April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month (SAAM) and Child Abuse Awareness Month (CAAM). Originating from grassroots movements in the 1970 and 80s, SAAM/CAAM began as a response to the need for increased awareness and action against sexual violence and child abuse in our communities. This movement created an opportunity to educate... Read more »

‘Let’s talk about Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women’. Advocacy Spaces welcomes special guest speaker Brooke Waukau Johnson, MMIW Task Force Coordinator, DOJ When: April 2nd, 2024 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Click to Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665672861       “Native women are 10 times more likely to go missing or be murdered than any other race population. It's the... Read more »

This survivor-centered workshop offers participants a space to explore emotional expression, mind-body awareness, and resilience through the transformative power of therapeutic dance and movement. Registration is not required.

For older adults, not only can we find pleasure and passion after being a victim of sexual assault. But we can also find victory in discovering our purpose. The journey from victim to victorious is real. Join presenter Clara Flemming, as we talk about that road trip, detours and all.  

Workshops for queer & trans folks in partnership with UW's Gender & Sexuality Campus Center. Participants learn basic empowerment-based self defense and assertive communication strategies. go.wisc.edu/QSelfDefense

This is an open to community session of Safer Bar - you don't have to work in the service industry to attend! A two-hour training on sexual violence prevention in nightlife spaces, bystander intervention, assertive communication, and safety planning.

Through an interactive knowledge exchange we will walk with our relatives who have experienced colonial and gender-based violence as they re- build and re-imagine their lives in connection to healing, empowerment, and safety. We will share the power of re-connecting to our indigenous ways of being, land, and tools of our Grandmothers for healing and... Read more »