May 2020 Webinar
The Intersection of Runaway and Homeless Youth and Intimate Partner Violence
Recognizing and understanding the intersection of runaway and homeless youth and intimate partner violence (including dating, domestic and sexual violence) is critical to creating meaningful services and effective intervention and prevention strategies. While there is a great need for coordinated relationship violence intervention and prevention efforts for runaway and homeless youth, RHY and DV/SA service providers often work in silos and are unfamiliar with each other’s work. This webinar will examine the scope and unique characteristics of relationship violence amongst RHY, and will explore the WHY and HOW of building and sustaining effective community collaborations to help runaway and homeless youth better understand and address relationship violence.
Free for members / $25 for non-members
Presenter
Ivonne Ortiz has been with NRCDV since 2013. She provides a wide range of technical assistance and training services to many domestic violence programs throughout the US, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Her primary areas of expertise are the provision of crisis intervention, building culturally and linguistically appropriate services, community organizing and facilitating culturally relevant support group sessions for women of color. At NRCDV, Ivonne serves as the Training Institute Manger where she is responsible for coordinating domestic violence training, specialized technical assistance, and resource development on a wide range of subjects and issues that intersect with domestic violence dynamics, prevalence, intervention, prevention, and public awareness. Ivonne has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Puerto Rico.