February 2012

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4th Annual Violence Free Teens Conference

Cultivating Connections: Empowering Youth and Adult Allies to End Relationship Violence

Building on the momentum of the youth engagement track introduced last year, the conference focuses on building powerful youth-adult partnerships to end teen dating and sexual violence.

Thursday will spotlight engaging boys and girls in activism to end relationship violence.

Friday will be a pragmatic leadership training for youth and their adult allies in preventing relationship violence through multimedia skill building and campaign construction.
Click here to find out more.

When

  • February 16-17, 2012

Registration

Click here for details including scholarships, workshop descriptions, agenda, sponsors and travel information..

Contact Emily Austin at 213.955.9090 or emily@peaceoverviolence.org.






Crisis Intervention Training

Crisis Intervention Training – Become a Counselor Advocate

After completion of training, you will become a crisis counselor advocate for sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking survivors.

When:
Orientation: February 1, 2012
Training: February 8 – March 28, 2012
on Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm.

You will:

  • Provide crisis counseling to survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence on the Los Angeles Rape & Battering 24-hour crisis line
  • Educate and inform the community about Peace Over Violence’s programs and services
  • Provide accompaniments to hospitals and/or law enforcement agencies for survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence

Requirements:

  • Must be 18 and older
  • One year commitment
  • Complete POV 65hr training
  • Have reliable transportation with insurance
  • Available 4-8 hours per week after completion of training
  • No previous experience needed

For more information, contact Claudia at claudia@peaceoverviolence.org or 213.955.9090×145

Peace Over Violence encourages individuals from a diverse pool of candidates including candidates of color, with disabilities, and who identify with the LGBTQ community and others to apply to become counselor advocates.

Download application »