see the Southern RAD Flyer!  

REGISTRATION OPENING SOON!

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 27 from 11:00am-12:00pm

Description: What are some concerns for LGBTQ persons in later life who experience intimate partner violence, which may be very different from those of younger generations? How can we ensure that our programs invite older LGBTQ victims and address their unique needs? This webinar, presented by Kathy Flores of Diverse & Resilient, continues the series begun in 2015 on serving LGBTQ people, reflecting on organization practices and culture, and building bridges to innovative, emerging practices. Participation in the series (recorded webinars available on the End Abuse website) meets the DCF training requirement for domestic violence programs receiving FVPSA funding.

REGISTER HERE

After registering, please please visit our conference Facebook event page & mark “Going”

 Dates: Networking Event June 28, Conference June 29

Location: Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Park Place

Description: The Leadership Institute is a safe space for folks that identify as people of color, that work, volunteer, or intern in domestic violence, sexual assault, or similar fields of gender-based violence work.  It’s about our communities of color connecting with each other, each other’s communities, and each other’s best resources working together to end gender violence.

This annual free conference is by and for advocates of color in Wisconsin, against gender-based violence in all its forms. It is a safe space, only for folks that identify as people of color and/or Native/Indigenous, a space for folks that work in the domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking field (i.e. advocate, youth worker, youth, staff, volunteer, intern, etc.).  

We are proud to announce that our keynotes will include Luana Nelson-Brown of the Iowa Coalition for Collective Change and Tammie Xiong of the Hmong American Women's Association. We continue our youth of color workshop track this year, so youth of color doing anti-violence work are again welcome to attend. New this year is a bilingual/bicultural Spanish advocacy track.

Questions: DannyH@endabusewi.org

REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 4!

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 1 - Thursday, August 2, 2018

Location: Hotel Marshfield, Marshfield

Description: Harbor House Community Education Coordinator Tracy Plamann will facilitate this unique trauma-sensitive training. Many families who seek our help have lived through multiple traumatic experiences in which domestic abuse has been prominent. The wounds of childhood trauma often continue to drive behavior, feelings, and attitudes into adulthood, and play a powerful role in parenting. Understanding how trauma affects children and parents can help us to make sense of sometimes baffling and challenging behavior. When we explore what is behind such behaviors we are better prepared to help families cope with the effects of trauma. 

Focusing on the needs of parents as well as children, this program will encompass communication skills and techniques, ways to reduce stress, and promote more positive experiences within the family and the agency. This training will help domestic abuse program staff build their capacity for supporting families. Participants who complete the training will be equipped with materials and information to share with others in their organizations and communities. We strongly encourage individuals to attend with one or more staff from their agency.

REGISTRATION OPENS IN JULY!

Date & Time: Tuesday, September 25 - Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Location: Legendary Waters, Red Cliff

Description: This year the Jimmy Pease Memorial Quilt will be passed from the Ho-Chunk Nation to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Jimmy Pease had been a beloved founding member of American Indians Against Abuse (AIAA), and in 2003 was killed in a car crash while traveling home from an AIAA meeting. This annual training, sponsored by American Indians Against Abuse (AIAA), End Domestic Abuse WI (End Abuse), and Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA), focuses on bringing rural and tribal SA and DV programs together to address gender based violence, explore their common ground and strengthen community.

Please note that the date of the training has been changed and is now 9/25 - 9/26. Look for registration to open in late July on the WCASA website. Stay tuned for more details!

REGISTRATION OPENS IN JULY!

Date & Time: Thursday, September 27, 2018

Location: Legendary Waters, Red Cliff

Description: Ten of Wisconsin’s federally-recognized tribes are subject to Public Law 83-280 (P.L. 280). This training will discuss how PL 280 applies to restraining orders and legal requirements such as jurisdictional issues to determine whether to file in tribal or state (county) court, and potential advantages and disadvantages of filing in the state court vs tribal courts when working with a First Nation victim.  Advocates will learn about which tribes have tribal courts, established a tribal restraining order statutes, and/or tribal law enforcement or cross-deputization with their county law enforcement. Participants will work through different scenarios and legal issues. They will also learn about available resources to assist First Nation victims to obtain restraining orders.

Please note that registrants should have a basic understanding of restraining orders if attending this training.

SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

DATES AND LOCATIONS PENDING

Description: There are five Regional Advocate Days for Training annually. End Domestic Abuse WI plans them in collaboration with local advocates in each Wisconsin region (western, northern, northeastern, southeastern, and southern). Most trainings take place from 10am to 3pm, and include a large group training in the morning and smaller breakout sessions in the afternoon. In addition, two RADs specifically for advocates of color (offered in November/December), a bilingual advocates RAD (offered in July/August), and two networking meetings for outreach office advocates will be offered in 2018. Stay tuned for updates!

Regions where RADs will be offered: 

• Northern: July
• Western: November/December
• Southern: June 22
• Northeastern: July/August
• Southeastern: July/August

Description: In this year-long workshop, new directors from around the state gather to discuss important aspects of leadership and service provision to victims of domestic violence. Areas covered include working with the board of directors, grant writing, budgeting and finance management, and community and organizational leadership. This group is open to new directors with 3 years and less experience, and promotes networking and connections. The application process is now closed for the 2018 session. For information about applying for upcoming years please email dianew@endabusewi.org or kathrync@endabusewi.org.

Description: WE LEAD is a yearlong leadership academy which focuses on building new voices of leadership within the movement to end gender-based violence by providing hands-on leadership development opportunities for survivors of violence and/or people from Wisconsin’s underserved or under-represented communities. The next WE LEAD cohort meets regularly from May 24, 2018 through March 29, 2019.  Applications for the 2018-2019 cohort are now closed.