![]() It serves a national network of advocates, community- based organizations, national and state programs, legal, health, and mental health professionals, researchers, policy advocates and activists from social justice organizations working to eliminate violence against women. It analyzes and addresses critical issues; provides consultation, technical assistance and training; conducts research; and engages in policy advocacy. Its mission is to build gender equality and prevent domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Its vision of gender democracy drives its goals to strengthen culturally- relevant advocacy, promote prevention and community engagement, and influence public policy and systems change. The API Institute works to eliminate domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities byincreasing awareness about the extent and depth of the problem; making culturally- and linguistically- specific issues visible; strengthening community models of prevention and intervention; identifying and expanding resources; informing and promoting research and policy; anddeepening understanding and analyses of the issues surrounding violence against women. Our History. Since the early 1. Asian and Pacific Islander activists in the battered women’s movement have struggled to address the problem of domestic violence in their ethnic communities, and services and advocacy to support Asian and Pacific Islander battered women began to emerge. In 1. 98. 1, the first shelter program for API women and children started in Los Angeles, followed by similar efforts in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, San Jose, New Jersey, Boston and Seattle. Soon, community interest increased and activists and agencies began to organize. In California in 1. ![]() Standards for Domestic Violence Programs in Ohio. Promising Practices: Standards for Domestic Violence Programs in Ohio (PDF). The Promising Practices and Strategies for Victim. Protection for victims of domestic violence and/or. It was written by Promising Practices and. Intimate Partner Prevention Violence Plan. Rebecca Cline, Prevention Programs Director, Ohio Domestic Violence Network. LUCAS COUNTY Intimate Partner Prevention. Office of Criminal Justice Services Evidence. The Ohio Domestic Violence. Provides prevention practitioners with information on best and promising practices. Children and Domestic Violence. Exposure Children are exposed to or experience domestic violence in many ways. ODVN has provided technical assistance and guidance to a number of Batterer Intervention program around the state of Ohio. Asian Women’s Shelter in collaboration with Nihonmachi Legal Outreach, Narika and Cameron House, organized a statewide conference on domestic violence in Asian communities. Over 4. 00 advocates and activists attended the conference. Additional efforts have followed: a Korean conference in Los Angeles, a South Asian conference in New York, and a pan- Asian one in Ohio. In 1. 99. 7, a partnership formed between the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund), and the Asian Women's Shelter (AWS) to address the need for a national vehicle to bring together the many local efforts by Asian anti- domestic violence activists to address the problem of domestic violence in their ethnic communities. In 1. 99. 8, members from this partnership met for the first time in Washington, D. C. They strategized to build a network that would facilitate sharing ideas about service models for Asian battered women and children; influence data collection and research from a participatory action model, and to impact policy, fund development and research at the national level. Members also identified the need to promote national discussions on critical issues such as community perceptions of domestic violence, community responses to the problem, and the cultural values that intersect both. On August 2. 8, 1. Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. Evidence-based Injury Prevention Resources. These domestic violence programs provide victims of domestic and dating violence and their children with: Shelter. The Utah Domestic Violence Coalition welcomes all applications to present workshops at our 2016 Domestic Violence Conference, “Moving Forward Together: 25 years of. Asian Pacific Institute on Gender- Based Violence in Chicago; in conjunction with the Next Millennium Conference: Ending Domestic Violence. October 2. 00. 0 marks the formal establishment of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender- Based Violence (API Institute), initially as a part of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Back to Top. Who We Are. Staff. Firoza Chic Dabby, Co- Director. Email: cdabby. She served as Director of the Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence from 2. Before that, she was Narika’s Executive Director and at the Psychological Services Center for 1. Dabby has been in the field of gender- based violence for over thirty years acquiring expertise on domestic violence against Asian immigrant and refugee women; violence over the lifecourse and its effects on health, mental health, economic security, and help- seeking; international and domestic sex trafficking; intimate homicide; child custody; strategies for advocacy, community engagement, systems change, and movement building; program design and implementation; forced marriage; trauma- informed care; elder abuse; battered mothers in the child welfare system; and sexual violence, particularly in conflict and disaster zones. She writes, trains, and presents extensively about these and many other issues. Ms. Dabby speaks Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and French with varying degrees of fluency. Between Bombay and Berkeley, she has lived in London, Cambridge, Paris and Kathmandu. Masaki has worked in the movement to end violence against women for over twenty- eight years. She co- founded one of the first programs in the nation that could meet the language and cultural needs of Asian survivors of domestic violence and trafficking, Asian Women's Shelter (AWS) in San Francisco, and served as its founding Executive Director for over twenty- one years. She currently serves as faculty and advisor with Compass. Point Non Profit Services/ Blue Shield Against Violence Strong Field Project, Futures Without Violence, Praxis International, and the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence. She is on the advisory committee for the No. Vo Foundation in shaping a VAW movement building initiative. Past advisory and steering committee roles include Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence, California Domestic Violence Advisory Committee, and a founding member of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender- Based Violence. She has received numerous awards in recognition of her work including the 2. Flame of Justice Award, Chinese for Affirmative Action; 2. Roselyn C. Swig Award, Domestic Violence Consortium/ Partners Ending Domestic Abuse; 2. Extraordinary Woman Award, Flyaway Productions; 2. Sister of Fire Award, Women of Color Resource Center; 1. Next Millennium Award for Community Organizing; and 1. California Peace Prize from The California Wellness Foundation. BEST PRACTICES MANUAL For Domestic Violence. Back to Top. Grace Huang, Policy Director. Email: ghuang. Huang worked at the state level to advance the interests of survivors of gender based- violence in the Washington State legislature and in state administrative and court for a. Huang previously worked as an attorney, both in private practice and in civil legal services, representing clients in immigration, family law, government benefits, and housing cases. Huang represents the Asian Pacific Institute on the steering committee of the National Taskforce to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, and serves on the Washington State Gender and Justice Commission of the Washington Supreme Court. Huang is the recipient of several awards: American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence 2. Vision award (2. 01. University of Washington School of Law Distinguished Alumnae Award from the Law Women’s Caucus (2. UW Law School Public Interest Law Association Hall of Fame (2. Her programmatic expertise is applied to advocacy and community engagement on abusive international marriages, movement building, organizational development, and integrating a gender analysis into changing community norms. She has a long history of community building using an asset- based approach to build infrastructure and capacity of groups and organizations to advance social justice. At Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP), she led philanthropic incubation work for almost 1. AAPIP's social justice philanthropy initiatives. Bo has held a variety of leadership positions, including serving as Executive Director of Hmong National Development, Senior Project Manager for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Executive Director of the Women's Association of Hmong and Lao. Bo co- founded the Coalition of Asian American Leaders; Building More Philanthropy with Purpose Giving Circle; Asian Pacific Institute on Gender- Based Violence; Hmong Women Achieving Together; Sisterhood Laos; Building Our Future: A Global Community Campaign; and Red. Green Rivers, a social enterprise connecting women artisans from Southeast Asia to global market, where she serves as Chief Operating Officer. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her work and contributions to community. Back to Top. Monte Meyers, CMA, Finance Director (Part- Time Consultant)Email: monte. Through his firm, Monte has been providing accounting consulting services to a variety of nonprofit organizations since 2. He has grown his firm during this time and now has 7 employees and 3 contractors serving a wide variety of organizations from very small start- up nonprofits to very large nonprofits. He has performed a range of duties including establishing accounting systems and procedures from scratch, new accounting software implementation, month- end and year- end closes, monthly financial reporting and dashboards, audit support, Form 9. He served as the CFO at the Cal Alumni Association for over 8 years, the independent nonprofit serving the alumni of UC Berkeley. He was responsible for all aspects of the finances, accounting, human resources, facilities, and information technology as the organization grew from $4 million to $1. He serves on the Board of Directors of three nonprofit organizations (Nature. Bridge, Balanced Rock Foundation, and the UC Alumni Chorus) and is a member of their Finance or Audit Committees. He earned his MBA from St. Mary’s College of California, and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Back to Top. Cannon Han, ITARC Project Coordinator. Email: chan. He is responsible for managing the Interpretation Technical Assistance & Resource Center, which provides technical assistance and training on complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1. Prior to joining the Institute, he was a Senior Court Services Analyst with the California Administrative Office of the Courts Court Interpreters Program.
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