Supporting Queer & Trans Survivors Self- Determination

During this interactive training, participants will become familiar with the dynamics in LGBTQ domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV). You’ll develop trauma-informed tools to support survivor’s self-determination and increase internal capacity to support others who has experienced trauma.

Duration: 1.5 hours minimum

 

Understanding Violence

Our communities face multiple, overlapping forms of violence and oppression in our everyday attempts to survive and thrive. These forms of violence exist at internal (within ourselves), interpersonal (between people), and institutional (between institutions and individuals) levels.

This is an interactive workshop that explores root causes of violence, CUAV's analysis of violence and our approach to healing and transformation.

Duration: 3 hours

 

Trans 101 / Gender 101 (on pause)

During the training, participants will explore gender & gender-based violence as experienced by trans & cis people in the LGBTQ community. Participants will also identify ways to prevent & respond to violence in their community.

Duration: 1.5 hours minimum

 

Wellness Skills Workshops

We also provide interactive workshops for LGBTQ survivors of violence to work on the following wellness skills: self-determination, self-love, boundary-setting & request-making. These workshops are art-based & can be tailored to the specific needs of any group.

Duration: Flexible