Healing Together: BIPOC Support Group for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Time: 12-1:30pm PST
FREE
Registration:
If you’d like to protect the anonymity of your participation, please email us, to register: info@sniwwoc.ca. You can also register HERE directly through our Eventbrite page.
You can also register via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsd-GuqDspHtdKVH9iTi9TKi2KASv2mrY3
**Zoom link and passcode will be provided to you upon registration**
We are holding this space specifically for women (trans & cis), non-binary & two-spirit femmes. We commit to protecting the confidentiality and anonymity of all participants registered to our support groups.
About the Event:
Our Domestic violence support group is starting up for 2022. The first session of the year will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, January 20th at 12 NOON.
What is gender based violence?
Gender based violence encompasses physical, emotional and sexual abuse such as: name-calling, hitting, pushing, cyber stalking, harassment, rape and gaslighting. women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans and non-binary people are at the receiving end most of the times.
FACT 1: Gender Based Violence costs lives. According to Statistics Canada, (2019), approximately every six days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.
FACT 2: Gender Based Violence costs billions of dollars for victims to deal with the aftermath. Reportedly, it costs around $7.4 billion to deal and heal from the trauma of spousal and intimate partner violence.
FACT 3: Transgender people are more likely to have experienced violence compared to cisgender people. Due to crimes related to transphobia, transgender people are more likely to have experienced violence at the adolescent age of 15.
FACT 4: Reportedly 30%
of all women age 15 or older report experiencing sexual assault at least once. There are still a large number of cases which go unreported.
FACT 5: Children who witness violence in the home have twice the rate of psychiatric disorders as children from non-violent homes.
Sources:
1.Canadian Women's Foundation: The Facts about Gender-Based Violence
2. Psychiatry Online: PTSD, Other Disorders Evident in Kids Who Witness Domestic Violence
3. Government of Canada: An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada
4. Statistics Canada: Homicide in Canada, 2018
Meet our facilitator!
Dr. J.L. Beasley is a healthcare leader with a diverse professional background that includes lean transformation, change management, leadership, patient safety, and project management. Dr. J.L. Beasley collaborates with businesses to increase efficiency, outcomes, and achieve goals. She has a unique ability to curate experiences for individuals and business owners to inspire them to be bold, brave, & brilliant. Dr. J.L. Beasley is a founder of Her Sisu, LLC, an author and an empowerment speaker. Dr. J.L. Beasley is a proud mother to a teenage son and notes this as her greatest accomplishment. Dr. J.L. Beasley enjoys time with her son, family, and close friends. She enjoys learning and trying new things to include traveling, different food, and activities. Dr. J.L. Beasley is in process of publishing a book on and journal on relationships and personal growth.
Important Information to Consider Before We Meet:
As this is an event where we are speaking on issues related to gendered-violence and domestic violence, where some of the participants might be survivors themselves, we require that participants be brave and keep their cameras on during the sessions as one step towards prioritizing individual and group safety in this virtual space.
A lot of survivors might feel uncomfortable sharing in a space where they can't see exactly who is there and who is listening, so we ask that people honor and respect the safety of individuals and the group. This includes not sharing the identities of anyone in this group or any conversations that we had during the sharing circle/discussion portion of the event. We are trying to hold space for people with lived experience of different forms of violence and hope that we can co-create safer and braver spaces together. If you need to step away or leave the session unexpectedly, if able, let us know. There will be an active listener present who you can reach out to by phone or text.
If you'd like to get connected to a counsellor to have access to continued support, SNIWWOC offers FREE counselling services for BIPOC women, 2-spirit & non-binary femmes who are part of these sessions. Please click on this link get connected to counselling services for free.
If having your camera on during these sessions feels unsafe or uncomfortable for you and you are really needing support, you can also access one on one support through SNIWWOC's free counselling services for BIPOC folks. Please get in touch with us if this is the case, and we will set you up with more accessible support.
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We acknowledge that this event is hosted from the traditional territory of the Lekwungen (lək̓ʷəŋən) people, currently and specifically the Esquimalt, the Songhees and the W̱SÁNEĆ.