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Voices Against Violence

Voices Against Violence

di Harmony House

Educazione Società e cultura

Stagione 2

Supporting LGBTQIA+ Survivors (with The Glo Center)

Charity and Kirstyn invite the Glo Center to share about the ways LGBTQIA+ individuals experience abuse and barriers to care. The Glo Center serves the LGBTQIA+ community in the Ozarks through support, resources, education, and advocacy, to create a more inclusive and welcoming community where all can thrive. The Glo Center

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Month

May was Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Awareness Month. The American Indian Center joins Chairty and Kirstyn for a discussion of the resources the American Indian Center offers in the Springfield area, and what everyone can do to raise awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women. To find out more about The American Indian Center, check out their website: https://www.aicspringfield.org/ Related resources for further reading: Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters by Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell, and Christi Belcourt, Editors. Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA from Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/es/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AMR510352007ENGLISH.pdf MMIW Resource Guide from Lakota People’s Law Project https://lakotalaw.org/news/2020-05-01/mmiw-resource-guide Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls from Urban Indian Health Institute https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigeno us-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf Violence Against Women Resource Center – Key Statistics from National Congress of American Indians https://www.ncai.org/section/vawa/overview/key-statistics The Truth Behind Canada’s Missing Girls by BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3HzBsnTmCc Bring Her Home, documentary by PBS https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/bring-her-home

Navigating Mental Health Resources

Charity and Kirstyn sit down with Dr. Lillard, Director of Behavioral Health Services from Healthy Blue, to discuss the barriers survivors face when accessing behavioral health resources, and what Healthy Blue is doing to care for the community.

Frequently Asked Questions about Domestic Violence

Charity and Kirstyn answer the questions they are asked the most frequently about domestic violence. Join us as we dispel myths, address stigma and more! Do you have a question you want featured on an episode of Voices Against Violence? Let's continue the conversation -email us at podcasts@myharmonyhouse.org or find us our social media! https://www.facebook.com/MyHarmonyHouse/ https://www.instagram.com/my_harmony_house

What does a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) do?

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) play a critical role in the care of survivors. Join Kirstyn and Charity as they sit down with a local medical practitioner, for a conversation about the role of SANEs, and what everyone should know about supporting survivors of sexual violence.

Tactics of Abusers: DARVO

Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. Kirstyn and Charity discuss the ways abusers and abusive systems work to discredit and blame victims.

Safety Planning: Where do I begin?

Advocate Office Operations Manager, Brooke joins Charity and Kirstyn to discuss the ins-and-outs of safety planning. It’s not just a process or a checklist, it’s a way of thinking that all survivors engage in whether they know it or not.

Domestic Violence in the News

Power and control in the headlines. Charity and Kirstyn discuss recent news stories, including a hope filled legislative update.

Partner Spotlight: The Victim Center

For Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Charity and Kirstyn sit down with The Victim Center to learn more about the role of a victim advocate, and how they support survivors of sexual violence. Join us for a discussion about how Harmony House and The Victim Center have been serving the community for fifty years, and what you can do to support survivors.

What is at the root of domestic violence?

Kirstyn and Charity talk about domestic and sexual violence: what is it, what's at the root, and how power and control tactics show up in society.

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