2027 Advocates' Training & Networking Event: Workshop Proposals

For decades, victim service professionals and advocates have worked tirelessly to support victims and survivors, navigate evolving challenges, and advance safety, justice, and healing in their communities. Through changing policies, funding uncertainties, and an ever-evolving landscape of victim services, their compassion, dedication, and commitment continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve. Every connection made, every voice heard, and every survivor supported contributes to lasting change.

Advocates and victim service professionals are catalysts for change, helping survivors navigate their own paths forward while working to create communities where safety, dignity, and empowerment are possible for all. This year, as we gather for the Advocates’ Training & Networking Event, we embrace the theme, “Making Waves, Creating Change: Advancing Survivor-Centered Advocacy and Empowerment.” Like waves that create ripples far beyond the shore, our collective efforts have the power to strengthen services, challenge barriers, and transform how we support victims and survivors.

Through this year’s event, we hope to foster meaningful connections, encourage thoughtful dialogue, and share knowledge and innovative approaches that strengthen our collective response to intimate partner violence, family violence, sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking. We invite workshop proposals that inspire learning, elevate survivor voices, promote empowerment, and advance survivor-centered practices. Together, we can exchange ideas, build skills, and explore new possibilities for creating meaningful change. Just as importantly, we recognize the people behind this essential work and the importance of supporting one another as we continue to learn, grow, and make waves in our communities.