Webinar February 27, 2023
Supporting LGBTQ Youth Survivors of Dating Violence
Date and Time: February 27th from 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET / 12pm-1:30pm PT
Cost: Free for members / $25 for non-members (if you are not yet a member, please click here)
Webinar details below.
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Webinar Overview
An interactive workshop on understanding the dynamics of dating violence that LGBTQ youth survivors go through and learning best strategies to support survivors. This workshop will incorporate practical skills in working with youth as well as opportunities to get involved in creating stronger and more culturally specific national responses to LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence.
Speaker Bios:
Amanda Gould (she/they)
Senior Program Manager, National LGBTQ Institute on IPV
Amanda Gould is the Senior Program Manager of the National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, a project with the core mission of improving our country’s response to the unique needs of LGBTQ survivors. Amanda has been supporting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence for nearly a decade, working in the field as a survivor advocate, crisis responder, case manager, forensic exam accompanying advocate, violence prevention educator, and support group facilitator for LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic violence. They have worked with domestic violence and sexual assault service providers on a local and national level to improve their capacity to better support LGBTQ+ survivors through community-specific training, technical assistance, and changes in policies and procedures. Amanda is deeply passionate about supporting survivors from an intersectional perspective that takes into account survivors’ intersecting identities and lived experiences.
Amy Bellm (she/her)
Program Training Manager
National LGBTQ Institute on IPV
Since earning her MSW from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Amy has worked in a variety of settings toward social justice and institutional change. Her earlier roles included micro-level work with justice system impacted families and in school settings with youth. She provided leadership opportunities, skill building groups, and comradery and community around similar experiences. Her more recent roles have been in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion field, including many years facilitating trainings in high schools and universities, for profit and nonprofit organizations to build awareness and move organizations toward more equitable practices. Currently, she is the Program Training Manager of the National LGBTQ Institute on IPV at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, where she is thrilled to lean on years of facilitation experience to bring capacity building, interactive trainings to organizations looking to better serve LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence.
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