NIWRC served on a Project Advisory Council for a national nonprofit organization, The
Full Frame Initiative, on a project that set out to understand how people who have
experienced domestic violence define success for themselves, and how others in the domestic violence field
define success for survivors. Please find the report of the project’s findings
at: http://fullframeinitiative.org/how-do-survivors-define-success-reportrecommendations/ and the webinar below.
How Do Survivors of Domestic Violence Define Success
for Themselves?
A New Project to Address an Overlooked Question
Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center
(TC-TAT) is pleased to co-host a webinar with the Full Frame Initiative (FFI). FFI
set out to understand how people who have experienced domestic violence and
others in the domestic violence field define success for survivors. FFI conducted 46
workshops with survivors and practitioners in mainstream, culturally specific and
underserved communities and 12 interviews with policy makers and funders, across
California. The findings call into question some of the most basic assumptions about
the domestic violence field.
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For the more than 150 survivors in this project, success is about
connection to family and friends, belonging to something bigger than
oneself, and creating value.
Domestic violence is not central to their identity, and success is not
achieved through traditionally conceived pathways to safety, such as
separation.
Practitioners, in particular, are eager to better align their program
success with survivor-defined success and adjust services and activities
accordingly.
The findings hold true across all geographies, and in both culturally
specific and mainstream communities.
FFI will present the details and findings of this groundbreaking project, and share
recommendations for action to improve systems and services for people who have
experienced violence in their relationships.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
10:00am - 11:30am Pacific / 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern
REGISTER AT https://cc.readytalk.com/r/jvnkz15245r6&eom
This webinar is open to all organizations currently receiving funding from the Office on
Violence Against Women. For more information, please contact Anna Melbin:
[email protected]
About the Presenter:
Anna Melbin has more than twenty years of experience working with non-profit
organizations and on state and federal level policy issues. In 2012, she joined FFI as
the Director of Network Growth and Strategy, and led the multi-year statewide
project in CA documenting how different stakeholders understand success for
domestic violence survivors. Prior to joining FFI, she was the Housing Director at
the National Network to End Domestic Violence. She holds a M.S.W and a M.P.P
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
TC-TAT provides constituent-driven training, support and peer learning opportunities for
advocates and communities to transform and prevent violence against women and
promote safety, justice and equality. http://www.transformcommunities.org
The Full Frame Initiative's mission is to change systems so that people and communities
experiencing poverty, violence and trauma have the tools, supports and resources they
need to thrive. www.fullframeinitiative.org