The Domestic Violence Summit is a two-day training conference October 15-16th, 2014. The aim of the conference is to highlight effective practices, which have positively impacted the community of the Pikes Peak Region. Our philosophy is to provide opportunities for networking, sharing of information and experiences that will empower individuals, groups and organizations in the struggle against Domestic Violence. This is the 13th annual summit and over the past twelve years we have worked to reduce the incidence of domestic and family violence

Join us for Love, Sex, Lies: An Intimacy Checkup, taking place October 15 & 16 from 10 am - 2 pm on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver. This event screens students, faculty and staff on the Auraria campus for relationship abuse. We invite domestic violence and sexual assault organizations from around the metro area to join us at this event. Organizations conduct outreach to over 1,000 students, distribute materials, and educate students about their services. We are also looking for

Join us for Love, Sex, Lies: An Intimacy Checkup, taking place October 15 & 16 from 10 am - 2 pm on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver. This event screens students, faculty and staff on the Auraria campus for relationship abuse. We invite domestic violence and sexual assault organizations from around the metro area to join us at this event. Organizations conduct outreach to over 1,000 students, distribute materials, and educate students about their services. We are also looking for

The ability to regulate one’s body and find balance in emotion, thought, and physical health is at the core of healing and well-being. This workshop is designed to teach participants how to facilitate the development of these skills with their clients, and develop their own capacity for using mindfulness-based strategies in their counseling work. In this highly experiential workshop participants will practice mindfulness, regulation and activation strategies meant to promote compassionate self-awareness and emotional balance. The skills learned in this workshop are relevant… Continue Reading Mindfulness Counseling Strategies – Activating Compassion and Regulation

Simultaneous screenings for the broadcast of Private Violence on October 20th. Private Violence shines a bright light on the public costs of “private” violence. Through the eyes of two survivors – Deanna Walters, a mother who seeks justice for the crimes committed against her at the hands of her estranged husband, and Kit Gruelle, an advocate who seeks justice for all women – we bear witness to the complicated and complex realities of intimate partner violence. Their experiences

Voices is a collaborative event co-programed by Kappa Phi Lambda, University of Denver Center of Advocacy, Prevention, and Empowerment, Fortitude Foundation, and SafeHouse Denver. Voices strives to honor those who have been affected by domestic violence by a two part comprehensive event. The first of which includes two workshops based on spoken word and healing or spoken word and gendered violence. We are flying out Ollie Schminkey from Button Poetry in Minnesota to teach, so that will be a great workshop! We… Continue Reading Voices: A Night of Community, Love, and Empowerment

Everyone encounters difficult people on a regular basis and typically conversations with them leave people feeling frustrated, stressed, angry and tired. This workshop will analyze what is happening in those exchanges and demonstrate how people can adapt their strategies to bring about more productive conversations with those they find difficult. The effect of intervention styles will be explored, inparticular, how different styles interact with each other.Participants will also learn how to change their interactions with difficult

We’re kicking off Violence Free Colorado's new Brown Bag Teleconference Series with ‘Don’t Fear the Reefer! Setting Policies Regarding Marijuana in Shelters’ In light of Colorado’s legalization of medical and recreational marijuana, shelter staff are faced with the conundrum of how to address marijuana in communal settings. Join this 1 hour open discussion of this issue – what are the dilemmas you have encountered? What are promising strategies to build resident and group safety? The… Continue Reading Brown Bag Series #1: Don’t Fear the Reefer

The CU Denver Center on Domestic Violence's Spring 2015 Community Education Series “The Safe & Together Model” will take place on Wednesday, January 14th at the University of Colorado Denver’s Lawrence Street Center in downtown Denver. This training will provide an overview of the Safe and Together Model and its application to child welfare interventions. It will include an introductory exploration of concepts and skills associated with successfully intervening with domestic violence perpetrators and partnering with domestic… Continue Reading Spring 2015 Community Education Series: The Safe & Together Model

Tell your comadres, compañeras & colegas...The Promotora training for a cultural response to domestic violence and sexual assault is here! Promotoras Promocionando Paz en el Pueblo A week of Promotora training focused on Latino communities and responses to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Designed to develop Latin@ leadership and culturally generated solutions, this week will equip those who work with Latin@ communities to recognize, respond to and refer survivors of domestic and sexual violence. It