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Working With Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies

Working With Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies. Claudia J. Bayliff Project Attorney National Judicial Education Program Legal Momentum NAICJA October 2012. Topics Covered. The Collaboration The Understanding Sexual Violence Program Lessons Learned

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Working With Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies

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  1. Working With Tribal Communities to End Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies Claudia J. Bayliff Project Attorney National Judicial Education Program Legal Momentum NAICJA October 2012

  2. Topics Covered • The Collaboration • The Understanding Sexual Violence Program • Lessons Learned • Funding Resources

  3. The Collaboration • Tulalip Tribal Court • Chief Judge Theresa Pouley • Court Director Wendy Church • Tulalip Tribes • NJEP • The Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force

  4. The Understanding Sexual Violence Program • Preparation • Faculty • Chief Judge Theresa Pouley-Moderator • NJEP Faculty • Lynn Hecht Schafran • Claudia J. Bayliff • Professor Sarah Deer • Janine D’Anniballe, Ph.D. • Tulalip Tribes Faculty

  5. The Understanding Sexual Violence Program • Agenda (Two-Day Program) • Violence Against Native Women • Trauma and Healing • Offenders • Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse • Jury Selection & Key Legal Issues • Accountability & Tribal Traditions • Tribal Community Resources • Tribal Capacity Building

  6. The Understanding Sexual Violence Program • Resource Materials • Participants’ Notebook • Program materials • Additional resources • NJEP Materials • Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence, edited by Sarah Deer, Bonnie Clairmont, Carrie A. Martell, and Maureen L. White Eagle (2008)

  7. Lessons Learned • Participants’ high rates of victimization • Allow processing time • Have resources available • Lots of preparation time required • Need to address capacity building • Need to provide resources

  8. Lessons Learned • Keys to success: • Tribal leadership • Multidisciplinary participation • Collaboration

  9. Funding Resources • Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Grants for Tribal Courts • Court Training and Improvements Program Grants • Grants to Encourage Arrest • Rural Grants (if it meets rural eligibility criteria)

  10. Funding Resources • Other Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Grants • Grants to Tribal Governments Program (if program is incorporated into Tribal government’s application) • Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) • Purpose Area 6: Sexual Assault

  11. Contact Information Claudia J. Bayliff Project Attorney National Judicial Education Program Legal Momentum 101 Lounsbury Place Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 532-1134 cjbayliff@cox.net

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