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Training
Topic: Strengthening Community and Organizational Responses: Serving Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Organization / Improving Access To Services And Legal Options For Immigrant Survivors
Hosted By: American University
Date/Time: Aug 28, 2023-Aug 29, 2023 EDT (Boston, MA)
Aug 28, 2023 at 9:00am Aug 29, 2023 at 5:00pm EDT (Boston, MA)
Aug 28, 2023 at 9:00am Aug 29, 2023 at 5:00pm EDT (Boston, MA)
Description: This two-day in-person interactive training focuses on providing attorneys, law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocates strategies for strengthening their understanding of legal and victim services options for and best practices when working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This training offers diverse learning experiences delivered by a faculty of multi-disciplinary subject matter experts from a wide range of legal and victim service backgrounds including judges, law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, and attorneys. Immigrant victim related training topics will include: stalking; immigration, public benefits, and family law case options, case strategies, and advanced issues; prosecution best practices; primary aggressor determinations; VAWA confidentiality and discovery; police officers as witnesses; multi-disciplinary collaboration; effective outreach; and improving language access. Participants will learn and share practices and strategies to improve immigrant victim safety, increase participation in the justice system, and enhance community safety.
Location: Virtual