#TeamNRCDV

[nationaldvam]

We're throwing it back to the olympics as we celebrate and honor #HispanicHeritageMonth / #LatinxHeritageMonth! (Two of #TeamNRCDV's favorites are Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Rebeca Andrade!💗)

[nationaldvam]

Today #TeamNRCDV is wearing red to mark the National Day of Awareness for #MMIWG2S. 🔴 Today highlights the need for ongoing grassroots advocacy, increased resources, and policy changes to end the injustice of missing and murdered Native women, girls, and two spirit folks. #WearRed and post a photo using #MMIWGActionNow. Help us build strong support and action around MMIWG2S to help honor the lives of Native women, girls, and two spirit individuals. AND join the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center #MMIWGActionNow Twitter Chat (11am PT) TODAY!

[nationaldvam]

"This Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we’re calling on domestic violence & sexual assault and runaway & homeless youth programs to commit to doing #1Thing to support Black and Trans runaway and homeless youth." 🧡 Learn more this #TDVAM from #TeamNRCDV's Breckan Erdman Winters.

[nationaldvam]

#1Thing we’re doing to center community care within #TeamNRCDV since going virtual is our book club! 📚 This period’s pick is The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia. Our team hasn’t discussed it yet, but coming together to chat is always inspiring. How do you center care? Also, do you have book suggestions for us? Comment here!

[nationaldvam]

"It's the kind of thing that messes with your head. It can be disguised as a kind act," says #TeamNRCDV's Heidi Notario on coercive control. "It's a very insidious form of abuse." Listen to the rest of the interview on 1A here. 🎧

[nationaldvam]

Every February, orange is #TeamNRCDV's favorite color! Orange is the color of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (#TDVAM). 🧡 Everyone deserves a healthy relationship, and by wearing orange, you’re helping to show people that #LoveIsRespect. 

[nationaldvam]

❤️ We wanted to share this quote pictured in #TeamNRCDV’s #wellness room (that’s right, we have a wellness room!). #AudreLorde’s wisdom acts as guidance as we navigate shaping this movement in a way that supports survivors, dismantles anti-Blackness and other forms of racism, and centers wellness.

[nationaldvam]

Today is #PurpleThursday! 💜💟 Today #TeamNRCDV wears purple to honor survivors. Our stories. Our healing. Our resilience. Our good days & bad. Our fight for racial equity. What's the #1Thing / #UnaCosa you're doing to honor survivors during #DVAM2021?

[nationaldvam]

On the last day of #DVAM2021, we share the White House commitment to ending domestic violence. #1Thing you can do to keep up with with how #TeamNRCDV is impacting policy is sign up for our newsletter at NRCDV.org/newsletter. More on the #VAWnet news blog here. 📰

[nationaldvam]

Thank you, UN Women, for inviting #TeamNRCDV's Ivonne Ortiz, Healthy Actions Intervening Responsibly Founder Jacqueline Miller, Eleven24 Founder Tonjie Reese, NO MORE, and others to discuss survivor justice and racism in policing. We love this wisdom Jacqueline Miller shared. Learn more: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2021/8/news-racial-bias-must-be-addressed-to-create-change-in-police-response-to-gender-based-violence

[nationaldvam]

"As we work to dismantle white supremacy and other systems that create and maintain violence, we must invest in efforts to promote healing justice and community care. This Mental Health Awareness Month, let’s take action to ensure that everyone has the care and community support they need to thrive." More from #TeamNRCDV's Breckan Erdman Winters on our #DVAP blog here!

[nationaldvam]

“The separation between work and personal life reenergizes us, but when your work comes home with you, we can be more susceptible to burnout. It is important for advocates to prioritize their wellbeing and set boundaries on their work schedule in order to keep going during this crisis," shares #TeamNRCDV's Ivonne Ortiz in reflecting on wellness this #MothersDay.

[nationaldvam]

Did you miss Leigh Goodmark and #TeamNRCDV's Heidi Notario on KALW? 🎧 Listen at the link here! SUCH a crucial discussion about how COVID-19 has impacted survivors, why the Violence Against Women Act's (#VAWA) reliance on police doesn't support survivors, and how to integrate transformative justice into this movement.

[nationaldvam]

🎧  Tune in TODAY at 10am PT / 1pm ET. #TeamNRCDV's Heidi Notario will be joining KALW to chat about #VAWA and how we're supporting survivors by realigning our focus with policies that don't rely on our racist criminal justice system. You won't want to miss this.

[nationaldvam]

Today begins our countdown to International Women's Day (#IWD) on 3/8! #TeamNRCDV celebrates IWD each year by commissioning or purchasing a piece of artwork made by a woman or a collective of women that honors the struggles and successes that we face.🎨 We'll be sharing these beautiful pieces from past IWDs for the next 11 days leading up to our 2021 IWD artwork reveal on 3/8! This 2010 piece by Gina Livingston Murray gives us life. Learn more at NRCDV.org/IWD. 

[nationaldvam]

💚  Today, #TeamNRCDV has committed to wear green to mark National Runaway Prevention Month (#NRPM2020). Advocating for survivors means advocating for safe housing for all. More from our partners at the National Runaway Safeline!