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July is Disability Pride Month, where we celebrate persons with disabilities’ inherent dignity and inalienable rights. Started in 2015, Disability Pride Month commemorates the July 1990 passing of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities, including in employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, and in relation to access to state and local government services. Peace Over Violence supports access to services for all individuals, including persons with disabilities and we are proud to acknowledge this month as we work toward greater inclusion in building healthy relationships, families, and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.
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Youth Over Violence is back in-person!
Our annual Youth Over Violence Summer Leadership Institute is in full swing. This year we have a cohort of 25 committed youth leaders from different schools in the city and county of Los Angeles County meeting in person everyday at our downtown LA Metro Center. They are learning about ending violence in their communities by facilitating discussions on creating healthy relationships and building awareness around the issues of teen dating, domestic, and sexual violence and their intersectionality with other social issues.
It has been a fun and busy month for our youth leaders as they work towards becoming violence prevention specialists. The five week course first focuses on learning about critical issues impacting them, their families and community via our In Touch With Teens Curriculum. In the last two weeks, they choose special projects through intern tracts such as creative writing, podcast development and art & activism which we call artivism.
The student leaders will present their projects at graduation next month with their friends and family in attendance. Following graduation, these leaders will be influencing, organizing, and educating their school communities and undoubtedly will have impact on their families and the wider community. Stay tuned next month for more on these final projects and the graduation as we celebrate and support the empowerment of our youth!
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Since our earliest beginnings more than 50 years ago, Peace Over Violence’s values are rooted in the autonomy of the body. Reproductive freedom was declared a constitutional right in Roe v. Wade in 1973.
As a proud feminist pro-choice organization, we condemn the Supreme Court decision released today that overturns this. This radical decision allows states to ban abortion, even including in the case of rape or incest and is already underway in 25 states and counting.
It drastically impacts survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and women from low income and marginalized communities. This cannot stand. We will continue to align ourselves with other justice movements to support, advocate, and activate for women’s right to choose and reproductive freedom for all.
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By Jia Tolentino
We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.
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By Emily Cochrane and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress in nearly three decades, though it falls short of more restrictive gun control proposals that Democrats favor.
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By Kate Zernike
The Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe, far from settling the matter, instead has launched court and political battles across the states likely to go on for years.
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By Michael Roppolo
Disabled isn't a bad word.
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POV’s Director of Counseling Services and Trauma Recovery, Wendy Blanco, recently presented at the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA) Annual Conference. TAASA is celebrating forty years in this movement and is the unifying voice to eliminate sexual violence in Texas.
Wendy is an expert on trauma healing and modalities and presented the TRIUMPH Model which we use at POV. TRIUMPH is Trauma Resilience Integration Using Multiple Pathways to Healing - which incorporates the neurobiology of trauma, empowerment strategies, trauma-processing, social connections, cultural practices, and somatic interventions. It emphasizes biology over pathology and incorporates the use of healthy relationships and safety, and bravery in the recovery process. The goal of the TRIUMPH Model is to increase accessibility of trauma-focused, evidence-based and evidence-informed practices to survivors of interpersonal violence. Modalities include specialized support groups, EMDR, healing through dance, trauma informed yoga, and the Community Resiliency Model of Practices (CRM). The model recognizes that the service provider is an integral part of the recovery process and needs to be grounded in trauma-informed knowledge with good self-care practices. The TRIUMPH Model is a dynamic approach to supporting recovery for survivors of interpersonal violence. It is designed to meet the survivor “where they are at” and support the service provider as they work. By making these different types of modalities available for free, we believe we are democratizing healing, making it available to everyone seeking services.
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POV is hiring!
Looking to join the team at Peace Over Violence? Apply today!
Open Positions:
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2021 Annual Report
Our 2021 Annual Report is now live on our website! Check it out for an overview of the year including program highlights, event recaps, and our financial statements.
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Apply Today!
Peace Over Violence encourages caring and compassionate individuals from the diverse communities of LA County to become trauma informed Counselor Advocates working directly with survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Upon completion of the training, you will be part of the Peace Over Violence Intervention Division’s Emergency Response Team, volunteering for either of the following programs: 24-Hour Hotline and Emergency Response Team or Domestic Abuse Response Team.
To apply and for information regarding the training, please contact [email protected].
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