Events
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Justice Minded: What do mindfulness and resilience have to do with our goals of ‘doing justice’?
🚨 Please note: as of February 2026, all Third Thursday trainings will have individual Zoom links for registration rather than a recurring link, so you will need to register each …
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Victim-Centered Prosecution: Practice, Tensions, and Impact
🚨 Please note: This training is in lieu of our regular Survivor Center and Third Thursday trainings for the month of April. Join us for this virtual training to mark …
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Sentencing Discretion: Latest Research and Model Policies
🚨 Please note: as of February 2026, all Third Thursday trainings will have individual Zoom links for registration rather than a recurring link, so you will need to register each …
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Post-Conviction Resource Centers for Survivors and Practitioners
Following a conviction, many crime victims and survivors feel unprepared for the ongoing legal activity that can follow - such as appeals, parole hearings, or conviction and sentence reviews. The …
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Survivor Space Purposeful Pathways Series
Adult survivors of child abuse or interpersonal violence frequently express a desire to share their lived experiences and hard-earned wisdom with others in impactful ways, yet don’t often have access …
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What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust
“What You Do Matters" examines what can happen when government shifts the mission of police from protecting individuals to abusing basic human rights. Through historical context and survivor narratives from …
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Foundations of Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding Harm, Healing, and Resilience
This foundational training offers participants a grounding in the core principles of trauma and trauma-informed care. We'll explore what trauma is, how it shows up in people’s lives and bodies, …
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Resentencing and Recidivism: What the Research Tells Us
What if the instincts driving incarceration decisions are systematically wrong, and the data can prove it? This training brings together two researchers whose work cuts straight to that question. Professor …
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When Self-Care Isn’t Enough: Addressing the Roots of Burnout in Victim Advocacy to Create Change
On a good day, victim advocates are tired. On the worst days, they're barely recognizable to themselves, hollowed out by the weight of work that never stops mattering. Burnout in …
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Immigration and Crime: What Does the Evidence Really Say?
Do immigrants commit more crime than non-immigrants? Do increases in immigration cause crime rates to rise in communities? What impact does immigration policy have on immigrants, immigrant families and immigrant …
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