Week Without Violence is part of a global movement with YWCAs across the country and around the world to end violence against women and girls. At YWCA, we know that not all violence is acknowledged or responded to equally and that some victims go unrecognized altogether. That’s why, for more than 20 years, YWCA has set aside one week in October as a Week Without Violence. Join us from October 18 – 24, as we hold events, share information and stories, advocate, and more with a common goal in mind: together, we can end gender-based violence.
Join us for our national Week of Action activities, October 18-24, 2020
Organize Your Butterflies – A Special Week Without Violence Series
Help us kick off Week Without Violence 2020 by tuning in to hear from partner organizations and experts working to support survivors and prevent gender-based violence. Download, listen, and share this special #WWV20 edition of Organize Your Butterflies. We will a total of post podcasts during Week Without Violence 2020, so be sure to check back daily.
Ending Violence Against All Womxn
Watch this virtual panel in which we engaged leaders of partner organizations who are working to eliminate violence against ALL womxn and their communities in a discussion that will provide facts and stats, debunk myths, and provide resources to help survivors thrive.
Speakers include:
- Saida Agostini, Vice President, Member Services, YWCA USA (moderator)
- Dani Ayers, Chief Executive Officer, me too. movement
- Grace Huang, Director of Policy, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
- Rosie Hidalgo, JD, Senior Director of Public Policy, Casa de Esperanza
- Isa Noyola, Deputy Director, Mijente
- Megan Simmons, Senior Policy Attorney, Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community
Imagine a World Without Violence
Help us raise awareness about gender-based violence and support for survivors by taking a Week Without Violence campaign selfie using one of our fillable signs and/or making a donation! YWCA is the largest network of domestic and sexual violence service providers in the country and your support is crucial to our work.
Day of Action
Capitol Hill Call-In Day – This Capitol Hill Call-In Day, we invite you to engage your Members of Congress by taking action online; calling your legislators; and engaging with these discussions on social media, using the hashtag #WWV20 to tweet at your Member of Congress.
Making the Local Focal – Engage with your state and local elected officials on this important issue. Ask questions about their position on policies that support survivors and help hold them accountable.
Virtual Capitol Hill Briefing – YWCA on the Frontlines: Virtual Site Visits of Local Domestic Violence Providers
Join YWCA as we lead Member of Congress through a virtual tour of facilities that are providing trauma-informed services that meet the housing, justice, and economic needs of survivors of violence and abuse.
These tours show first-hand how YWCAs are helping survivors and their children thrive using emergency funding received from the CARES Act and annual federal funding supported by the Family Violence Prevention & Services Act (FVPSA) and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). As the nation’s largest network of domestic and sexual violence service providers, this funding is critical to allow YWCAs to continue to provide critical and necessary services for survivors and their children.
Register today to join in on our virtual tour that we hope will inspire and encourage Congress to reprioritize COVID-19 relief funding for FVPSA and VAWA.
#FreedomFriday Instagram Live
Join us for our #FreedomFriday Instagram Live from 2 to 3 p.m. ET, in which our CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and Kim Pentico, Director of Economic Justice Program, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) will have an engaging and informative conversation about violence against womxn and how to best support survivors in the quest for freedom from abuse.
The conversation will be opened and closed with an empowering music set from DJ DOMO that you won’t want to miss!
#SelfcareSaturday
Take the time to engage in healing and self-care as a provider, advocate, activist, or survivor is an integral part of your own mental and physical well-being and will help make you an even more powerful advocate for your causes and clients.
