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Click here for information regarding the classes offered in October from MLK Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center. Some classes are in person, some are online, some are in English, some are in Spanish, and some are bilingual. Information in English is on the first and third page. Spanish is in the second and third page.
Haga clic aquí para obtener información sobre las clases ofrecidas en octubre por el Centro Comunitario de Sanación y Prevención de Trauma MLK. Algunas clases son en persona, otras en línea, algunas son en inglés, otras en español y otras son bilingües. La información en español está en la segunda y tercera página. La información en inglés está en la primera y tercera página.
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 ** The information below was derived from an email from the Downtown Women's Center, and is being distributed for informational purposes **
The Downtown Women's Center, in partnership with the LA County Board of Supervisors, Urban Initiatives, and Urban Institute, is recruiting volunteers for the 8th Women’s Needs Assessment, a community-engaged research project focused on documenting and learning about the experiences, needs, and preferences of women facing homelessness across Los Angeles.
DWC is seeking volunteers to administer surveys to women experiencing homelessness over the course of approximately four weeks between late October and mid November. Volunteer shifts will be 3-4 hours, not including transit time, with volunteer opportunities available all across LA County.
Volunteers are required to attend a one-hour live virtual training session in advance of their volunteer shift. Specific volunteer shift dates, times, and locations TBD as we confirm partnerships with agencies across the county.
We are especially in need of additional Spanish-speaking volunteers as well as volunteers that can survey in SPAs 1, 2, and 8.
If you're interested in volunteering, click here to sign up and to register for a mandatory volunteer training session. You can also sign up by scanning the QR code below in the below flyer.
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** The information below was derived from an email from the Safe and Together, and is being distributed for informational purposes **
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Please note the upcoming webinar presented by Dr. Emma Katz.
This webinar will explore how coercive control is a multi-stranded form of abuse that encompasses many forms of harm to adults and many acts of child abuse and neglect towards children. It will examine the underlying motivation behind every type of harm carried out by the perpetrator: that is, to control, dominate, and hold power over their families. Drawing on Dr Emma Katz's new book Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives, the webinar will explore how professionals can identify and explain the harms that coercively controlling fathers cause to their children, in ways that go far beyond the children witnessing or being exposed to domestic abuse.
Dr Emma Katz, Ph.D., is an internationally-renowned expert in domestic abuse and coercive control, whose work has influenced legislation in the UK and overseas. Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse where perpetrators use a pattern of threats, humiliation and intimidation to control and dominate their partner and children, depriving them of independence and isolating them from support. Because coercive control does not always involve physical violence, it has often been under-reported and under-recognised. It was recognised as a criminal offence in England and Wales in 2015.
Emma’s research with mothers and children who have survived coercive control has transformed understandings of domestic abuse. Children’s experiences of coercive control were largely invisible prior to Emma’s work, which found that children were affected by many forms of abuse beyond physical violence against their mother, including imprisonment, deprivation of resources, and isolation from the outside world. Emma’s research findings on children and coercive control have been used to train professionals internationally.
Her book, Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives (2022, Oxford University Press) is described as a ‘pioneering work’ that ‘will change how we understand and respond to children’s experience of domestic abuse’ (Evan Stark, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University).
Follow Emma on Twitter @DrEmmaKatz.
Dr Emma Katz gained her Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, UK and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
**This webinar will be available for on-demand viewing through Safe & Together Institute's Virtual Academy for 60 days following live broadcast**
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 ** The information below was derived from an email from the LGBTQ Center Long Beach, and is being distributed for informational purposes **
This Saturday, October 1 from 10am-2pm The LGBTQ Center Long Beach will be hosting a Transgender Empowerment Career Fair!
This event is intended to bring tools, resources, career development, and support with job placement for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals.
Come by The Center for professional development opportunities, including workshops, resume building, connection to employment opportunities, career assessments, and more!
Please note that all in-person attendees at The LGBTQ Center Long Beach must have and show proof of COVID-19 Vaccination with Booster and wear a surgical mask inside the building.
Free parking is available in the parking lot behind the main building. (431 St. Louis Ave, Long Beach, CA 90814)
The event will have MPX vaccine distribution provided by the Long Beach Health Department. To schedule an appointment for an MPX vaccination at either of these events, please visit https://myturn.ca.gov click on “Make an Appointment”, select “Other Vaccine (monkeypox), complete the rest of the registration information and select the following location:
• MVT - Jynneos - LGBTQ Center
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 ** The information below was derived from an email from the LGBTQ Center Long Beach, and is being distributed for informational purposes **
The 2nd Annual Long Beach Trans Pride Festival is happening Sunday, October 2 from 11:00am-6:00pm at Recreation Park! This is a one-day event to highlight, empower, inspire, and normalize our vibrant Trans and Non-binary community, and to show strength in unity with Trans folks. This event will have speakers, performers, resource booths, and more! Check out https://transpridelongbeach.com for more information!
The event will have MPX vaccine distribution provided by the Long Beach Health Department. To schedule an appointment for an MPX vaccination at either of these events, please visit https://myturn.ca.gov click on “Make an Appointment”, select “Other Vaccine (monkeypox), complete the rest of the registration information and select the following location:
MVT - Jynneos - Recreation Park - Long Beach Health Dept.
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Ujima, Inc., The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community - Senior Attorney
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